Howdy to you all on this rainy yet fine MLK day!
I’m back to give you a glimpse of the guest bath plans I alluded to earlier. If you recall (and you should be able to because it was, well, only two posts ago) we are attempting the impossible and biting off two bathroom renovations at...
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If you’re like me, sometimes the middle of the week can be a challenge for inspiration. One of the difficult things about being a designer is that most of the world operates on a nine-to-five schedule (we all know the song). So, while I might find my design inspiration sipping coffee in a parisian cafe (who wouldn’t?) or have a wonderful “a ha” moment looking at the crisply turned autumnal leaves whilst visiting an apple farm, those muses do not follow a standard 40-hour workweek.
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Thursday, October 8, 2009 filed: Home, diy
Well, we made it through kitchen week! I hope yesterday’s post didn’t kill you – it was so loooooong. Just understand, I felt a need to show my gratitude towards the people who graciously put their time into making a “how-to” so that complete strangers can have an easier time doing projects. And wanted to...
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We’re halfway through kitchen remodel week – and we’ve reached …the cabinets. Cue dramatic music. Grab yourself a latte and have a seat.
Painting the kitchen cabinets myself was probably my most successful DIY ever. It was also definitely the longest, most time consuming, heart-wrenching, drag-out-dirty project I’ve ever done. And so worth it. I...
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Now that you’ve seen the before and after, let’s talk about how we got there. We didn’t use an interior designer, or a kitchen designer or any such thing. The kitchen is a mix of online inspiration, the best deals we could find, and a few splurges on certain things that mattered.
Originally, I thought I...
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Our kitchen remodel. This time last year, we were in the thick of it. The kitchen part of our overall remodel wasn’t actually planned, it just sort of happened in that snowball-y fashion that things sometimes do. First, it was the floors. We wanted to change the white carpet/tile combo (which dissected the living room...
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