The front door has gone through a couple of changes. To be fair, the whole time I have lived here, I have had multiple doors. Usually, one might look for a consultant or look through a door buying guide before selecting a new door, as purchasing a new door involves far more than just choosing …
Repainting the Trim on the Front Door (aka Front Door Take 3) Read More »
Our dining room has been a work in progress since we moved in ten months ago. Here was an early view of the room: This setup wasn’t working for me because everything in the room was so angular. There were no soft corners, just hard lines, rectangles, and right angles. That’s when I happened upon …
Painting a $25 Thrift Store Mirror for our Dining Room Read More »
Zoom doesn’t really like to bathe. I get it, he’s 2 years old. He doesn’t like it when we wash his hair. Maybe our bathroom is a little … sterile? uninviting? for a two year old. Even with all of these toys, he hasn’t ever really taken to the bathtub. I was shopping at the …
I’ve been using Pinterest to list my 2013 home projects. It’s been fun to go through all of my pins (which I categorize by rooms) and then moving a few to another board, when I finally decide it’s a project I want to tackle. The ones listed here are minor/medium ones, but if I wanted …
A couple of weekends ago Sean and I were driving past a yard sale. “Is that a crib?!?” I asked excitedly. “Looks like it…” said Sean, rather confused by my question. “Awesome! I’ve been thinking of using one in the yard,” I responded as I pulled to the side of the road. See, here’s the …
A couple of weekends ago, I tackled a few small updates to our front entry area. The hardware around the door had four different metal tones: black, brushed nickel, brass, and gold. So I decided to update all of it with a little spray paint – Rustoleum’s Oil Rubbed Bronze: I removed the mailbox, …
This evening we finished installing our baseboards. Nine months after we moved in! The next thing I really want to tackle in our house are some small updates to the master bedroom. When we moved in, we hung up some painter’s drop clothes as our curtains for the room. A great solution as they are …
Master Bedroom: Ideas for Curtains, Fabric for the Chair Read More »
This weekend I took part in the Young House Love $20 Thrift Store Challenge. We were in San Jose, and decided to see what we could find at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore. If you haven’t been to the ReStore, it’s awesome. We found our medicine cabinets there at $125 each. And it’s my go …
The stenciling job in the hall and dining room is complete! It took about 21 hours to do this, working over three days. You can read about the updates of each day here, here, and here. Here’s a picture from before we moved in, with the previous owner’s furniture. Note the carpet (which we ripped …
