Category: home
-
Repainting a Hutch for the Kitchen
•
I’ve had a wooden Ikea hutch for the past twelve years. It was a gift from my parents, and it’s functional, stores a ton of stuff, but it was outdated. The pine color felt very “Holly Hobby” to me, and seemed a bit more “country” than my current decorating style.…
-
We Have A New Roof!!
•
There were a few “big things” that our little casita needed when we bought it (as is) back in June. The biggest? The one that gave me the most indigestion? One of the things you don’t want to see when the inspector hands you his/her report? That you need a…
-
Gardening: Cleaning up the Palm Trees in Our Front Yard
•
Last night, I decided to tackle some of the palm trees in our front yard. They had years’ worth of dead fronds on them. You can see them hanging near the top of the fence here: So I got out my ladder and went to work. It took about twenty…
-
Our House: A Few Favorite Spaces
•
It’s funny, watching a house become a home. We bought this little place as is, with a lot of dreams, and a lot of hopes of how it might turn out. Over the last five months, we’ve put in a lot of work. I love doing it. It feels like…
-
Hall Bathroom: Painting and Updating the Medicine Cabinet
•
This last weekend we made some major progress on our Hall Bathroom. A couple of weeks ago we’d bought new glass sconces for the light fixture. The old ones had been frosted and heavy looking, and we bought some new clear glass ones, and swapped out the light bulbs for…
-
House Tour: Where We Started
•
Since we moved in, I realize that I haven’t shared a room by room tour of the new place. Many of these first shots are from our walk through, so the furniture belongs to the previous owners. Our home is a 1971 two bedroom, two bath, ranch style home. It…
-
Home Update: The Yard, the Master Bedroom, and Baseboards
•
We moved in to our home about three and a half months ago, and have been working on a bunch of renovation projects. Things happen a little each day, as we can get to them. Here’s a little recap on some of the work we’ve completed. I can’t wait to…
-
Kitchen Inspiration: Gray Cabinets, Open Shelves, and a Desk
•
Our kitchen is meh. When we first looked at the house, I loved the light that streams in to the kitchen, I liked that it was pretty large, and I liked that the cabinets had potential. I didn’t like the builder basic color of the cabinets, or the brown walls,…
-
House Update: Kitchen Painting and Decorating Plans
•
Moving home is one of the most stressful things you will ever have to experience in your life, and without having a sufficient plan in place, it can be hard to keep this stress at a minimum. Although, we were lucky. Not so long ago, our friends had made the…