Hey people on the East coast ~ how has this crazy weather affected you? In NC, we've been homebound for almost two weeks with all this snow and ice. The positive of being trapped relaxing inside….I've gotten a lot of work done on the laundry room and our second bathroom. The second bathroom, also known as […]
Category: paint
THE TWO LEGGED TABLE STRIKES AGAIN
If you read my last post about my two legged table here, you learned about our plan and inspiration for the half table going into our laundry room for a little extra workspace. We got a lot of work done on it this past weekend. Way more work than we wanted or planned on. Awhile […]
A LAUNDRY ROOM MAKEOVER
We have finally begun on the boring laundry room. It has always been a generic, one wire shelf room with no personality whatsoever. We emptied out all the "stuff" and removed the wire shelf. I set up my painting area. Does anyone else paint in the dining room? It's the room in our […]
A LITTLE BRIGHTER AND LIGHTER
Do you remember our kitchen redo a few years ago? And the kitchen table redo? We are still loving our kitchen……..BUT……… do you see the chairs and barstools? They look so plain don't they? They are the same color as the walls. What was I thinking?? Now, do you remember my pantry door? Isn't it […]
A NEW FIREPLACE MANTEL ~ it was worth the wait!
There's nothing more homey during Christmas than stockings hanging on a beautifully decorated mantel while the fireplace crackles with a glowing fire. Like this…….. Source We've lived in our house for 12 years and I've never been able to decorate a mantel. We had a tv niche above the fireplace so there was no […]
PLANNING FOR BUILT-IN BOOKCASES ~ a glimpse into the future
I told you last week that we bought a whole set of cabinets from the Habitat for Humanity ReStore. We're planning to use the bottom cabinets to make a wall of built-in bookcases in our family room. Here is the before picture of the family room wall where the bookcases will go. You can […]
THE GUEST BATHROOM COMPLETE REVEAL ~ completely!
I'm so excited to reveal two make-overs today. The first one is my new blog design. It was done by Creative Kristi Designs. I met Kristi at The Haven Conference, a blogging conference held in Atlanta, last year. I went to her class and was blown away by her knowledge of all things design. My head […]
FAMILY ROOM ~ Is it yellow or green?
Our family room is the hub of our house. EVERYTHING happens in the family room. When we were moving into our present house, I picked the paint color for the walls to match a couch we had bought on clearance. After the painters had finished painting the walls “green” I walked in and said “YIKES!” […]