There were a few milestones during the kitchen renovation project that helped me establish a completion timeframe in my mind. I like to know the parameters for when I can expect things to occur. Probably the minor control freak in me! 🙂 Which in this case was very unrealistic to even try. The installed countertopsRead More
After getting everything to a point where we were safe to live in the house, more on that to come, we were back on track. We were set to get everything ready to put the kitchen back together. One of the things on the list we had completed was moving the gas line that wasRead More
I have to start out by saying that living through a remodel is not for the faint of heart! One of the projects I knew I wanted to tackle first when we moved into our new house was our kitchen. I knew from the pictures and videos that it was dated. But once I steppedRead More
A fun little project that we did at our old house was to stencil an accent wall in our guest bedroom. Looking back at the pictures I guess I didn’t realize that we completed this project before the doors and trim. I guess my mental timeline was a little off of reality. Something I wouldRead More
When we started transforming our home office into Grayson’s nursery it felt like a dream. We had been trying for a baby for about two years and our dream was finally coming true. I didn’t want to start the nursery too soon or too late. I wanted to make sure it was real before IRead More
I love that with a little bit of elbow grease an old piece of furniture can be completely transformed. Taking off layers of what was and refinishing them with what is now is really satisfying to me. It always reminds me of that Girl Scouts song we used to sing which was decades ago butRead More
I absolutely love any reason to visit an antique store. The idea of rummaging through pieces of furniture that have survived the test of time brings me this sense of adventure. There is something to the thought that you can take something old and make it new again. So when we moved into our newRead More
I will hold on to my dream of white cabinets in my kitchen even though it’s more or less a pipe dream at the moment. Unless I, myself, paint our current cabinets, win the lottery, or be named in a long-lost relative’s will. I don’t play the lottery, don’t have hopes for the will partRead More
When we moved into our new house it was early February 2018. The beginning of my husband’s busy season, and it was a new job altogether for him, and we had an infant at the time. Regardless the yellow entryway was a daily reminder that we needed to paint. Making Plans For Our Entryway RemodelRead More
