Pop the pink wine, fam! The DIY kitchen makeover reveal is finally here! If you remember where we left off last week, a LOT of things still needed to happen. The lower boxes needed to be primed and painted, the lower door hardware needed to be installed (including jury-rigging a few of the latches), the island needed to be assembled, a light needed to be installed, and we needed to install the backsplash. Just a few things! But, we did it!
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Our Favorite Audiobooks
With all the work I’ve been doing in our kitchen, I’ve had a lot of time to listen to podcasts. But, after catching up on My Favorite Murder and then listening to every episode again, I realized I might need to branch out a bit. So, I started checking out audiobooks from my library. I had always associated audiobooks with the giant cases of cassette tapes they used to come in, but listening to an audiobook these days is pretty much the same as a podcast. So, since I’ve been burning through so many stories, I thought I’d share my favorite audiobooks so far.
Keep ReadingObsessions: 05.04.18
Well, Robin and Michelle are jetting off to Greece this weekend, leaving me all by my lonesome. That means that for the next ten days or so it’ll be all me all the time on the blog, so get ready! In fact, maybe I’ll change the name. Welcome to And Then Hannah Tried! Anyways, here’s what we’ve been thinking about in this week’s And Then We Tried obsessions.
Keep ReadingOne Room Challenge Week Five: Cleaning Original Hinges and Installing New Hardware
TBH guys, Week Five has me a little crazed! Turns out when you only work on a project of this size like three days a week for a month, the last week is pretty hectic! COOL! Today’s update is all about cleaning original hinges and installing our new knobs, pulls, and latches. Let’s start with the activity that led to my biggest misstep of the project: cleaning original hinges.
Keep ReadingObsessions: 04.27.18
ROBIN IS GETTING MARRIED TOMORROW!! So, other than love and happiness, here’s what we’re obsessed with in this week’s And Then We Tried Obsessions.
Keep ReadingOne Room Challenge Week Four: How to Paint Cabinets
Today I want to walk you through the most time-consuming part of this kitchen refresh: painting the cabinets. In fact, I’m not even done with it, that’s how much time it takes! I mean, potentially, I could have been done by now if I hadn’t decided to rewatch all of season one of Westworld, but who can really say? Anyways, here’s a step-by-step look at how to paint cabinets featuring some subpar iPhone photos.
Keep ReadingOne Room Challenge Week Three: Let’s Organize!
It’s week three of my kitchen One Room Challenge and I am deep in the land of prepping, priming, and painting cabinets. I’m hoping to have a full rundown of that process ready for you next week, but in the meantime, I thought I’d share what I’ve been thinking about while literally watching paint dry.
Keep ReadingObsessions: 04.13.18
Check out what we’ve been obsessed with this week (other than our strategy for getting tickets for the Cleveland run of Hamilton).
Keep ReadingOne Room Challenge Week Two: Making Choices
Well, I can definitively say there’s nothing like posting before pictures and committing publicly to a tight timeline to light a fire under me! This past week saw some great progress on my kitchen One Room Challenge project and I think we’ve finally nailed down most of the decisions. Let’s get into the details.
Keep ReadingObsessions: 04.06.18
While we as a group aren’t huge on sports, having baseball back in season is making it feel like spring might finally be here! We’ll just ignore the snow showers we had yesterday in Cleveland. If you’re looking for something to watch or buy this weekend, we’ve got you covered with this week’s And Then We Tried Obsessions.
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