Author: Michelle Kowalski

Kitchen finishing touches modern kitchen cabinet knobs and West Elm curtains

Kitchen Progress: Phase 1 Kitchen Finishing Touches

April 24, 2017 At Home
And now, onto a quick recap for anyone who needs to get caught up on my kitchen progress: we left off here after removing six ...
How to respond to political emails from relatives

How to Respond to Political Emails from a Relative

April 17, 2017 Life
Lately, I’ve gotten pretty into the concept of being an Adult Child™. It’s a feeling you get when you realize that while you are an ...
Removing drywall, plaster, and lath ceilings under a drop ceiling to reveal industrial exposed rafters and beams

Kitchen Progress: Removing Drywall, Plaster, and Lath Ceilings and Fixing a Floating Bathtub

April 10, 2017 At Home
Let’s jump back into my kitchen. Today, we’re talking about removing drywall, plaster, and lath ceilings that were hiding under the drop ceiling. I need ...
Here are the things the ladies of And Then We Tried are obsessing over this spring on our Spring Fashion Wishlist

Spring Fashion Wishlists

March 30, 2017 Style + Beauty
Spring is officially here! While for those of us in Cleveland that means that it will probably snow several more times, it doesn’t mean we ...

DIY Basket Pendant Light

March 27, 2017 At Home DIY
My attic bedroom came with a real lighting challenge: there wasn’t any. My electrician said it wouldn’t be simple to run a light over the ...
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The New And Then We Tried

March 20, 2017 Life
Welcome to And Then We Tried! We’re Michelle, Robin, and Hannah, three ladies trying out things from home improvement and DIY to beauty, fashion, and ...
Turning a 1970's Dresser into a Mid-Century Dresser

DIY Mid-Century Modern Dresser

December 23, 2016 At Home DIY
We’re taking a break from tracking the kitchen progress to jump up a few floors to my attic bedroom and the lack of progress up ...

Kitchen Progress: Bye, Cabinet

November 30, 2016 At Home
After we tore out the drop ceiling, I tricked my parents into staying longer and helping me tear out this built in cabinet. The cabinet ...
removing a kitchen drop ceiling popping out tiles

Kitchen Progress: Removing a Kitchen Drop Ceiling

November 28, 2016 At Home
We’re traveling back in time to look at this kitchen renovation from start to finish. If you follow me on Snapchat or Instagram, you have ...