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.
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One 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.
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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.
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I love working on big furniture pieces and tearing walls and ceilings apart for big impact projects but with my basement full of my porch furniture and the garage filled with melting snow and freezing temps, I haven’t had anywhere to work. Also, blankets and fires just seemed like the right choice for a couple months. Now that it is warming up a bit, I’m ready to get to work, and could use some advice from the internet if you’ve got any suggestions. Here’s my current spring project list.
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It’s One Room Challenge time once again! Last spring, Robin overhauled her deck in just six weeks. This year, I’m taking on the challenge. So, welcome to the before of my kitchen One Room Challenge!
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There is no shortage of projects that need to be done in our 100-year-old home, but due to things like getting married and debt spirals, I’m trying to focus on smaller, lower-cost updates. So, recently, I decided to give an often-used yet neglected area of our house: the upstairs hall. Here’s how I underwent a quick budget hallway update.
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Ever walk into a store and think “I could totally make that myself”? As habitual DIYers here, we do that CONSTANTLY. Today we’re tackling Anthropologie and some of their must have home goods that we’ve been swooning over. Plus since it’s only Monday we can Amazon Prime all the supplies to craft these Anthropologie hacks by this weekend.
Keep ReadingPerfect Pairs: Rug and Curtain Pairings
Pattern mixing in rug and curtain pairings can take a little finesse. Our suggestion is to focus on either a bold rug or bold curtains and use a more subtle pattern to complement it. We’ve pulled together our favorite rug and curtain pairings here in case anyone needs a little inspiration.
Keep ReadingMid-Century Modern Christmas Tree + Decorating a Small Space for the Holidays
Living in an apartment—or any small space—always makes for some interesting configurations. Microwave taking up half your countertop? Sure. Have to sit sideways on the toilet to make room for the radiator? Why not? But when it comes to holiday decorations, you shouldn’t have to scrimp on style just because you don’t have the square footage. So this year, inspired by our favorite mid-century modern artists, we’ve designed this small space savvy Mid-Century Modern Christmas tree.
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After being in my current place for a year and a half, the living room started to feel a little stale and in need of a refresh. While the majority of the decor I still like I can’t stop myself from constantly moving things around. Over the course of a weekend I gave it an inexpensive and easy living room refresh mixing pieces I already had plus one new rug.
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