I was recently asked to curate a clipboard for Hometalk on Home Exterior Upgrades. I jumped at the chance because we are in the process of doing many ourselves. The amazing and inspirational projects I found on Hometalk were unreal and I'm so excited to share some of them with you! Just click on the picture to see everything! You know that we recently updated our front door. I chose some other awesome front door makeovers. We're in the middle of getting the house stained and have other ... Read More
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Small Bathroom Update
Our poor small bathroom went on pause while we worked on other projects around the house. We finally finished a few of the in-progress pieces in there. The wallpaper is hung. It may be my current favorite thing in the whole house. I painted the cabinet. I decided to go dark because the wallpaper is so bright. I didn't want the room to be overbearing or cartoony. I think it balances well. I used DecoArt's Chalky Finish Paint in Relic and Creme Wax in Clear. We replaced the ... Read More
Dining Room Update and How to Remove Wallpaper
Once we made the decision to take down the painted wallpaper in the dining room, we got to work. This is what we started with: It's not pretty. We decided to us this chance to make the room everything we wanted, even if it takes longer. We decided on this as our new baseboard. It's wider and we feel it's a better fit for the room. The first thing we did was remove the existing baseboard and chair rail. It's pretty simple if you have the right tools. This moulding puller is ... Read More
Dining Room Fail
When we left off, our intrepid painters were pulling away the tape to reveal the finished stripes on the dining room wall and it was time to get to work on the trim. And so we did. It's such a glamorous job. We used a three step process. We cleaned it with TSP, primed it with Zinsser Primecoat, and finally painted it with Behr semi-gloss enamel. Two coats of primer and three coats of paint. After the third coat of paint, we still weren't happy with how it was looking, but ... Read More
Dining Room Updates
We've really struggled with our dining room. It's dark and dreary without any personality. I talked about our decorating slump last year. I'm embarrassed to say that we only started working on it last week. BUT, we have a plan and are really excited. We started by choosing a new light fixture. We had played around with the idea of painting the chandelier, but on one of my daily strolls through my sale sites, we found a new fixture that we both loved. This fixture is the Hailey ... Read More
The Accusing Parlor
When I was a teenager, I had a thing for house design magazines (I was a weird teenager). I still do, but they're much harder to find. I used to daydream about my perfect house. It would have an awesome kitchen, a sunroom, breakfast area, lots of bedrooms, a sitting area in the master… you get the idea. It would be huge and solid have a room for everything. My family would live in it forever. While a lot of rooms on my wish list came and went, the one room that never left was a ... Read More