If you can gather anything about me by looking at my house, it is that I like white walls. White paint for every room is my go-to. So, when I spoke to my husband about painting our bathroom green, he was in disbelief. (See this post for before photos of the bathroom.) Ever since moving in, I […]
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Bathroom Before + Inspiration: One Room Challenge Week 1
Hooray! Another bathroom to makeover, this time alongside the One Room Challenge. Bathrooms are, strangely, one of my favorite room makeovers to tackle. They’re relatively small, making them safe places to go bold in. And, if you don’t want to go through a complete bathroom renovation, a little paint and a change of accessories can […]
Beige Bathroom Makeover: Reveal
One of the first rooms in our home that I had an itch to touch up was our beige bathroom and with that, I accepted the challenge to complete a budget bathroom makeover with almond fixtures, since replacing the toilet, sink, and shower is not a priority for us right now. It was a small […]
Where Would You Tile?
There is a small cabinet and countertop (21-inches wide) next to our refrigerator in our kitchen. It is a few feet away from our island, on the opposite wall from where our oven is. It has served as a catchall counter while we finish the renovation and work towards building a desk (more on that […]
Two Shelves Down, Two to Go!
This week I’ve been working on installing floating shelves in our kitchen. Soon after we finished tiling last week, I prepared the shelves for installation and have been working on them ever since. My dad joined two pieces of ash wood together for the shelves and they turned out beautifully. I had planned to install […]
Weekend Tiling
After taking months to decide, I finally chose a tile for our kitchen backsplash. By finally chose I really mean that I purchased subway tile from one store, changed my mind the next day and returned the tile, then went to another store and purchased my second choice. I could have waffled some more (confessions […]
Entry Way: The Reveal
Kwikset sent me some products to make this makeover possible. This is a sponsored post but all of these opinions are 100% my own. Our little entry way has been a work in progress since January and I’m happy to be able to call it complete. Here’s where it all started, back in October. Then […]
Terrazzo Refinishing: Before and After
Word on the street is that terrazzo is making a come back and is being uncovered from years of hiding under berber carpeting. When we decided to purchase our home, I was excited to move on from our laminate floors to solid flooring but to be honest, I wasn’t super excited about the off-white, nearly […]
Kitchen: Current State
We’ve made a lot of progress in our kitchen in the past several weeks. (As a reminder, here’s where we were when we started.) The last time I updated you, we were in the demolition phase and were refinishing the terrazzo floors. Once the floors were finished, we began the long process of building and installing […]
Our Terrazzo
This week we’re taking a big step in this kitchen renovation by refinishing our terrazzo floors. Everything is piled in the living room and completely chaotic but it’s a huge turning point in this remodeling process. Our contractor will start with a treatment of paint and varnish remover followed by heavy duty hydrogen peroxide to […]