If you are new to the blog, we’ve been working on a small 1970s Jersey shore home, renovating room by room as time and money permit.  If you’d like to see older posts on this reno check out these: Kitchen Family Room Bathroom Master Bedroom Exterior […]

We’ve been chipping away at the master bedroom at the beach house.  I have a few more details to work on but they may be a long time coming … sometimes it takes me months to find the things I have in mind at the […]

As promised, this post contains our full source list and budget breakdown for the beach house bathroom reno. We strive to get the biggest bang for our buck which means a whole lot of DIY-ing and thrifting.  Although this house will eventually be up for sale, […]

This post has been a long time coming, mostly because I don’t like to rush into buying things when I am doing a room.  Settling for something just to get the room done, ultimately ends with regret.   So, finally I have “found” the finishing […]

For the past six weeks, we’ve been working  on the bathroom at the Jersey shore house .  This bathroom hasn’t been updated since the house was built.  Not only does it look dated, but the tile is crumbling, faucets are leaking and it’s  a dark, […]

Last weekend we turned our attention to the outside of the beach house.  We are still finishing up the fence but I thought I would share our progress so far. This is  what we started with: We then painted the house gray and the trim white, […]

When we did the beach house kitchen makeover, I originally had planned to use the Ikea Groland  freestanding island.  The kitchen needed an additional work surface and I liked the industrial vibe of this piece. But along the way, I realized that this modest kitchen […]

Here’s a source list for everything we used in this kitchen/family room makeover: Paint walls – Sherwin Williams West Highland White accent wall and backsplash – Sherwin Williams Atmospheric Blue picnic table –  Sherwin Williams Aquarium trim paint – Sherwin Williams Extra White gloss cabinet […]

If you been following along with our beach house makeover, then you know we are doing a room by room facelift of a 1970s  ranch style house located at the Jersey Shore.  At just 1,200 square feet, we have to make every square inch count […]

Finally, we are ready to show the beach house kitchen “after” photos.  I am still tweaking but hey enough is enough! So, here’s the kitchen as we found it … stuck in the 1970s: Lots of dark brown cabinetry, outdated brown appliances, laminate flooring and […]