We are working on this 1960s ranch style house at the Jersey shore to give the exterior a facelift and add a whole lot of curb appeal. Currently, the shingled-style siding is tan and all the trim is brown … it looks a bit drab and dated for a beach house we think. Our game
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With the Hope Christmas Show and all our own Christmas preparations behind us, we thought we’d share some of the furniture pieces we made over for the show. I found this chair at a yard sale this summer. What caught my eye was the concentric circle design on the sides. It was a sturdy chair
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Elizabeth and I are busy, busy, busy getting ready for the Hope Christmas Craft Market held each year in Hope, NJ, during the first weekend in December. One of my projects has been to upcycle old metal frames into trays and chalkboards. I picked several up at yard sales and thrift shops during the year.
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Recently I did a mini makeover of the back entrance to our home. This entrance is used by almost everyone because our driveway brings you to the back of the house. I can’t believe we’ve been here ten years and I never thought to make this area feel welcoming! Here’s the before: I started
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I just finished a makeover of our mudroom. This 6 x 10 space is a high traffic area with 4 doors leading to the kitchen, a bathroom, the garage and the exterior. Because our driveway brings you to the back of the house, our guests come in through the mudroom, too. Over the past
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Here’s a Mudroom/Laundry room makeover that Debra and I worked on a while back. This room really gets a workout. It’s the family’s primary entrance into the home since it connects the home with the garage. This is where the family comes in, takes off their shoes, coats, bags, etc., etc., etc. before entering the
Here’s a few new updates since our last post on the Manor House: Debra and I found this beautiful table at The Nest, one of our favorite local shops. We love the detail in the pedestal base. This is what we previously had placed in the home’s central stone tower. We like this look also
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We’re so excited to be able to reveal some before and after pictures to you of the Manor House of Tuscarora Inn and Conference Center. We were called in to get it spruced up for a new women’s wellness retreat which will be held April 30th thru May 3rd. This is a retreat that will
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We have been working on staging a very special house over the past 6 weeks. The home was built in the 1960’s and is a combination European castle-chalet style dwelling. It has amazing architectural details – like stone walls, huge beamed ceilings and hand carved woodwork. The house and surrounding property will soon be
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Debra and I have been doing room makeovers for almost five years now. Our very first makeover, I waddled around six months pregnant with my youngest child, putting in my two cents but not being much help. We have found over the last few years that generally the people who hire us are good shoppers
