Hello everyone! This is week 3 of the One Room Challenge. If you are finding me through the One Room Challenge, welcome to my blog where I share my passion for creating comforting homes by thrifting, sewing and a little diy-ing along the way! While I’m not averse to buying new. I love being able to
Demo and Reconstruction of a Galley Kitchen – One Room Challenge Week #3 Read More »
Hello everyone! This is week 2 of the One Room Challenge. If you are finding me through the One Room Challenge, welcome to my blog where I share my passion for creating comforting homes by thrifting, sewing and a little diy-ing along the way! While I’m not averse to buying new. I love being able to
After living in our home for a year, we’ve learned what works and doesn’t work for our family in the dated galley style kitchen. This home was built in the 1940s and went through a significant remodel in the 1990s. Fast forward 30 years to the real estate listing pictures of the kitchen when we
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I love a banquette. It gives me all the cozy feels — like sipping coffee in the corner booth of an old diner and having an intimate conversation. In our last home, we added a banquette not just for the coziness factor but primarily to maximize kitchen and storage space. This house was a mere
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Recently, I finished a makeover of a college apartment living room shared by my daughter, Elizabeth, and her four roommates. I was a participant in the One Room Challenge and if you’d like to read about it here is the link to the reveal post: High Style/Low Budget College Apartment Makeover Reveal While the bulk
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Oh my goodness, I am smitten with how good this little butcher block island/table and stools turned out! In my haste, I didn’t take any before photos. The butcher block counter height table was found at a garage sale. Probably dating to the early 1980’s, it had nondescript white legs and a top that
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In Part I, I shared different style sink skirts paired with different style sinks and different ways to install a skirt sink from Velcro, to a tension rod to an outside mounted curtain rod. Ultimately, I decided on a pinch pleated skirt because I like the more formal, classic look of pinch pleats for my
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I’ve always admired sink skirts. I like the way they soften the hard edges of all the cabinetry and provide an opportunity to add a pop of color to the kitchen. Depending on the style and fabric, a sink skirt can work in almost any kitchen – from country to traditional to modern-rustic. And making
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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 would function better with some additional seating. This led us
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I’ve been working on a color palette and design plan for the beach house kitchen makeover. The exterior of the house is now gray and blue so we want to bring some of the outside color in by doing a mix of blues in this kitchen. This house is getting a total face lift.
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