We have lived in our current home for three years now and never really found a use for the sunroom. Our builder suggested we add it for resale value so we went with his advice. It lies off the kitchen and dining room and has ended up being a repository for spare chairs
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August 9, 2019 post update: We installed the gold graphic cement tiles in our bathroom along with a bold shower curtain from Anthropologie. Have you noticed all the graphic ceramic floor and wall tiles popping up lately on Pinterest and in decorating magazines? Here’s a few that have caught my eye: source This one is
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It goes without saying that I enjoy decorating – making my home personal and comfortable for my family and friends. But over the years I have moved away from “holiday” decorating and more toward “seasonal decorating”. I’ve gotten rid of most of my accumulation of things that are specific to any one holiday — other
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I really like the look of french mattresses with all of the tufting and detail along the edges.. like this one from Country Living. Here’s some from Ballard’s: And here are some other examples of french mattresses from Pinterest: Because they are hand made, french mattress style cushions are very pricey. I recently made a knockoff
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If you missed my other posts about my Ikea kitchen, you can read them here: Ikea Kitchen Part I Ikea Kitchen Part II Subway Tile Backsplash In those posts I shared how we had to trim the budget on building our new house because the value of our old house had dropped significantly with the
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When we were planning our new kitchen, one element I thought I was sure about was classic white subway tile for the backsplash. But when my husband and I scanned the tile options at Lowe’s, we were intrigued by these concrete beveled edge subway tiles: We were drawn to both the gray color and their
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In a previous post I shared how we used Ikea cabinets in our new home in order to keep costs down. When I was planning this kitchen and looking at pictures on Pinterest and in magazines, those that were outfitted in head to toe Ikea often looked uber modern and a bit sterile. I found that
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2013 was spent building our new home while we hunkered down in a small rental that my son Jack referred to as “the cozy house.” The challenge of building a house during a recession is that the home we sold had lost 25 percent of its value yet the cost to build remained static. So,
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I recently used Miss Mustard Seed’s milk paint to give my kitchen counter stools a makeover. In my old kitchen the black stools contrasted nicely with the all white cabinetry. But 12 years and 3 kids later, my stools were showing a lot of wear. And in my new home, with the base cabinets painted
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