This summer we focused on finishing bedroom No. 2 at the beach house.  This bedroom is the smallest of the three bedrooms, measuring  8 x 11 feet .  As with all the rooms, there are no architectural details, just one small window and a closet. […]

Hallways are often overlooked spaces for decorating but in a small house such as ours,  I want to make every inch count!  Here’s how I took our hallway from a mere passageway to the bedrooms, to a styled space that hints at the colors found […]

If you follow me on Instagram, you might have caught my instastories on the accent wall in our hallway I’ve been working on.   At our Jersey shore house, we have a narrow hallway leading to the bedrooms.  It’s too narrow for a gallery of […]

     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 […]

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 […]

We’ve been busy with several house projects, all in various stages  but none of which are complete.  Part of the problem is that I like to wait and see what comes along in terms of accessories and furniture.  I love thrifting and yard saling, rather […]

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 So, here’s the kitchen as we found it … stuck in the 1970s: Lots of dark brown cabinetry, outdated brown appliances, laminate flooring and […]