We are coming down the home stretch with the beach house kitchen and family room makeover. One thing that we needed was a large piece of artwork for a blank wall in the dining area. I ‘ve been admiring these DIY sunburst mirrors on Pinterest – some made using paint stirring sticks and some made using
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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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Bookshelves are tricky – you know a good looking arrangement when you see it but it’s hard to pinpoint what makes it look good. Done right, they add lots of visual and tactile interest to a room. Done wrong, they create visual clutter or just look tired and dated. Elizabeth and I just finished
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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
