Hello everyone! This is week 5 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Here’s a source list for everything we used in this kitchen/family room makeover: Paint walls – Sherwin Williams West Highland White accent wall and backsplash – Sherwin Williams Atmospheric Blue picnic table –  Sherwin Williams Aquarium trim paint – Sherwin Williams Extra White gloss cabinet […]

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 So, here’s the kitchen as we found it … stuck in the 1970s: Lots of dark brown cabinetry, outdated brown appliances, laminate flooring and […]

For the beach house kitchen window, we decided to go with a cafe curtain.  I love the easy, breezy look of a cafe curtain.   And, when I stumbled upon these Pottery Barn napkins on the clearance shelf, I thought they would be perfect for […]

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 […]