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How to Make a Builder Grade Kitchen look Custom
I feel like I’ve been teasing this post for months and so I’m excited that FINALLY have had a chance to share it! Way back in February, I started giving the upper half of my kitchen a little makeover that I have been planning pretty much since we moved in to make my builder grade cabinets look much more custom. Along the way I ended up making a few small changes that I hadn’t originally planned on, but they all have taken this kitchen in a direction that feels more cohesive with the rest of the house than some of my earlier design decisions. So before we jump…
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June Round Up
We had a lot to celebrate in the last few weeks of June – the end of 1st grade for Blake, the end of pre-school for my little GOB, and the 10 year anniversary of me and my husband. It was the perfect way to wrap up the spring and jump into the lazy days of summer. Unfortunately we had one not so celebratory moment when one of our puppies decided to swallow part of his toy and had to get emergency surgery to get it removed (note to dog owners: watch out for those rope toys!) but I’m happy to say he’s back to his normal goofy self. With…
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Installing Built Ins in a Newly Finished Basement
Earlier this year, before the One Room Challenge consumed my life, I wrapped up one of my biggest customer projects to date – helping to finish a basement by installing a custom set of built-ins. I’m extremely proud of how this came together and excited to finally share the reveal of this beautiful space! The homeowners had taken on finishing most of the basement themselves (impressive right!!) but asked me to help build a set of bookcases to flank either side of a stacked-stone wall that would house the TV. We wanted to maximize the closed storage space, while incorporating some open shelving underneath for electronics and still…
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May Round Up
This week we are celebrating 5 years in our home! I can’t believe how far both the house and our family has come since we moved in. I have such fond memories of the early days when it was just us on our block and my oldest son used to spend hours playing in the mud pits while we watched our neighborhood slowly get built. If you want to see how things have changed around here make sure you check out my Home Tour Page for lots of Before/Afters! 52 Week CIO Challenge I’m happy to report that even during the craziness of the One Room Challenge I didn’t let…
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How to Create a Plaid Feature Wall
I don’t write a lot of in depth tutorials, but there were a lot of asks for a break down of how I created the plaid feature wall in my entry, and as always I am here to help. To make things easier I tried to name some of the parts of the project I refer to over and over again, and you will find them in CAPS throughout. In this project, the installation is relatively easy, but the planning is more involved. I tried to break things down as best I could and included some (hopefully) helpful diagrams to illustrate things further as well as some progress pics so…
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My Favorite One Room Challenge Design Trends
Since my tired legs sorely needed a rest this weekend, I was able to go through all of my fellow One Room Challenge guest participants final reveals and all I can say is WOW!! I’ve said it before but the support from this community is the main reason I put myself through this crazy 6 weeks each year, but a close second is the incredible wealth of talent, inspiration, and DIY ideas this group provides! As I going through everyone’s finished spaces, I started to notice a few trends that kept popping up – so I thought it would be great to share not just my favorite reveals but also…
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One Room Challenge Week 6 – The Foyer / Staircase / Loft FINAL REVEAL
And just like that we’ve reached the end my friends – six weeks of late nights, early mornings, and constant trips to the hardware store and my One Room Challenge spaces are done. At the end of Week 4 I was incredibly worried that I wasn’t going to make it, but something magical always seems to happen in that final push and it all comes together. I want to thank you all for joining me on this journey – both here on the blog but also through my other social media channels. I have said it before but it bears repeating – your interest in this project and support along…
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One Room Challenge Week 5 – A Modern Gallery Wall and DIY PB Inspired Mirror
One more week friends and it’s finally reveal time! Now’s the time of the One Room Challenge where I am basically running on fumes – but at the end of each day the finish line for each space is coming closer and closer into view. I’m holding back showing you how all of the pieces are coming together, but I really think it’s gonna be worth the wait when you see the final reveal next week! Week 1 / Week 2 / Week 3 / Week 4 / Week 5 / Week 6 (Some of the links included in this post are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to…
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One Room Challenge Week 4 – How many Accent Walls is too many?
Remember way back in Week 2 when I said that my design plan was “a lot of look?” Well here we are already wrapping up Week 4 of the One Room Challenge and thankfully most of that “look” is installed so it’s too late to turn back now! As I sit here and type this I’m also writing up my list of things still left to do and realizing I’m going to put in many many late nights to pull this off, but for now let’s celebrate what has already been checked off! if you missed any of the first three weeks you can check them out at the links…
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One Room Challenge Week 3 – Demoing and Rebuilding my Banisters
We’ve reached the halfway point of the One Room Challenge! I’m seriously trying to figure out if I am more in the weeds than last year, or if I just completely blocked all of that out and only remember the feeling of accomplishment. I think I severely under-estimated the amount of finishing work and painting I have taken on this time, but I keep trying to remind myself that I can always paint into the wee hours of the morning as long as I have everything installed – and that’s what week 3 was all about! If you missed my first two posts you can check them out below: Week…
