Now that we’re settling in, I’m excited to start working on projects that will add a bit more of our personalities to the house. While we painted the walls in the entire house, we left the closets boring old white. That was fine for the bedrooms, as they’ll be covered in clothes anyway. But we… Continue reading Dressing up the linen closet
Christmas was fast approaching, and as usual, I was in need of a gift idea for our family exchange. Each year, my siblings and I throw our names into a hat and pick names. And each year, we spend the weeks leading up to Christmas trying to figure out who has who, when we really… Continue reading Wine rack DIY
I have to admit, for something built in 1930, this house came with decent storage. Deep closets in the spare bedrooms, and ‘his and hers’ closets in the master. But with the amount of clothes (and shoes) that Dan has, it was more like a ‘his and his’ arrangement. You saw back in this post… Continue reading Building master bedroom closets
It’s truly amazing how thing’s always happen to come full circle. The project that we started on Day 1, is now the last project that we’ll complete. When we bought the house, there was a make-shift divider wall in the middle of the room. Day 1, we decided to have a bit of fun by… Continue reading Office: Phase I
Refinishing the floors was the biggest accomplishment of this entire renovation (aside from Dan and I not killing each other). While the floors came out beautiful, it was still hard to picture the entire house coming together, as the bold and ugly paint colors were still on the walls, and three layers of paint were… Continue reading Color me happy
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