We have this strange space that flows from our dining room to our family room that we call our bar. It has already gone through a pretty big renovation. The picture on the left shows the area from our dining room to the bar when we closed on the house. The wall was covered in paneling and had a built-in wine cabinet. On the right you see the photo a few weeks after closing. We tore down the paneling and discovered a 1950/60s retro wallpaper mural. This is a crazy house and we have the … [Read more...]
catalog living – crate and barrel
Have you seen Crate and Barrel's new catalog? They are debuting some new styles and I have to say, I'm really loving it. I especially like the trip into the 1950s style. All images via Crate and BarrelI'd love to have our house sprinkled with more original mid-century pieces but sometimes they are not the in budget or the right piece can't be found. It is nice to see the style cropping up as new furniture now too.Do you have any favorites out in the stores lately? Thanks for following Directions … [Read more...]
guestroom, er, photography studio
Did you know guestrooms make good photography studios? Neither did I, until I came home to this. Men. The hubby decided to take over our guestroom, which normally looks more like the picture below to take photos of his artwork in there. Multi-tasking room, I guess. I just hope no one was planning to stay with us anytime soon!I have a few projects I am working on for this room including a mirror for our guests to use, refinishing a bookcase that can't be seen in the photo and finishing up the … [Read more...]
kid approved – diy ikea chalkboard table
I think this present went over well. Alexander really seems to be enjoying his chalkboard table! The Lack side tables are definitely the perfect height for little ones. I can't wait to drop off the one for Drew this weekend..In case you missed it, my tutorial for making these inexpensive chalkboard tables is here: chalkboard tables. Happy Friday!Thanks for following Directions Not Included! … [Read more...]
spring craft room cleaning
I guess it really should be summer cleaning since it is in the 90s out. Whatever the case, the time to get organized has arrived. I've admitted I might have a slight problem with Target and various craft stores. Due to my shopping habit the craft room closet was looking a little shabby with all my recent purchases. I have all this wonderful space to store things and had great intentions to keep everything perfectly organized true to my OCD tendencies. As is the case when there are too many … [Read more...]
master bedroom dreams
I'm jumping the gun and looking at master bedroom ideas. Why do I even bother when our master bedroom currently looks like this?! Relaxing looking room, right? Sigh...it looks more like Home Depot than a master bedroom. For the record we are not sleeping in this room. This is just storage for now. ;)Until we manage to get this room done I will dream of clean, simple and modern looking master bedrooms. We have plenty of time to decide which way we are going but the room is huge...as in 14 X 24 … [Read more...]
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