It is quite the trend in blog-land. While I am not generally a follower of trends, this is definitely one I recommend you get up to speed on. There is this amazing site called, Pinterest, where you can by the click of a button on your browser save a link to a image that inspires you. It can be anything your heart desires...collections or backsplash ideas, clothes, recipes, paper goods, seriously any picture you want to collect you just use the little Pin It plug-in and it is saved for future … [Read more...]
dollar bin
Target is a dangerous place for me. I should not be allowed in the store without supervision and I really should not be allowed in with either of my two best friends. X and S are bad influences and we just act as enablers. Last night, S and wandered the aisles of Target while waiting for our takeout for our girls' night in. I found these little aqua greek key treasures in the dollar bin. Perfect score for organizing small items for the office/craft room. I can't help browsing the dollar bins for … [Read more...]
phase 2
Our house renovation is being done in phases. Why? Because money does not grow on trees (unfortunately) and we don't have a ton of time to spare. We have pretty much finished up the front part of the house. Is it all furnished? Do we have base boards? Are all the light fixtures done? Of course not! But it looks nice enough to invite people over for dinner and drinks now. Pictures to come soon :)That is enough for me to start planning how we are going to tackle Phase 2. What is included in Phase … [Read more...]
eennie meenie miney moe
This seriously might be the way we select our backsplash. We didn't even look at options for a backsplash for the first few months of the house renovations. It seemed so far away at the time and such a simple detail. Yeah, right! A backsplash can make such a big difference in the entire look of the kitchen.We went a bit more traditional with our kitchen cabinets because I won most of the remodeling decisions so far and I felt the hubby should get at least one. Shhh! Don't tell him that though. … [Read more...]
Who’s coming for dinner?
We have a kitchen! A 90% complete kitchen, but it is a kitchen! I can't believe we did it ourselves but IKEA kitchens in all honesty are really easy to do. Time consuming of course, but otherwise pretty easy. We still have to install the handles (which are on the to do list for tonight), pick a backsplash, install the toe-kick along the bottom cabinets and have our lights installed. All and all, I'm happy with our progress. So now the big reveal....View from the family room into the kitchen … [Read more...]
6 crazy weeks
As promised, I dug up some photos of the demolition phase. We closed on the house on the 21st of December and proceeded to head straight into a crazy schedule of demolition and renovation from day one. First thing we did was move in all of our tools, bring some wine and beer and start ripping out the carpet, curtains, and anything else we could manage. The first 6 weeks were intense as we were both working the entire time but they were extremely productive. I still can't believe the house looked … [Read more...]
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