DIY
Sealing our White Concrete Countertops
DIY
September 17, 2015
Sealing our White Concrete Countertops
Definitely one of the most popular projects of our kitchen renovation so far has been our DIY white concrete countertops. You can read the whole post here (if you scroll down to the bottom of that post, Z Counterform has even offered up a discount code to our readers after the post went live). There was […]
September 17, 2015
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DIY
Customizing Our Ikea Kitchen Island
DIY
September 14, 2015
Customizing Our Ikea Kitchen Island
This weekend, we finally paid some much needed attention to our island. Up to this point, it has been mostly covered with tools and supplies in photos bearing its bad, fake brown wood interior for all of you to see. We had always planned to cover those sides with the coordinating Laxarby cover panels that […]
September 14, 2015
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DIY
Our DIY Reclaimed Wood Open Shelving + Fresh Flowers
DIY
September 10, 2015
Our DIY Reclaimed Wood Open Shelving + Fresh Flowers
This project tutorial is sponsored by The Bouqs Company--a new flower delivery service that’s easy, fresh, and beautiful. We hung open shelving in the kitchen this week! It was a decision I touched on in this post, and we're so glad we went this route. After living in a construction zone for the past 5 […]
September 10, 2015
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Projects
Appliances Are Going In Today!
Projects
September 9, 2015
Appliances Are Going In Today!
Last night we built and hung the supports for our vent hood insert that is being installed today, along with the rest of our appliances. A crew of three hilarious, kind, knowledgable guys from Frigidaire flew in last night and stopped by to get to know us and the kitchen before the big install day […]
September 9, 2015
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DIY
A Fresh Take on a Classic Tiled Backsplash
DIY
September 8, 2015
A Fresh Take on a Classic Tiled Backsplash
The backsplash is in! Last week, after we put the girls to bed, Chris and I tiled the whole back wall of the kitchen and a little bit on the left sink wall. It took us about 8 hours total over a few nights, including grouting which is nothing compared to the 20+ hours it […]
September 8, 2015
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Recipes
Happy Labor Day Weekend!
Recipes
September 4, 2015
Happy Labor Day Weekend!
Hey e'rbody! Jules and I are busy busy over here, trying to keep this kitchen moving along. I wanted to share a food post today but between work, spending time with the girls and working on the kitchen every night from the time the girls go to bed until Jules and I are on the […]
September 4, 2015
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Projects
The Doors+Drawers, Hardware and What's Left To Do in the Kitchen
Projects
September 2, 2015
The Doors+Drawers, Hardware and What's Left To Do in the Kitchen
This past weekend, we tackled putting together all the drawers, attaching the 32 drawers and 8 doors to the cabinet boxes followed up by adding shiny new hardware. The drawers weren't hard to put together, but there were so many, both of our hands had blisters on them before we were finished Saturday night--which is […]
September 2, 2015
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Projects
Lights On In the Kitchen!
Projects
August 31, 2015
Lights On In the Kitchen!
This weekend, we got all the cabinet fittings in, which amounted to about 40 doors and drawers!, and all the hardware on and everything cleaned up (again). I can't wait to share those details and photos with you later this week, but today I wanted to circle back around to a project we did a […]
August 31, 2015
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DIY
DIY White Concrete Countertops
DIY
August 27, 2015
DIY White Concrete Countertops
Ever since we came in contact with the Pugmire's concrete countertops in their kitchen, we have had it in the back of our minds for ours--except in white to contrast our dark cabinets. We love to mix traditional and modern with an industrial edge in our home and white concrete countertops around the perimeter of […]
August 27, 2015
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Chris Cooks
My New Char-Broil Smoker + My Killer Smoked Ribs Recipe
Chris Cooks
August 25, 2015
My New Char-Broil Smoker + My Killer Smoked Ribs Recipe
Ok, so it's no secret that I'm a Char-Broil guy. From their Tru-Infrared grills, to their new Kettleman grill, I feel like Char-Broil is the most innovative company in the domestic grilling market. I was using and loving Char-Broil stuff long before I started partnering with them because their products are second to none and the […]
August 25, 2015
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Projects
Putting Together and Installing our Ikea Sektion Cabinets
Projects
August 24, 2015
Putting Together and Installing our Ikea Sektion Cabinets
It seems like there are two groups of people when it comes to putting Ikea stuff together: those who enjoy it and those who want to rip their hair out during the process. We are firmly in the "enjoy it" category. But even then, staring at 143 boxes marked with words that have nothing to […]
August 24, 2015
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Art
My Fool Proof Method of Hanging A Gallery Wall
Art
August 19, 2015
My Fool Proof Method of Hanging A Gallery Wall
Last week when I was hanging all the new art in our bedroom, my sister Patty was over chatting and serving as a make-shift photographer for this post. While watching me do my thing, she kept saying, "You have to come do this at my house! I want a gallery wall at my house next." […]
August 19, 2015
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Projects
That's A Wrap on Kitchen Demo!
Projects
August 17, 2015
That's A Wrap on Kitchen Demo!
Ahh, all the kitchen demo is done! A week ago, we shared all the re-workings of the right side of kitchen that included recessing a wall where the fridge and surrounding cabinet with a built in-microwave will go. On either side of that recess, a walk-in pantry was framed in on one side with kitchen […]
August 17, 2015
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Projects
Let's Talk About Appliances!
Projects
August 12, 2015
Let's Talk About Appliances!
Appliances are probably the most important part of the entire kitchen, but especially to Chris. He is a serious at-home cook who not only enjoys making meals every night for our family, but we invite people over a couple times a week, as well. There were only a few particular items on his must-have appliance […]
August 12, 2015
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Art
A Gallery Wall in the Master Bedroom + Tips on Creating Your Own!
Art
August 11, 2015
A Gallery Wall in the Master Bedroom + Tips on Creating Your Own!
The master bedroom has been our side project the last few months. I work on in my spare time, continually improving it when I can carve out a few minutes here and there or when I need a break from the reno dust. We love having a smaller, decorating only, project in our back pockets. […]
August 11, 2015
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DIY
The Kitchen's New Layout, with Walls and Everything.
DIY
August 10, 2015
The Kitchen's New Layout, with Walls and Everything.
I meant to write this post last week from my hotel room in Mexico (my little sis got married!), but the internet was nowhere near reliable enough to upload the photos, so this kitchen update is coming at you today! My apologies in advance--you'll likely get at least one more kitchen update this week. I […]
August 10, 2015
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Sourcing & Planning
An Exterior Light Facelift
Sourcing & Planning
August 5, 2015
An Exterior Light Facelift
Although there's so much going on inside, we try to spend time every week making sure our exterior stays maintained. We actually have some rather large plans for our backyard space, but that will have to wait until next year. Nowadays, we're just happy to keep the lawn mowed and the flower beds weed-free, but […]
August 5, 2015
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Projects
Our Experience Designing, Ordering and Picking Up Our Ikea Kitchen
Projects
August 3, 2015
Our Experience Designing, Ordering and Picking Up Our Ikea Kitchen
Progress is happening so fast in the kitchen, I can't wait to show you how things are looking there later this week. But, today I wanted to share about our experience designing and buying an Ikea kitchen since we picked up our cabinets over the weekend. We started designing our kitchen when we moved into […]
August 3, 2015
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Projects
The Kitchen: Tabula Rasa
Projects
July 28, 2015
The Kitchen: Tabula Rasa
This weekend, we got a babysitter for a couple hours and demo'd the kitchen. It was so therapeutic and fun! We haven't done any hardcore demo in awhile and we have been waiting anxiously since we moved in to renovate the kitchen, it felt like "we're finally doing it!" And although we ripped all the […]
July 28, 2015
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Recipes
10-Minute Salt & Vinegar Chicken
Recipes
July 24, 2015
10-Minute Salt & Vinegar Chicken
Life is busy. I barely even have time to write this post, and you're probably deciding right now whether or not you have time to read it. Well if you do, you'll thank me forever for it because this is one of the fastest and most delicious chicken dishes you'll ever come across. I actually […]
July 24, 2015
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