DIY
White Walls and Reader's Choice: Ceiling Paint Color
After you readers decided you would like to see the studio painted with white walls and a colored ceiling (check out the poll in this post), we decided to take care of getting the walls painted a crisp white over the weekend. I mentioned it before, but these walls were in terrible shape. We […]
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April 30, 2012
DIY
A Starting Point for the Second Nursery
This morning, after breakfast, I told Greta she was going to help me do one of her favorite things--clean up! We went upstairs and opened the door to that third upstairs bedroom that we haven't touched or used (other than to store our stuff) since we moved in over a year ago. It was quite […]
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April 25, 2012
DIY
Before And After: Entryway!!
First off, I just wanted to thank everyone for your concern yesterday--my nose is a little swollen and sore, but pain killers and your sweet comments are getting me through it. I'm already cautiously laughing about it. Now onto the eye candy--our entryway solution. Spoiler alert--it's a lot better than my little bamboo shoe rack […]
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April 18, 2012
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Built In Billys Part 3
Hey-yo, all of this multi-colored trim is gone: Last night, we painted all of the trim we added to create one, seamless, built-in look: Ta-da!! It is just how we imagined it to look way back when we put together a rough 3D drawing almost a month ago: The real difference between yesterday and today […]
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March 15, 2012
DIY
Built-In Billys Part 2
When we left you after part 1 of our built-in Billy bookcase posts, this is how we were lookin': Although, Monday, you got a sneak peak of the work we got done over the weekend when we revealed the new window: Sadly, this is the photo that is going around Pinterest right now--"DIY Built-Ins!!!" It's […]
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March 14, 2012
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Built-In Billys Part 1
A large part of this family room renovation is the wall of built-in bookcases that will flank either side of the sliding glass doors that lead out to the back patio. It's our solution to our home's pesky foundation that sticks out into the square footage of the room. The builders built a half wall […]
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March 6, 2012
DIY
Ikea Latt Hack
Ah, the classic, cheap and standard Ikea Latt table. We got this set for Greta for her first birthday nearly a year ago (I'll have a two year old next month. Pinch me.). Of course to a toddler a table and chairs just their size is delightful no matter what it looks like--but after staring […]
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January 25, 2012
