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A Bench and 20 minutes in Ikea.
As promised in this pop-up weekend post, I am here to share with you our Ikea haul from Saturday. We only had a total of 20 minutes to shop (one day, ONE day I will get some quality time with that store) so there was no messing around. I had to stick to my list. But […]
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August 27, 2012
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Our New Darker Digs using Kwal's Crave
Yesterday, I shared that I was getting my paint on in the front room--which we always have trouble naming. Front room? Living room? Sitting room? Formal living room? Either way, it was getting painted yesterday. My plan was to get the trimming done during Greta's nap and then roll the wall once she went to […]
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August 10, 2012
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It's happening. Today.
Just dropping in to share with you what is going on over here--which is just like every other day, except this post is much shorter. Maybe the shortest ever. This morning, Greta and I trekked out to get some paint and while she napped (she actually went upstairs and climbed in her crib and went to […]
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August 9, 2012
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Say Goodbye to Those Gray Scratches on Your White Dishware
Shortly after Chris and I got married, we bought ourselves ten plain white dishes. They weren't super expensive--maybe $2.50 a piece?--but we loved the classic look and hoped we could hang on to them for a long, long time and use them for all the dinner parties we planned on having. Well, we definitely have […]
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July 26, 2012
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That Dirty-Secret-of-a-Garage has been Tamed.
I can't believe we did it. We cleaned and organized this mess in less than 24 hours: Wednesday night my mom and I worked until about 10:30pm and were so excited when we quit for the night because you could see the garage floor on one side. Yesterday, our progress went a lot faster thanks […]
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July 20, 2012
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Our Dirtiest Secret.
Ugh. The garage. We don't include it in house tours. We don't take photos of it. We rarely open it because we don't want our neighbors seeing this: Our biggest, messiest, dirtiest secret. It is mostly one huge pile of renovation debris consisting of old carpet, sheet rock and wood. Or at least that is […]
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July 19, 2012
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Okay, Maybe the Wall ISN'T Coming Down.
We have been mulling over kitchen plans for 6 months. Six. Because this will be one of the largest projects we take on in this house, we want to make sure we get it right. Originally, way back in January, we shared with you our first layout idea: It involved taking out half of the […]
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July 16, 2012
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$7 Exterior Lights I Can Live With
Welcome Design*Sponge readers! To see more photos of the nursery-turned-studio, check this post out. Feel free to kick off your shoes and stay awhile. :) We have a lot of dreamy updates on our exterior to-do list including updating our exterior lights. We have been drooling over and pinning some industrial-modern fixtures online, but considering […]
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July 5, 2012
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Stale Nursery to Lively Studio Reveal!!
The studio is done (!!) and now we get to marvel at how far we have come and pat ourselves on the back for making some seriously great decisions along the way. This was the perfect space to collaborate with you readers. We had a great time (although, admittedly, sometimes nerve-wrecking) seeing what you would […]
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June 20, 2012
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Aaron and Heather's "New" So-Fresh-And-So-Clean Dining
Heather's home is clean and clutter free, but she wanted to add "fresh" to the mix and nix some of the builder beige. We started in this dining room nook that is right off of the huge kitchen and opens to the living room. As you come in the front door, it is one of […]
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June 12, 2012
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On Location
This is the 4th and last week that Chris and I will be apart. He is in the mountains, playing chef, at a scout camp and I am on location at my sister-in-law's beautiful home injecting some much-needed color. Today, we're focusing on this dining room nook. The family of eight built their gorgeous […]
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June 11, 2012
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The Storm Before the Calm
We're in the home stretch to finishing the studio. Yesterday I dug out my desk from our garage, which may be a simple task to some, but you haven't seen our garage. Err...the majority of you haven't. A few neighbors who read this blog may have caught a glimpse of our pile of renovation debris […]
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June 6, 2012
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DIY Washer Bracelet
This week is a big week for me. I am the girl's camp director for my church and girl's camp starts tomorrow (!!!) and goes through Saturday. So, behind the home decor scenes I have also been brushing up on my knots, making schedules, and preparing activities and crafts for months. One big theme for […]
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May 28, 2012
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Weekending
Now that the floor has dried and cured, we are anxious to lay the FLOR tiles. I will say, they aren't exactly the color I expected (isn't that 85% true of every online purchase?) but I think that they will still be lovely. Especially with... The tapestry-turned-curtain you all voted on!!! This tapestry took 57% […]
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May 25, 2012
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Above Par Studio Sub-floor
The floor in the studio has been a topic of conversation over here since we started this little reno. After we weren't able to find a match to our existing laminate to temporarily lay, and were discouraged to lay new flooring in here (for fear it would be discontinued by the time we were ready […]
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May 24, 2012
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Tearin' up Carpet and Takin' Names.
I made it back home last night, err technically early this morning, around 1am--which felt more like 3am since I've been hanging out on the east coast since Friday. My sister's wedding was beautiful and for my whole family to be in one location for a few days was a complete blast. We danced the […]
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May 22, 2012
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Painted Ceiling and Reader's Choice: Which FLOR?!
Let me just take a moment to say, you readers are doing a fabulous job designing my studio. Painting a ceiling anything other than white was a first for us and we are thrilled that you all voted to see that happen. When it came time to cast your vote as to which color to […]
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May 2, 2012
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When The Maroon Carpet Goes...
A lot of you have been wondering what in the world we are going to do with that maroon carpet in the studio. Yikes--us, too! We knew it needed to go and the grave was officially dug when we took no care in covering it when we sprayed the room crisp white. So, it is […]
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May 1, 2012
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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
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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
