DIY
The Reading Room Shelves: Fully Loaded
Friday, we left you with our finished and hung shelves: Which was lightyears away from where we started: But over the weekend, we got them loaded up and the room feels so much more complete. My entire family flew in for an early Christmas this weekend, and we were hosting dinner and games on Saturday […]
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December 23, 2013
DIY
DIY Solid Wood Wall-to-Wall Shelves
Last night we hung the shelves in the reading room and the design that has been in our minds finally came to fruition. From this: To this: We really wanted wall-to-wall thicker solid wood shelves that maybe looked like they were floating, but not necessarily are--since you can't very easily achieve that with solid wood. […]
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December 20, 2013
DIY
Project Shelving: A Wall for The Sconces
Our reading room shelving project has officially taken off and has changed a little bit since the last time we talked about it. We discovered a legit lumber yard down the road a few miles that made it too hard to turn down wood shelves instead of painting them white. But before we even get […]
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November 27, 2013
Inspiration
Project Book Shelving: The Plans
We mentioned after we painted the reading room, that we wanted to revisit it soon. Our books are still boxed up in the garage and we are anxious to give them a more permanent home. Now that our costume party is over and the bathroom is done-zo, we're ready to build some shelving in here. […]
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November 11, 2013
DIY
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
DIY
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
