DIY
Three--It's A Magic Number
Almost two years ago, we took down one of our upper cabinets and put in a couple of shelves--which we love, love, love. In fact, so much so that last weekend we added another one. Of course, there were a few other reasons for the third shelf. First, soon (like, the counters are arriving Friday […]
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March 28, 2013
DIY
The New Kitchen Lighting (Or Fluorescent Be Gone!)
First off, I am doing much better after Monday's incident. Thank you so much for your concern and comments. I was able to get up and walk around and even do some dishes yesterday. Strangely thrilling about the dishes. This week has been challenging for a number of reasons, but we do have a kitchen […]
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March 22, 2013
DIY
DIY Etched Glass Windows
In order to make our personal deadline for the kitchen of April 13th, we kicked it in high gear this weekend. Our countertops are ordered (we'll share those details soon) and we checked a few other projects off this weekend that we're anxious to share with you this week. When we updated our pantry door […]
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March 18, 2013
DIY
Hardware a la Restoration
Aaaaannddd we have hardware!! Can you believe it took us nearly two years to get to this point? I will tell you it took absolutely no seconds at all to get used to opening our cabinets and drawers with handles. The original plan was to get bin pulls for the drawers and knobs for the […]
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March 7, 2013
DIY
Planking the Peninsula
In addition to painting our base cabinets this weekend, we also took 20 minutes to update the back of the peninsula. (Note: The new countertops will have a waterfall edge so that is why the side of the peninsula is not painted.) A couple people noticed that the peninsula didn't used to be planked like […]
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March 5, 2013
DIY
Navy Painted Base Cabinets
It has been an insane few days over here in the kitchen, with some major progress made. This weekend, our kitchen got a dose of navy blue: Behr's Midnight Dream to be exact. I picked up 40ish different navy swatches from a variety of brands (I try not to be a brand snob when it […]
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March 4, 2013
DIY
Update Your Pantry Door
When Katie and Sherry announced their Pinterest Challenge for this season, I knew it was time to tackle a project I pinned awhile ago and was anxious to do in our kitchen--we even included it in the mood board for our current kitchen reno here. Originally inspired by Sarah's pantry door over at Thrifty Decor […]
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February 27, 2013
DIY
Hey-O Hood.
We made it. It's happening. The kitchen renovation has officially kicked off and we're starting with sharing our newest appliance (and the last one on our shopping list)--the range hood. You see, when we did our cosmetic kitchen revamp to tide us over until we could get started on this real one, we painted our […]
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February 25, 2013
Inspiration
Kitchen Update--Already?
You know what is silly? Doing a kitchen update before demo has even started in there--but here we are. We have almost everything ordered--and some things have even arrived--but there have been a few changes to the original plan to catch you up on: First up, the backsplash. We were really excited about a moody […]
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February 20, 2013
Mood Boards
The Kitchen Pliz-ans.
Ah, the kitchen. We have been thinking about it ever since we moved in nearly two years ago, when it looked like this: We did a few, very simple, cheap and even temporary updates to get us where we are today. We painted our cabinets and muave pink countertops and even our previously bisque oven […]
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February 4, 2013
Lifestyle
Big News All Around
Bye-bye, January! Get. We are welcoming February with open arms and lots and lots of plans and news!!! Before yesterday our plans for this month and this year, really, were up in the air. Chris accepted a new, wonderful job (he's in marketing) a few weeks ago and he started this past Monday. He really […]
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February 1, 2013
Chris Cooks
Magnetic Knife Strips--You Want 'em Strong.
Back in September, we shared a photo of our new magnetic knife strip that we picked up at Ikea, and today I am back to tell you--it may not be the best choice. The left side of ours has lost most of its magnetism, so we're left with just using the far right and crossing […]
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November 15, 2012
Chris Cooks
Double the Oven, Double the Fun.
What's Labor Day weekend without impulse-buying a major appliance?! Buying an appliance was no where on our list for the past holiday weekend, but while perusing through Home Depot (which is always on our list. Every day, it seems.) we realized every appliance was on sale and we did need/want a new range. We have […]
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September 7, 2012
Inspiration
If Chris Could Do It Again
Hey everyone! I am busy in the studio today (with Greta girl by my side) getting ready for the big launch tomorrow. Ten new 16x20 flats will hit the shop. Woot! Lots of work. Lots of fun, too. Fortunately, Chris is taking the blogging reigns today and spilling what he would look for if we […]
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September 5, 2012
DIY
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
