I like things clean! To help pay my way through college I cleaned houses. It’s fun for me to make a space look new again. Working on a small stain or cleaning a whole room is kinda my jam. I have actually gotten in trouble for cleaning before…haha! When I visit my parents in Seattle […]
The Difference a Cabinet Makes
When we moved into our new house I felt like it was a blank canvas just waiting for me to make it HOME. We downsized like 2,000 square feet when we bought this house so I knew a few rooms needed to become rooms with more than one purpose. The front room had a nice […]
Copper, Yes Please
Copper handles! So stink’n pretty. I love copper and I love that copper is trendy right now, because it should be. It is beautiful. I got on Pinterest to research copper pulls for my new built-in cabinets and found the perfect DIY pulls done by Katie and Eric of Mountain Modern Life Blog. See more […]
Reclaimed Wood Ledge
Ledge, counter, shelf, top part thingy….I am not sure what to call this. THE FREAK’N TOP OF THE CABINETS! Okay, let’s move on… For the top of my cabinets I wanted to do a chunky reclaimed wood shelf. I have loads of reclaimed wood that I have collected over the years that I wanted to […]
The Piano’s Facelift- Look at Me Now!
She started out like this…pretty, but a little beat up. And she ended up like this… Let’s get close up on this beautiful transformation. See more of the “before” pictures and how we preped the piano HERE See more of the “transformation” pictures, what painting steps and products we used HERE And find out about […]
The Piano’s Facelift- The Transformation!
Okay! So, on the last post you saw the before pictures (Click HERE to read about that) and the prep work that went into this beauty. You itching to see what happens next?!!??? Oh, it’s so pretty. After it was all ready for paint, I handed it over to Kenna to work her magic. Kenna […]
The Piano’s Facelift – Beginning Steps
We’ll folks my piano finally got a facelift! And she looks bangarang’n!!! I teamed up with Kenna owner of Latest Lovely Design to make this happen. Kenna paints, builds, and designs furniture! I told her about the look I was after and she made it happen. It is prettier than I expected it would be. I […]
The Evolution of a Dresser
There are only a few pieces of furniture that have stayed with us through our four moves. Two of them are dressers. One is from Pottery Barn and the other is this thrifted vintage dresser. Where ever you find your furniture or whatever you pay for it- if you get a quality piece that is well […]
Wall Bookcase
Since my kids are sharing a room there won’t be much space for a bookcase with two twin beds in the room. I saw some great wall bookcases at the Utah Valley Parade of Homes this summer and thought I can totally do that! Source- Four Chairs Design and Davies Development Maybe….? doubt swept it…. then […]
Front Porch Makeover
It was OOOGALLY! That means really ugly. The wind at our last house had totally ripped the cushions on the patio furniture. I was ashamed to have this on my new front porch, but we had just moved and the garage was full of boxes. It had no where to go – it sat […]