I like coral as an accent color and have seen it used beautifully in some dining rooms. Like this: via Remodelaholic // via Tracey Interiors But I just don’t feel the same way about the coral walls in our dining room {and hallway… and stairwell}. We’re just more of a neutrals, blues and greens type …
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How was your long weekend? Did you work on any home projects or simply relax? We were on a Mission Trip with our church and it was a great week {& holiday weekend} to serve together and celebrate together. It’s been a little quiet around the blog as Erica and I have been enjoying these …
Recently we completed a sweet little set of custom prints. This trio of prints was designed for a nursery. I love talking with our clients, from learning what has inspired the art {in this case, a new baby!} to seeing their choice of color combinations. In this case, the colors were based on the nursery …
So it’s time to discuss vanity tops. A few weeks ago when I shared our marble vanity top I mentioned that I wanted to share about the decision-making process. Choosing a vanity top was a much lengthier and more expensive process than we expected. If you recall from our original plan, we were …
Some of our long-time readers may remember that I’m no gardening expert {see my beginner tips here and what I learned at the farmer’s market here}. However — green thumb or not — I still love to look at pretty flowers! Earlier this spring, a friend of ours told me about a home and garden …
Our church had a Yard Sale fundraiser and I came home with this small dresser. It’s low height makes it perfect as a side table. Yes, a dresser can be a side table! {A dresser is one of the best pieces of furniture you can buy, see some more examples in this post.} In fact, …
When we started planning our bathroom renovation it was a goal to reuse a few pieces. This included updating our mirror and painting the frame white {you can see that in the mood board}. However, after the room started coming together and I saw this photo, I decided to go with a wood tone. …
We had several goals when we started working on the bathroom renovation… increase from one to two sinks, get rid of the wallpaper and replace the peeling linoleum floors… to name a few. However, there is another goal that is always on my “to do” list and that is to increase storage. In the end, …
When our tile was laid we were instructed to seal it in about a week. I’d never sealed anything before, so this was a learning experience. We used SurfaceGard Sealer from our local True Value store. For those of you who don’t live near a True Value, the exact same product on Amazon is pretty …
A couple weeks ago our tile was installed, and now we’ve got the next big piece in place… our vanity top. I’m so pleased with it. The grey veining is beautiful. Picking out our vanity top was not easy. Carrara marble is what I had in mind from the beginning; but the initial prices that …
How was your weekend? I love the small projects Erica shares each Friday and this weekend project was just like many of those… simple, colorful and a great use of items I had on hand. If you’ve been around for awhile you know that Mike and I are in the middle of renovating our bathroom. …
I look forward to the arrival of my Better Homes and Gardens magazine each month; but since we moved in December and have been unpacking/organizing/etc. a few issues had gotten set aside. Earlier this week I came across a few issues that I hadn’t read. This little gem of a tip caught my eye, and …
You might remember this photo from an update on our bathroom renovation. The large hole is an old medicine cabinet {I’m guessing} and the torn-up walls are due to the glue that was on the back of the large vanity mirror. The other 3 walls were in much better shape, but still needed plenty of …
Hello, new tile floor. To call this an improvement is an understatement. You might remember from the original plan that we were considering installing the tile ourselves. However, as we got into the project several things changed our minds: It took 4 days to remove the wallpaper {spread out over a few weeks as we …
Removing wallpaper is not the most inspiring or creative endeavor… so yesterday, even though there is more work to be done in the bathroom I took a break to paint this mirror and make it pretty. I picked up this mirror for $6 at a Yard Sale. It needed a coat of paint; but I …