Before & After

The word “up-cycling” makes me cringe.  It makes me think of so many projects I’ve seen where some well-meaning would-be-crafter takes some sort of perfectly good (but potentially dated) something…

I’m so thrilled that sewing is finally coming back into style.  Or crafting for that matter!  At last, folks are appreciating artisan-made goods over generics Made-in-China.  I think we have…

Our kitchen… one of those projects that seems so simple until you spend literally years in the middle of it.  It was well worth the wait, though!  It looks amazing,…

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Our Mid-Century Modern kitchen remodel was featured on Apartment Therapy’s The Kitchn yesterday.  This was one of my all-time favorite projects. We started with great bones that had suffered from an…

Before Randomly salmon kitchen island You haven’t seen much of our kitchen lately because it’s a mess of beautiful-but-honey-colored cabinets with our new, beautiful glass knobs, new quartzite counters, new…

Summer has been keeping us busy with all things summer… swimming, watching movies, building snowmen named Olaf, general mayhem, be have a little update for Cora’s room. I recently shared…

Working from home with 2 little kids is certainly an adventure.  I came up with a great idea to help them feel empowered AND to buy myself a bit more…

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Now that the weather is warm and beautiful, its hard to remember what a cold, crazy, wet winter we had.  I remember it quite well because just at the beginning…

I just love it when we have a need for a piece and find something we can use that has a family history and costs us nothing more that the…

Recently I posted about how we moved the fabulous vintage bar cabinet into the family room as a media console.  It’s been a great change.  It’s fitting to have one…

Ever look at these cute little containers and think they were perfect for storing else?  Maybe some other food items, craft items, toys, accessories…  It’s the ultimate recycling when you…

I’ve been digging all of the fun resin woodland animal busts that are popular these days, but let’s face it, these are a trend and not worth the $100+ most…

One last throw-back post while I finish up some projects and get them photographed!  While preparing the post about our Hyde Park from-stratch home I came across a “before” photo…