Before & After

There once was a hideous lampshade on a beautiful, classic lamp.  This was a DIY project from my first apartment my freshman year of college.  I’ve come a long way!…

At last, time to begin tackling the dining room!  First, there are a few things to ignore:  a) the light fixture slated for replacement in the near yet unscheduled future…

If this looks familiar to you, you may have tried to label a ballet slipper with a Sharpie:   That’s the kind of thing that makes me twitch with annoyance.…

Need a little inspiration?  How about this incredible staircase makeover! This staircase is the main feature of the entryway to a friend’s beautiful home.  Cosmetically, the home had a lot…

If you’ve followed the blog long enough, you may remember that our home’s hall closes was incorporated into the kitchen by the previous owner.  It was a good call.  I’d…

Last week I was on a mission to get our new family photos up on the walls.  One wall is in our dining room with an oversized mirror in a…

I tend to WAY overthink window treatments.  It’s probably that the affordable boxed options are so limited.  They are nearly all 84″ long and unlined or lightly lined.  That’s not…

I had this question recently and thought it was a great one.  One of my favorite pieces of furniture is an antique buffet/bar cabinet that we painted white.  At some…

We are getting ready to take our annual trip to the pumpkin patch!  It’s such a great opportunity to capture kids being kids.  Really, any fun activity is a great…

To wrap up a week full of outdoor posts, here’s another outdoor post!  We can finally taste the end of the backyard project.  To recap, we started with this cute…

We’ve been super-busy outside and I finally have some photos to show! One of the first items we tackled was this very large-and-in-charge Yellow Bell bush that had gotten a…

Now my study is really starting to look like a multi-purpose office/hobby room/mom-cave with the addition of some new “art”. The guitars are now safely up and out of the…

FINALLY, 3 months after having the entire house painted, curtains have been selected for a room. I started where we spend the most time and where I missed the curtains…

I wanted a little something to pretty up the far corner of the kitchen that we affectionately call “the command center” since it houses our junk drawer and has been…

Lets face it, I was super spoiled at our old house when our master bathroom addition provided a prime opportunity for a dream closet: Then we moved. I had to…