Remember our guest/media room? The truth is, we were never quite happy with it. The feature wall color came from a mix of paint we had left over –it looked green at night …
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guest room re-do
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hairpin table
So, to my kitchen ‘side-project’ –our hairpin table. We’re glad to have one, as they’re rare to find, although ours isn’t quite as intended. It’s covered in white laminate …
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kitchen chaos
My mother keeps telling me a kitchen post is way overdue…and she has a point. First, a warning: this post is LONG, so you may want a swig of coffee first. Despite that …
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boiling bakelite
An odd title, I know, but it will make sense. Originally, our light switch plates were brown Bakelite. All but one of them was replaced during the last sixty years …
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kitchen plan
We’ve been working hard in the kitchen. And I don’t mean cooking. We’re giving this space a makeover. This Eichler Homes ad shows how our kitchen used to be …
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master recap
I wanted to revisit our master bedroom, to look back at the progress we’ve made, and share some details we just added. First, a quick recap of how we got here. We bought insulation for the external walls, only to discover better stuff already inside. Then we painstakingly restored a wall of paneling behind the …
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master vanity
Finally, I get round to sharing our master vanity project. The only original bit we inherited was the vanity itself (though it was sprayed white, like everything else). That stays, along with the non-original faucet. The countertop, mirrored cabinet, and light fixture will all go. We’ll also add something back in –the medicine cabinet I …
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tile dilemma
We plan to run gray VCT (like this) throughout our home. No problem in the carpeted bedrooms, where the concrete slab is easily exposed. Also straightforward in the living area, where we can remove or lay over existing beige VCT (pictured). Only real problem is the office. This is carpeted, but beneath is some old, …
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door restore
Our internal doors appear to be original, but they’ve been painted white. We had planned to buy replacement luan doors, as they’re cheap (about $40 each) and would look just like the originals did…originally. But our doors are already here. And they fit. So we tried sanding one. It took a while, but the familiar …
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