This is the first in a series of articles about planning for your kitchen remodel. Be sure to check back for more great advice!
Congratulations, you are planning your kitchen remodel! You are about to embark on a journey to create the kitchen of your dreams. Chances are you’ve been thinking about this for a while and maybe have a picture in your mind’s eye of what your new kitchen will look like. You might even have a Pinterest board full of beauty shots of other kitchens.
That’s a great start, but now that you have decided to go ahead with the remodel, it’s time to really get into the details of what goes into a kitchen and organize your selections. (more…)
Man Caves
Father’s Day is this weekend and we thought it would be fun to look at spaces just for Dad – man caves as they’ve become known as in modern parlance. (more…)
In Need of a Refresh
As stated before, I live in a 1865 farmhouse. The decor is more traditional than modern, owing to the trend at the time we purchased our furniture. Those were carefree days: no kids devouring our time or impinging upon our decision making, and two incomes to blow on furniture we foolishly thought we’d be mad about forever. Dark days they were. (Smiley face).
The point is we live in a transient world – wanting always to be moving and exploring, discovering the next great thing, or great look. The office, which desperately needed some attention anyway, is an ideal room for that exploration, limited only by the primary piece of furniture we want to keep – the mission desk we bought some 14 years ago. (more…)
Most of the rooms in our home are lived in. Our office, however, has become an avoidance issue. With neither my husband nor myself regularly working from home, the kids now working in their bedrooms, and the desktop computer having been rendered all but obsolete, its only purpose has been that of storage. Until recently. My husband had to take a video conference call from home one day and no matter where he attempted to place his laptop in the room, there was a mountain (or more aptly a landslide) of stuff behind him, in the shot. It was dark, messy, and depressing. So, we’re undertaking an office overhaul – in pieces, to be delivered to you the same way. (more…)
Last week we talked about exterior projects for the spring, this week we’re looking indoors – beyond the usual spring cleaning tasks – to some interior home maintenance tasks to tick off your list! (more…)
