What do you do with a pink countertop when your budget doesn’t allow for replacement? Well, luckily, there’s always the option of paint! As mentioned elsewhere, when we bought our 100+ yr old home, everything in the kitchen was pink! Pink simulated wood-grain cabinets, pink doors, pink baseboards and a pink countertop. When it comes…
DESIGN & DIYs
2 Steps To A Beautiful Barnwood Finish On New Wood
I love, love, LOVE weathered barnwood but I’m way too frugal to pay for it. And I know that the expense is just not necessary, so I thought to post this tutorial – how to achieve a beautiful barnwood finish on new wood in just 2 steps! We were in the midst of renos not…
The Firepit
One of my favorite things about summer camping – campfires! Roasting marshmallows and making s’mores, the sound of the crackling wood, the smell, seeing the illuminated faces of some of my fave people in the world against the dark backdrop of the night’s starry sky were all part of what we were missing last year….
A Pebble Shower Floor
And you’ll never guess where from! You’ve seen the barnwood walls and shower enclosure, but I haven’t yet mentioned the pebble shower floor project! “Oooh, you know what would be really cool for the shower floor in the guest bathroom?” was how that started! Joe shakes his head. As much as he just rolls with…
Refurbishing An Old Door
Here we go again, into our basement stash of goodies to reuse and repurpose to some extent, a door! Our older home has a crazy number of original hardwood 5-panel doors in it but some of them have made their way to the basement stockpile as we’ve renovated over the years, and some have been…
