(Sorry for the delayed bathroom update! I had to finish making the shower curtain, and then we were out of town, and then there was a SNAFU with some hinges... The cursing has subsided and I expect things to finally come together this weekend. I'll return soon with bathroom photos because, trust me, we're all [...]
Category: Kitchen
Rug Shopping, Forever
Building a Picture Ledge for a Neon Sign
This right here is the kitschiest thing I've ever loved. I found it in an antique mall in mid-Missouri (Apache Flats represent!) for $30. Something about it is hilarious to me. Neon seems appropriate for vices, like BEER or GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS. Not SALADS. It lived in the basement for a while, illuminating our ping-pong [...]
Dust Yourself Off and Try Again
Oh, hey there, blog: what’s up? It's been a long time (long time), we shouldn't have left you (left you), without a dope beat to step to. It's not that I haven’t been busy around the apartment, it's that I've been busy making changes that are perceptible only to myself. Take, for example, our kitchen. [...]
Operation Obscurement: DIY Window Film
Getting to the point: our kitchen window view isn't great. I wanted to obscure this view - especially because we can see straight into our neighbor's kitchen and they into ours - without sacrificing the small amount of light we get through the window. After initially considering Gila window film, I balked when I saw [...]