My make-it-work kitchen makeover is finished! I have a slew of before and after photos for you. Some of the befores are from when I started this recent decorating wave and some are from when we first bought the house, to show how far this space has come. I try to capture the same angle [...]
Shortly after we moved in, I bought a used IKEA cart from a friend and that's been our toaster and coffee station ever since. It did the job well and looked okay, but it was too narrow to balance out the width of the cabinet above it. I knew I'd want to replace it with [...]
I dove into my kitchen makeover this past month and knocked out three things that already have me liking the space a lot more: a new faucet, cabinet hardware, and window moulding. Faucet Our previous faucet had a leak that was getting progressively worse: the water would only shut off when the handle was turned [...]
I am planning a make-it-work makeover of our kitchen. As a reminder, it looked like this when we bought the house: And it looks like this now (“now” = when it’s spotless and I’ve cleared all the crap off the counter): Why not a full remodel? If I were to totally renovate this kitchen, it [...]
Looks like I am moving forward with the half-bathroom remodel! I hit my savings goal thanks to our tax refund, annual bonus, and squirreling away of money. Now I get to dive into a capital project. For reference, this is what our bathroom looks like currently: It's tucked under the stairs, in the center of our home’s [...]
Project Palermo 