This stage of the One Room Challenge is challenging because I don't want to reveal too much of the room! I'm saving pulled-back shots for the final post – not that it's going to be a stunner of a space. As I've said, this is a functional room, not a showcase. Anyway, this is a [...]
Welcome to Week 3 of the One Room Challenge, in which I'm trying to make our shoddy mudroom look and function better on the cheap. My previous two posts (Week 1 and Week 2) documented work done in 2016. This post is about a project I started and finished within the past week: a simple [...]
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 [...]
This post details how I customized an IKEA SILVERÅN vanity for our newly-remodeled half-bathroom. Because this powder room is in a visible spot on our first floor, I wanted a vanity that looked like a piece of furniture we'd have elsewhere in the house. As I mentioned in my Bathroom Decision Making post, I was unable to [...]
In my greatest DIY victory to date, I installed an IKEA HEMNES bathroom cabinet, DALSKAR faucet, and ODENSVIK sink (which came with RINNEN plumbing). Note that the title of this blog post is not "How to install an IKEA vanity" but rather "How I installed an IKEA vanity." This is what worked for me. I did [...]
Project Palermo 