Between the island, the clock, the trashcans and the rug, there is a lot of IKEA going on in this kitchen. And there isn't a lot of color. I'm cool with both of those things, to a point, but the kitchen feels a bit sterile. The neon sign helped add some character. Now it needs [...]
We have the luxury of two small extra bedrooms in our apartment: one is used for the guest room, the other is used as my project room. It swings wildly from tidy to chaotic. It exploded into a mess recently, as you can see, but after a new year's organizing frenzy, I think I have [...]
While cleaning out our closet this weekend I decided that cleaning out our closet would be nicer if there were a ceiling light in there. More often than not, mundane cleaning initiatives like this are waylaid by the allure of PROJECT! You know what's not exciting? Cleaning. You know what is? Wire stripping! We have outlets [...]
On April 4th I asked you, dear reader, to "check back soon for posts on building raised garden beds and installing a backyard shade canopy!" Well, I delivered on the garden beds... and never mentioned the canopy again. IKEA's DYNING canopy seemed like a great solution for our sun-scorched backyard. The width was perfect and installing the [...]
In addition to my gold leaf paint test, I put my IKEA VITTSJO nesting table hack scraps to use for some metal cutting tool experimentation. Up until this project, my experience was limited to a manual hacksaw. True story: when I was shopping for said hacksaw a few years ago I asked a young Home Depot employee [...]
Project Palermo 