Welcome back, dear readers, to the season finale of "Marti Makes a Mudroom Less Gross." Before we get to the before and after photos, there are three more projects I need to cover for you: the flooring, the sliding door railing, and some shade trickery. This post is long, so settle in! You'll be rewarded [...]
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 [...]
Just 2 weeks left in the One Room Challenge! Participating has definitely been fun and motivating for me – I have to plan out my projects to both get sh*t done and to ensure I have something worth reporting each week. Today, I'm focusing on the south wall of the mudroom. The original door trim [...]
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 [...]
Hello again! It's Week 2 of the One Room Challenge – hop back to One Room Challenge Week 1: Mudroom Makeover for an introduction to this space. Let's cut to the chase on one issue I hesitate to even mention: there was lead paint on the ceiling and upper part of the brick wall. Two [...]
Project Palermo 