…and then there was paint…

…and what a difference it makes! It took the collective efforts of two girlfriends, three masks, about a half dozen bottles of beer and lots and lots of elbow grease to get those walls sanded down and ready for texture.  Then putting on the texture was fairly seamless (though we did have to go to [...]

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Room of Requirement Progress….it’s getting there….

It’s not finished….but the BIG things are finished, namely the painting, crown molding and trim work to jazz up the cheap Billy Bookcases.  Yes, we took $60 bookcases and put crown molding on them (well, actually just really chunky chair rail because it’s easier to work with) and they look so much more custom and [...]

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The Room of Requirement gets teased…

Here’s a little teaser for all of your painting woes….and when I say woe….I really mean WHOA! …and if you’re looking for some comparison photo ops, then look no further than…. If you follow me on Facebook, then you probably now understand why I said a few weeks back – sometimes neutral just doesn’t cut [...]

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Cork floor Redux

I’ve missed writing, I’ve missed all of my readers, and I’ve missed working on my house this summer!  Where have we been?!?  Can you say “crazy is the new normal”?  Let’s just say that we’ve been busy spending time and money on everything BUT the house and so there isn’t much to report.  And to give you [...]

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Belly up to the bar!

It’s been six months since our beadboard bar makeover and we couldn’t be more thrilled with the results!  It’s held up really well to a fair amount of abuse, but we felt like it was missing something: ….can you guess what it is? Yup, we *finally* purchased barstools to go with our, ahem….BAR!  Nobody ever [...]

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