I usually focus on all things visual, but smells can be intriguing too. Did you ever catch a whiff of something that jerked you back into a long lost memory for a moment? It’s such an eerie feeling! For example, I only visited my great grandmother a handful of times growing up, but she always [...]
The basement bathroom is done! It’s a tiny bathroom with a low ceiling, so I kept it simple and clutter free. The previous owners had installed way too many storage cabinets (even more than you can see in the before photos). It was so claustrophobic in there, and everything was grungy and gross. Now it [...]
I just realized I never showed you the sweet bath mat I got for my birthday. If you are as obsessed with zigzags and stripes as I am you’re sure to love it! When we moved in to our house Daniel wanted to hang a chalkboard behind the toilet for people to write on. I told [...]
I finally finished tiling the basement bathroom floor, and I’m quite happy with the results! I still need to install quarter round trim to hide the gap between the tiles and the walls, but all the tile work is done. Not too shabby for my first time, huh? I’m so relieved that I didn’t screw [...]
I started peeling the wallpaper off our guest bathroom walls as soon as we moved into our house. The wallpaper seemed to be original to the house (1971) and had been hung directly on bare unpainted drywall. Each piece of wallpaper that came down tore off a big chunk of dry wall with it. (That’s [...]
Remember the plan I posted for our basement bathroom? I mentioned laying peel and stick tile over the existing vinyl tile, but instead I think I want to lay ceramic tile myself. How hard could it be? (Ha.) I’ve been looking at different types of tile, and I’ve fallen head over heels in love with [...]
Our bathroom vanities are really old. 39 years old to be exact. Replacing them isn’t an option since they are irregular sizes, and I don’t want to disturb the groovy retro hex tiles on our bathroom floors. So, with my new miter box and saw (thanks Dad!) I added molding to the cabinet doors. With [...]
Now that the laundry room is done, I’m moving on to the basement bathroom. It is horrendous! Brass water stained faucet, purple and white linoleum, yucky light fixture, 40 year old crusty shower door, lots of unnecessary storage cabinets left by the previous owners… In the year and a half we’ve lived here I haven’t [...]
If you have puke-inducing countertops that you can’t afford to replace, why not paint them? Painting isn’t a permanent solution, but it sure is better than looking at old outdated countertops, and if done correctly it can last for quite a while. I tried to follow a few tutorials I found online, but some things [...]
I recently discovered milk glass, and I think a lot of people associate it with tacky grandma clutter. Luckily I never made that association so I have an unbiased view: milk glass is awesome. Granted some of the patterns are lame (white grape vines? no thanks), but I LOVE the hobnail design. It looks so [...]