I’ll admit that these aren’t the most exciting before and after pictures, but I spent forever working on this hallway so humor me! Painting stained trim and doors is awful. It’s so tedious with all the sanding, taping, priming, and multiple coats of paint. Once the trim was finished I noticed that the drywall was in [...]
We had old mismatched brass door knobs throughout our whole house. Sometimes I think our house was built out of scraps found in dumpsters—nothing matches! I’m not crazy about our flat panel doors either, but new doors are expensive and replacing the old knobs has made me feel a lot better about the doors overall. [...]
The guest room was a blank slate when we moved in. I like how the room is looking, but I still need to add something quirky to personalize it—like the poop in the bathroom or the zombies on the mantle. Oh, and can’t you hear the bed crying out for more throw pillows? Before: After:
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 [...]
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 [...]
After much painting, organizing, shelf hanging, and cabinet-putting-together-ing the laundry room is finally finished! It is bright and sunny, just like I wanted. Now let’s see how long I can keep it looking this good… (And yes, yes I did change laundry detergents so the bottle would match…) The Taming of the Laundry Room (Part [...]
I bought these lamps for our bedroom when we first got married. Since then I decided that they were a bit too traditional for my taste, but it was nothing spray paint and new lampshades couldn’t fix! How sweet is the white ceramic tree from Urban Outfitters?
You will need: an icky old clock screw driver acrylic paint + brush pen scissors 12″ x 12″ scrapbook paper (size varies depending on clock size) Before: 1. Remove the battery and screws from the back of the clock. The back should pull away from the frame exposing the clock hands. 2. Carefully examine your [...]