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A Framed E and a Framed K Plus an O

February 28, 2012 in Making our House a Home

For our master bedroom leaning ledge (which I’ll be showing you in its entirety next weeks when I reveal our Master Bedroom), I challenged myself to spend no more than $5 on any one frame. There are lots of thin flimsy frames in this price range…but I wanted nice chunky [...]

His, Hers, and Ours Comforters – And How to Make Your Own Duvet from Two Top Sheets

February 23, 2012 in Making our House a Home

This post has been featured! Yesterday, I showed you the King-Size Pottery Barn Stratton Bed Knock-Off that we built.Today, let me tell you more about the bedding. I know there aren’t as many layers of blankets or throw pillows as the Pottery Barn catalog boasts of. This is a very [...]

Pottery Barn Knock-Off: King-Size Stratton Bed

February 22, 2012 in Making our House a Home

This post has been featured! When I first posted our plans and inspiration for our Master Bedroom renovation, I showed you this bed, The Pottery Barn Stratton Bed, and shared that we intended to make our own. Usually, it is pictured with an uholstered headboard like this one (we decided [...]

How to Paint French Doors

February 17, 2012 in Making our House a Home

Yesterday, I showed you the walk-in closet behind these lovely doors…Today, let me tell you about the doors, themselves I found this set of french doors on Craigslist for $45.Since we bought used doors, they didn’t come with the door jam. So we made one ourselves. It wasn’t too tough, [...]

Walk-in Closet

February 16, 2012 in Making our House a Home

It was one year ago yesterday that I posted this post about our basement bedroom: what it looked like when we moved in, the way we had been using it up until then, and the things about it that just weren’t working for us anymore. A few weeks later, I [...]

Fork and Spoon Fence Post Wall Art

February 1, 2012 in Making our House a Home

Last week, I showed you the fence wood wall hanging in our living room. Today, let me show you how more of our reclaimed fence wood made it into our house…this time, in the kitchen:The fence pailings are cut in half lengthwise, one piece lies flat on the wall and [...]

Repurposed Fence Post Wall Art

January 25, 2012 in Making our House a Home

This post has been featured!  Our computer crashed yesterday. SO FRUSTRATING!!! Really makes me wish I had stood in line for one of those $200 laptops on Black Friday. But I didn’t. So here I am, at the public library with a wiggling baby on my lap trying to stay [...]

My Jewelry Board: Before and After

January 18, 2012 in Making our House a Home

This post has been featured! I have been using this bulletin board and random assortment of push pins for my necklaces for years now…but I decided it could use a bit of a makeover.So I stripped her down and took her outside.I primed and painted both the frame and the [...]

Under there and behind that…

January 17, 2012 in Making our House a Home

  Last week, I shared before and after pictures of what is now our kids room slash guestroom. However, I didn’t share what was under the beds or behind those closet doors.The practical “usability” of the bedrooms in our home was what initiated our big bedroom swap around in the [...]

Kids’ Bedroom Reveal – Lots of Before and After Pictures!

January 10, 2012 in Making our House a Home

This Post Has Been Featured! -:- The Kids’ Room was the first bedroom we finished up as a part of our “Big Bedroom Swap Around” …kind of ironic since it was the one I was having the hardest time making decisions about. We actually finished and photographed it last September, [...]