June 7, 2011 in Making our House a Home
By far the WORST part of DIY home projects is the way that they take over the rest of your home. You’d think you’d be able to isolate the mess, but I have determined that you can’t. There are several explanations for this phenomenon: 1. The stuff that once belonged [...]
May 17, 2011 in Making our House a Home
A couple weeks ago, I shared some pictures chronicling the construction of the new walk-in closet in what is to be our master bedroom. This week, I am excited to share the continued progression of our master bedroom! I LOVE getting to the painting step. It is so rewarding…after weeks [...]
March 29, 2011 in Making our House a Home
Last week, I gave you the opportunity to share your ideas about what we should do with our third bedroom, given our list of needs and also the furniture we have available to us. Truth be told, I wrote those lists about a month and a half ago…and have already [...]
March 22, 2011 in Making our House a Home
Having tentatively determined that we would use the basement bedroom as our new master bedroom, and the small bedroom upstairs for my sewing room, it was time to consider what bedroom/space needs were still left unmet. Deciding what to do with our third bedroom has been the greatest challenge for [...]
March 15, 2011 in Making our House a Home
Although it was sad to part with my beautiful, cozy nursery with all of its personal touches, I am confident that this was not the best use of this space for our family. I am very excited to use this room in the future as my sewing space. Like claiming [...]
March 8, 2011 in Making our House a Home
Over the past several weeks, I have shared why our current bedroom arrangement has required re-evaluating and re-arranging. Now it is time to share our solutions! We have decided to make the basement bedroom our master bedroom. With the most floor space and an attached bathroom, this would have been [...]
March 1, 2011 in Making our House a Home
We have no air-conditioning and my husband works the night shift. If you are wondering why those two seemingly unrelated facts have anything to do with our bedroom arrangement, let me explain. It gets hot upstairs in the summer. And my husband–who would probably choose to sleep in a refrigerator [...]
February 15, 2011 in Making our House a Home
The largest bedroom in our house is the basement (garden-level) one. For the past few years, it has served as our guest bedroom: However, after finishing our bathroom remodel project upstairs… …it feels really lame to have our guests use the one downstairs. It has holes in the ceiling from [...]
February 8, 2011 in Making our House a Home
There are many, many beautiful things you can do to your home (given the time, energy, motivation and/or money…). The REAL challenge is making your house beautiful AND practical. Figuring out what works and doesn’t work for your family and how to maximize the space that you live in is [...]
January 25, 2011 in Making our House a Home
A few weeks ago, when I shared how we made our own baby gate, I told you that there were a couple of changes we made to our home for the Christmas season that are here to stay (but then went on to share only one). The first more permanent [...]
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