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Installing Tongue and Groove Shiplap
Hello again! We are back at mommas house to add some more character to her builder grade home. If you caught my last project here I partnered with Airstone to add a high-end custom look to her builder grade fireplace. A new stone facade complimented by a rustic wood beam mantle added so much warmth to her her living room! The next step was adding warmth to her adjoining kitchen! My mom loves the character in older homes and desperately wants to bring some of that character to a new build! With an open concept living room/kitchen space, cohesiveness is so important! We decided adding stained tongue and groove to…
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We Created a Linen Closet Out of Nothing!
Let me start out by saying we have ZERO linen closets in our home. Zero. Zippo. Zilcho. Nada. None! In the whole house! Upstairs or down in the basement. None. This was one of the things that irked me most in our home. Where do you put the towels and sheets and blankets!? Well most of it ended up in our closet. And for the girls bathroom we shoved them under the vanity. Was it the ideal situation? No. Did the towels get soaking wet when we had a random leak from the sink drain? You betcha! But we made it work. We didn’t have a choice. And one day…
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How to Build a Faux Range Hood With Storage
I transformed my kitchen by adding a FUNCTIONING faux range hood!
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How to Upgrade Wire to Wooden Pantry Shelves
And……. I’m back at my mommas! So if you haven’t figured out, one of my favorite things to do is renovate spaces for others! Check out her stair renovation here! Or check out her laundry closet makeover here! With mothers day just around the corner, I knew I wanted to redo a space for my mom! One of the areas she has been complaining about the most is her pantry! She hates the wire shelving that came with the house and wanted something more rustic and easier to keep organized. So I figured because this was something I could accomplish in one day, it’s the perfect mothers day DIY gift!…
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Upgrading Carpeted Stairs to Beautiful Wood Part 2
Hello again! A few days ago, I showed the prep work that went into making my mom’s stairs from carpeted to beautiful wood! You can see those steps here.*Pun intended* I left off with the stairs sanded and prepped, and my chair rail up. We Begin Again The next step was to stain the stair treads. Once they were stained, I added 3 coats of poly following the dry time instructions listed on the can. The next day I installed the baseboards and used wood putty to cover the nail holes. If you look carefully at the photos above you can see I was sloppy with the stain. This is…
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Upgrading Carpeted Stairs to Beautiful Wood Part 1
So I’m back at my mom’s house! If you didn’t get the chance to see the other work I’ve done here feel free to check it out now! I upgraded her builder-grade wire pantry shelves to wooden ones! And I madeover her small laundry closet to make it more functional and more beautiful! When my mom built her house, the standard was carpet on the 2nd floor, stairs, and living room. She chose to upgrade her entire first floor to engineered hardwoods but kept the carpet on the stairs and 2nd floor opting for better padding and stainmaster protection instead. Fast-forward 4 years, 2 dogs, and lots of clay later…
