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Nov
7
Computer Desk Reveal
PLEASE be sure to go check out my project over at HouseLogic today!
It is really coming together & you can enter to win $100 bucks just by commenting! Thanks!
Justin teased you a bit with the computer desk plans last week, I hope you are as excited to see the final, as I am to show it to you! (cuz technically we built this desk before we got pregnant with Lydia...so 18 months ago... I know, I am such a slow blogger! But it is life, so ya know sometimes I have to roll with the punches... not yet a pro at this whole life, mommy, blogger thing, and I am okay with that)
TA DA!
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ALPHABET WALL DECOR
My oldest daughter Etta loves the alphabet... it all started with the foam bath letters, and singing the alphabet with bath time. Then when she was about 15 months old we went to my sister's house for Thanksgiving and my sister introduced her to the Letter Factory movie ( and bought her a copy! I totally recommend this movie for helping your kids learn their letters). She LOVED it! She sings along to the alphabet song, and says the letters sounds- so cute to hear!
Anyway, then this picture started floating around blogland, and I totally thought a little too ambitiously for a mother with two kids under 2, "I have time to make that..." Read the rest of this entry »
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Oct
24
My Secret Project!
I have noticed quite a few bloggers going through their goals from last year and checking them off, and it sorta makes me want to cringe. Because, I am afraid to look at my goals. I wrote them while I was nesting. The world was my oyster, I was no longer dealing with morning sickness and I didn't yet have that second baby to work around. I am realizing (hindsite is 20/20) that I am lucky to be alive and still blogging as often as I do with two babies under 2 for most of this last year - so goals-shmoals!The most frustrating part, is that I haven't shown you so much of what we have done. I just haven't had that much time to blog about my projects. To add insult to injury, I also have this save if for a rainy day mentality, and then projects never get shared. OR I get to a livable point in a project and get so TIRED of working on it that I stop... and it sits undone for 2 years - and I really don't notice until I photograph. Then, when I start editing the images, I don't feel like I can show you. BUT I have to get over it.
So here, my living room... today while the girls were napping! (which is why it looks clean)
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Aug
31
Welcome Tip Junkies!
WELCOME!
Hey Ya'll I Am guesting over at Tip Junkie today.
So I want to welcome any new visitors! I would love it if you wanted to grab a button,! Or add us to your reading lists... I promise I will try to make this blog worthy of your time!
This site is a great place to get great ideas for remodeling and decorating your home.
My husband and I are working in all our "spare time" to finish our 3rd remodel house. (with two girls age 2 and 6 months... that spare time is not as often as we'd wish!) You can see a lot of our projects here and just to wet your appetite we are in the middle of remodeling our stairs, here is the most current picture!
Here is a before so you can see the difference!
Before:
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Remodelaholic is written by Cassity and Justin. Cassity has a degree in interior design and Justin is a landscape architect, so we adore everything that makes up a HOME! We love to share home remodeling ideas and projects we’re working on. From huge kitchen renovation ideas to small bathroom remodels, there isn’t anything we won’t try to tackle (at least once!). We are in the midst of our third whole home renovation, (check out house 1 and house 2 as well, so there should be a lot more inspiration coming your way. We hope that you will stop by often for home design inspiration, tutorials, interior design tips, delicious recipes and what going on in our family life.
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Most recent picture like 2 exactly minutes ago!...still not done but really getting there...
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Well, today yesterday was one of those days, we ran out of diapers, forgot about our play date (but did make it a little late), the babysitter just didn't show up, or call... I'm still sorta ticked about that... we ran out of towels...(which means 4 loads of just towels to wash, and I am not exaggerating...) I feel like nothing got done... and really the ONE thing I did get done (cleaning off the kitchen counters) was undone when I made dinner, which is still there since I am typing this...... sigh.
But, I thought I would show you a little more of the stair project. In case you want to see the rest of the story, check out these too: The Plan, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 and Part 5
A quick preview of things to come!
Sorry in advance these are so long! It takes me about 3 days per post just to narrow down images.
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AHH! I am so sorry that I have let this go for so long! I have been trying to catch up with life since we got back from North Carolina, and a million things have been on my plate... learning to juggle it all is NOT my forte yet... and can I (sheepishly Ba- aad Girl!) admit that we are technically not done completely with the stairs so that is another reason why I haven't finished up. But this is real life... and a hectic one at that, so I am not sorry I am not quite done, but I am sorry to keep you'all hanging!
Okay where were we?
We just filled the gaps on the sides and I painted... and then we lived like that for 1 year (at least...) Finally a few months ago, after we had installed our flooring I realized that we could finally move forward. We had been waiting on choosing our living room flooring, because we were trying to match it!
One day while Justin was at work and I had napping babies, I stained the bottom two stairs.
Before the stain, I used a wood conditioner, remember this is pine we were working with soft woods require a stain conditioner to help with even coverage!
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I know, I know, a very naughty title. Forgive me, but I really am talking about the base of this hutch.
Check out the 1st and 2nd post about this piece if you have the chance!
Originally the hutch base had three doors. The thing that bothered me the most about the original look is that the spacing didn't match the top doors. Function wise, the middle section didn't move, it was nailed in place and only the two outside doors worked. AND the doors were literally 2 inches thick, so the space inside was limited and I hate wasted space, I want this hutch to store stuff so I needed more space.
When coming to a look we liked design wise, we tried to copy as many details from the top that we could. That doesn't mean that all the details were the best, but that the two pieces needed to work together so we took our cues from above (ha ha).
We started by adding a face frame to the sides. Because the original doors were the front face frame and we wanted to make the new piece a little deeper, so technically the original frame sits back a few inches. One detail we added to make it look a little more classy are the side panels. We made the sides to match the existing upper doors, and the new base doors.
For the bead detail, we found a molding that worked and ripped it down on the table saw to the proper width, and applied it on instead of using the router. At this point we also made the feet an inch or two longer than the original base cuz I mentioned earlier that we wanted it a little taller.
Justin then made a basic face frame and nailed it in place to the front. It overlapped the side panel about an 1/8 of an inch, similar to the existing top.
I wanted the doors to match the glass doors, so he made those to look as close as he could. But, one thing we did have to change a bit were the door dimentions. Because we added the face frame it would have made the two side doors really small, so we had to tweek it a bit (along with the drawer section) but we think it turned out okay, see if you notice)
Lastly, when I was looking for inspiration on how I wanted my hutch to look once updated, I saw a lot of molding wrapped bases. So, we went for that look, and it has teh added benefit of keeping little baby things, cat toys and junk from falling under the furniture.
Before paint this is what the piece looked like. (so much better than before... you should really scroll up there and check it out)
Now on to putting humpty-dumpty back together again... Here are all the pieces coming together. You can see in this picture that the stencil is really subtle. I am liking this....
I decided that I didn't want to have to spray paint the inside shelves outside and I was going to ignore them completely, but it took a while to finish and install the doors, so one day I just sat down and painted the interior. I am glad I did.
Trying on the doors for size...
Then off again to paint... now for the fun stuff dishes. I realize for some people's taste I may have too much stuff in there, but I am really happy with it, and it changes occasionally, but not too often, and not too much. This really is about function for me cuz I totally have a dish fetish so I need storage.
Quick reminder of the old:
And FINALLY with the doors back in place and painted! Now all we need to finish are the drawers.
Hey everyone! Hope you can't see the dirty dishes I am neglecting in the reflection of this bowl!
Here just so you feel satisfied, I photoshopped (not so expertly) some drawer fronts on there.
What do you think about our project?
It only took me about 10 months to blog about it...
Remodelaholic is written by Cassity and Justin. Cassity has a degree in interior design and Justin is a landscape architect, so we adore everything that makes up a HOME! We love to share home remodeling ideas and projects we’re working on. From huge kitchen renovation ideas to small bathroom remodels, there isn’t anything we won’t try to tackle (at least once!). We are in the midst of our third whole home renovation, (check out house 1 and house 2 as well, so there should be a lot more inspiration coming your way. We hope that you will stop by often for home design inspiration, tutorials, interior design tips, delicious recipes and what going on in our family life.
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Well, I mentioned this the other day, when I showed you the playhouses, but I can't contain my excitement. So I am back again, I am not anywhere near done but I must show you another sneak peak of what I did this morning for the girls playhouse, I still have 2 more walls to go.
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Jul
25
Play House Inspiration
One of the many projects in progress at our house is a play house for the girls.
Here is a sneak peek, it may take us 8 more months to finish but at least you knew about it first right?
You have probably seen that image before if you like Disney shows!
... yes I am copying the painting from Rapunzel for the play house! Cheesy I know but we love the movie!
Go here to see the next part of this project. The tree mural!
Here is what I pinned for the mural:
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