Category Archives: Floors

Kitchen Stairs

 

In the kitchen of our 100 year old house, the family that lived there in the 1960’s closed off and removed part of the kitchen stairs to make room for more counter space. When we recently renovated the kitchen we were thrilled to bring back the original stairway. Here’s the before, during and after of our kitchen stairs project…

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DIY Wide Plank Laminate Flooring

Have you ever installed laminate flooring? It’s a fairly easy DIY project… with basic know-how and depending on the room, perhaps a few special cuts in a couple of pieces, but overall with pretty basic skills, it makes for a great DIY project. Here’s what I’ve learned installing our wide plank laminate flooring… Read the rest of this entry

Antique Brick Cottage Farmhouse Style Kitchen Before and After

A few years ago, we invested in an antique brick cottage in the town we live in. It was in need of some love and care, and I took on the challenge to revive it into something that was once again lovely and more functional for today. Here is the before and after project of this farmhouse style kitchen… Read the rest of this entry

Powder Room Renovation

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After we first bought our 100 year old house and started to renovate it a little over a year ago, it had a very spacious powder room on the main floor, but everything about that powder room was a problem! I designed a new floor plan to actually make the powder room smaller in order to make it much more effiecient and function so much better!

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Front Entry Before and After, Part 1

First impressions.

There are a few sayings about first impressions. There’s the one about only being able make a first impression once. And I recently read another about how you should trust the very first impression you get when meeting someone… I’m not sure about that, but if that was the case with our new 100 year old house, well, YIKES! is all I can say. Read the rest of this entry

Interior Details of the 7 Barn House

A couple of weeks ago, we had the wonderful pleasure of being invited up to stay at this magnificent place that sits on the South shore of Lake Superior in Northern Wisconsin.

It’s a house, that looks like a barn, and was constructed by repurposing the wood, beams and materials from 7 antique barns.

 

Last time I showed you some amazingly creative lights that are in the house… this time I want to show you some more of the gorgeous, rustic details of this place! click here to read the rest of the story…

Our House: Home Office/Library… Bird Inspiration Brings in the Details

I showed you last week how this room has changed drastically over the past 17 years, now let’s get down to the details…

I love the life a wall of books brings to a room. So to me that’s the main focal point of the room.

However, I also love the look of prints mounted on the face of the bookshelf, giving interesting depth to the shelves. click here to read the rest of the story…

Our House: Changes in the Library

The library in ‘Our House’ has changed a lot over the past 17 years that we’ve lived here. In fact, when it first started out, it was the dining room for the previous owners.

Here’s a little look at how it was and how it is now:

First, it was just a super plain box of a room… basically everything has changed inside the walls of the original room. click here to read the rest of the story…

Someone Else’s House: Vintage Bungalow Sun-Drenched 2nd Floor Office

Back to the craftsman style vintage bungalow… today I’m going to show you the transformation of the second floor office.

When this house was purchased late last year, the previous owners used this room as Click here to read the rest of the story…

Someone Else’s House: Bungalow Living Room

Last time we were in this living room, I showed you the fireplace and mantel area that was transformed with paint and fabric. I also showed you how the saddle is displayed by the fireplace, and the wonderful sign they made from old fence boards featuring a horse theme with parts of a verse from the book of Job.

On the other side of the living room…

Just like the rest of the darling antique craftsman style house, the ‘after’ pics speak volumes to the click here to read the rest of the story…