I'm finding that open shelving is an exercise in artistic constraint.
Turns out they are a perfect magnet for clutter.
Keeping them looking visually lovely AND family functional is a challenge.
I've had to train my kids as to what is allowed to go on the shelves and what isn't.
My youngest claimed the shelves for his toys which can't happen with a mother who is designer fussy.
So instead we made a compromise.
A friend gave me this old wine crate which has been in the garage full of dust
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Bunk Room Makeover.
One of the projects we get A LOT of questions about are the built in bunk beds we have in our younger boys room.
Bunk beds used to be viewed as...how should I say?...less than desirable.
Then someone came along and made them hip by building a custom version and making them built-in.
Now, everyone wants built-in bunk beds.
I get questions weekly about our bunk beds so I thought I'd revisit them (and also show you how we recently updated them).
We installed the bunks in 2013. I drew up the
HGTV Dream Home 2018 Giveaway®
Every year I look forward seeing what HGTV does and I have to say the latest HGTV Dream Home 2018 Giveaway® did not disappoint.
If you're not familiar, where have you been?
Each year HGTV builds or renovates a home in a drop-dead gorgeous location then they trick it out and give it away.
Um, hello?! Enter me to win!
This year they renovated an existing home in Gig Harbor Washington and upgraded it to the hilt.
It sits right on the harbor for luxurious beach front living or
DIY faux shiplap.
Running a business and raising a family has literally left me zero time to attend to myself, let alone any house projects.
Things are letting up a little bit which allowed me to give this wall a little makeover (plus 6 more all going at the same time).
You may remember this wall looked like this last week...
When we moved in 10 years ago we had these shelves added but that's about it. In fact it wouldn't surprise me if that white on the wall was actually just primer. I've alwasy
Modern DIY Plant Stands.
Summer is here and my front porch has been looking a little frumpy. I turned to Pinterest for some outdoor inspiration and found a handful of DIY projects I just had to try.
My first project...this DIY Mid-Century inspired plant stand.
The instructions looked pretty straight forward but as DIY'er who has a few project under her belt, I know that all projects take triple the amount of time you think they will.
The tricky thing about this project is that if you don't have the right tools,
Refinishing a steel dresser.
You guys know I love me a good industrial piece of furniture (dresser 1, dresser 2, Simmons Desk 3).
And I'm talking the real-deal-industrial, not the mass produced stuff that is currently popping up in all the big-box stores.
So of course I couldn't resist when I happened upon this Simmons all steel dresser by Normal Bel Geddes from the 1930's.
Suffice it to say it was in AWFUL shape.
From what I can guess, it looked like someone had intentions of stripping the authentic enamel green by
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