I haven't done a Home Tour Tuesday in sometime, but if I can get my act together, I might just deliver three in a row. Our house already had an awesome screened-in back porch area, the screened-in porch opens to a larger deck that overlooks our back yard. From the time we moved in, I started talking about turning the area into an outdoor living space. It never really moved up the list of priorities because we always had some other project happening. I envisioned reading books and sipping my coffee out there in the mornings. Truly, it's hard to get a man on board with a leisurely area such as this. Let him build a fire pit in the backyard? He'll stay up until midnight getting … [Read more...]
the kitchen, 2.0
It looks like the big kitchen project is really falling into place. The painter comes on Friday, the beautiful slabs of carrera are waiting at Allen's shop, the tile backsplash is hanging out in the garage, we have appliances coming this week. Let's talk about this kitchen redo, a few of the things will stay the same. I refuse to let go of the Vanilla Bean glaze on the cabinets in exchange for stark white. I thought I'd take you through the process and let you see the changes we are making. I feel like it's going to look completely different, and I am giddy with excitement. The biggest change will be the countertops. We're exchanging the Tropic Brown granite for … [Read more...]
Home Tour: Dining Room
I’ve been on a roll lately with house projects. The craft room is basically finished, I just have a few boxes to go through and then I’ll be ready to do a reveal post, and I’m in the middle of turning our screened-in back porch into a cozy outdoor living area. I made a few changes in the dining room over the weekend and decided to call it complete. The dining room is one of my favorite spaces, even though we don't use it as much a I would like, but I imagine one day we'll sit around the dining room table for dinner and clear the dishes for family game night. Or not, but it's a nice day dream. The table, chairs, and china cabinet were given to us shortly after we were … [Read more...]