Category: home
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On cleaning sprees & whimsy
I have been having the best time redecorating. My second-youngest moved out and I’ve remade her room into my new office/craft room, which inspired me to redo things all over the rest of the house. One of the biggest parts of this has been re-organizing and cleaning out stuff we no longer need, and stuff…
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Antique Sellers Cabinet Makeover
Back in 2012, I bought a 1930’s freestanding kitchen cabinet, similar to the more commonly known Hoosier cabinet but made by Sellers. This was exactly the size I wanted for the breakfast area of my kitchen, but she’d seen better days and needed a makeover. The stamp on the back indicated the original color had…
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Kitchen reno Part 1: mystery leak
In our previous home, we did a dramatic yet budget friendly DIY kitchen makeover, which mostly consisted of painting our old cabinets. It really came out fantastically, and held up really well over the the 10+ years we lived in that house. No chipping, no yellowing. They still looked great. We did a few other…
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French Country china hutch makeover
This is one of my favorite furniture DIYs ever. Not only was it a dramatic makeover but had the happy result of coming out even better than I’d hoped. Bonus: it was all very budget-friendly! I feel like I have to get to know a home before I can decorate it how it ought to…