We’re finally done! This pantry makeover is finished! This beautiful beast of a room is finished and has added so much functionality and storage to this 1,000 square foot home of ours. I’ve seriously been walking by a dozen times a day to sneak a peek, and not just because that’s where the snacks are…
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One Room Challenge: Our plans to overhaul our gross laundry/pantry
CLICK HERE TO SEE THE FINAL REVEAL It’s week one of the One Room Challenge! If you didn’t hear us talk about it on our Instagram, we’ve joined the fall One Room Challenge and are going to spend the next six weeks overhauling our pantry into a laundry/pantry/utility room. The one room challenge, or ORC,…
One Year Of Shoe Makes New
It’s hard to believe an entire year has passed since we decided on a whim to start chronicling our DIY adventures (and sometimes failures) in this weird, quirky blog Shoe Makes New. Since May 7, 2020, we’ve written more than 70 blog posts and continued to share updates via our Instagram, Pinterest and our weekly…
How to paint linoleum floors
You guys are going to be blown away by these before and afters – we figured out how to paint linoleum floors and it’s totally changed our pantry. You know how sometimes at the end of a project you’d rather eat Tide pods than do one single more element of it? That was kind of…
How to install a light fixture without wiring: ORC Week 6
CLICK HERE TO SEE THE FINAL REVEAL Hey friends, So technically, yes, it’s One Room Challenge reveal week, but are we done? Not quite. We don’t want to give you a full reveal until everything is totally done, and we’re about halfway through stenciling the linoleum floor, so the full smattering of satisfying before and…
How to hang stockings without a mantel | DIY photo ledge
If you’re like us without a fireplace, you might be figuring out how to hang stockings without a mantel. If you’ve been following along for a while, you’ll know that we recently moved from our first home where we grew our love of DIY. In that house we had a big brick fireplace where we…
A quick, easy DIY laundry shelf | ORC Week 5
CLICK HERE TO SEE THE FINAL REVEAL After about a month of focusing solely on the pantry component of our laundry/pantry room, we’re finally seeing some progress around the washer and dryer. This week saw a whole lot of storage and function coming into that side of the room, and it was mostly free since…
How to make a faux butcher block countertop: ORC Week 4
CLICK HERE TO SEE THE FINAL REVEAL Ooooohhhh shit you guys, we’re finally getting somewhere! Every time I walk by this laundry/pantry room I get a little bit more obsessed with it, and I know that once we get done it’s going to look so much better than every other room that we’ll be wanting…
How we installed a faux brick accent wall: ORC Week 3
CLICK HERE TO SEE THE FINAL REVEAL Is the pantry about to be the fanciest room in our house? Absolutely. Are we mad about it? Not one bit. We’re entering Week 3 of the One Room Challenge and are finally seeing some progress with the installation of our faux brick accent wall. If you’ve read…
ORC Week 2: An awkward cabinet experience and a load bearing wall
CLICK HERE TO SEE THE FINAL REVEAL It’s already week two of the One Room Challenge and we have… not a whole lot to show for it. If you remember from last week, we went hard on demo day and basically emptied the laundry room/pantry we’re transforming. It’s going to eventually look open, spacious and…