We’re at the point in our fireplace build where I’m staining the mantel, and – after choosing a too-dark, too-red color initially – I had to come back to my go-to wood stain mix. Should I have tested stain colors on a scrap piece of wood before diving in and doing the whole thing? Yes,…
4 things to consider when choosing kitchen countertops
In what should be a surprise to nobody at this point, I spent a long time toiling over the samples when choosing kitchen countertops for our recent renovation. We had kind of a lot going on: a brick-look herringbone floor tile, a marble backsplash, beadboard ceilings, i.e. a lot of different patterns and shapes and…
Cozy living room fireplace: Part One
Our next project is one I’m – to be quite honest – pretty intimidated by: creating a cozy stacked stone living room fireplace from a blank wall in our living room. We built a fireplace in our last living room, but that one was tiled and there’s something about stone that seems like it’ll take…
Our Modern Vintage Bathroom: The Reveal
This modern vintage bathroom remodel was probably the closest I’ve ever gotten to translating a moodboard into reality, which may be because I rarely take the time to actually make moodboards before diving into demo, but a win’s a win. This room is neutral without being boring, it feels calming, and can transition from a…
Affordable brass vanity lights
Once again, I’m condensing my hours of obsessive wishlisting home renovation materials into a single post in the hopes it can help another poor overthinking soul, but this time it’s affordable brass vanity lights. I’m going for a mixed metal kind of vibe in our bathroom makeover, and wanted a brass vanity light to give…
How we extended our kitchen cabinets to the ceiling
Everyone has their little pet peeves in home design (just ask all the painted brick haters coming at me on social media), and for me one of them is when kitchen cabinets don’t extend to the ceiling. For us, the process of extending our kitchen cabinets to the ceiling was a make-it-up-as-you-go approach, but it…
How we turned an antique dresser into a bathroom vanity
When I started designing our hallway bathroom makeover (in my head during toddler bath time, mostly) I always knew I wanted to turn an antique dresser into a bathroom vanity. It’s unique, the wood tones are so cozy, and on the whole, it’s a lot more affordable than most vanities that aren’t ugly stock cabinets….
All the sources from our kitchen renovation: Lighting, tile + more
There are so many little decisions that go into a kitchen renovation: cabinet color, backsplash, floor tile, cabinet pulls, countertop material, go-to takeout when you’ve been demoing all day and your back hurts and there’s no way you’re cooking dinner, that kind of thing. Since we posted about the finished kitchen almost a month ago,…
The best vintage brass kitchen hardware
As we were renovating our kitchen, I was probably the Amazon delivery guy’s least favorite person because I truly ordered like 10 packs of different vintage brass kitchen hardware styles before I landed on the ones we went with. The problem? I loved them all, and I liked the idea of having a mix of…
Bathroom makeover inspo
We’re back on our demolition bullshit again (not even a week after our massive kitchen renovation reveal), but this time we’re taking on a bathroom makeover. This bathroom is one of two in our house and really needs some love between the peeling plastic tile above the shower and the cracked floor tile. View…