Updating the light fixtures was a given when we bought this house. The style fit the Tuscan theme the previous owners had going but not the light and contemporary open look we want. The kitchen pendants are one of the first things you see no matter where you enter the living area so they are […]
Home decorating
New Home — Week 40 Update
It’s been quite a while since I’ve shared a peek of the projects going on as we make this house our home. Here’s just a few of the things we’ve been doing. . . * means a tutorial will follow. Eventually 🙂 While there was still snow on the ground, we added some rugs to […]
New Home Update: Painter’s Progress Week 19
This time last year, I was finishing the design for the new home we were going to build. We loved the design and the details, but other important things – like the builder and the right land — just weren’t coming together. A few months later, we found this house on the third “shopping trip” […]
New Home Update: Week 11
New Home updates: Changing colors Solar tubes Painting Progress Home Update Week 7 Home Update Week 11 Week 19 Painter’s Progress New Home Update Week 22 There have been a number of pictures tested here in the front hallway– just to see if they “sing”. This one has lasted the longest. The […]
House update – week 7
We’ve been concentrating on covering the walls with paint. And being able to find the things we need daily. Like clothes, food and important papers. This bit of wall décor managed to escape from its box. As soon as I saw it lying on the basement floor, I knew where it belonged. Above the dining […]
Painting progress
We managed to put quite a few gallons of paint on the past several days! The dining room went from deep gold to soft Tradewind (Sherwin Williams). Every wall is so deeply colored that it takes three coats to cover — primer and two coats of color. Every. wall. That is why it is taking […]
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