It was time to tackle the blue elephant in the room — the vanity. I chose a color called Dark Granite by Olympic. I wanted a dark brown, but didn’t want a chocolate brown because I was afraid it wouldn’t look right with the floor. Before I’m not sure what the previous owners of this house […]
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Fence-be-gone
The above is actually the “after” photo, if you can believe it! I know it looks pitiful, but it did look worse. Before This small section of fence at the end of our driveway was falling down. Before The gate was always getting stuck when you needed to open it and swinging open when it should be closed. […]
Visit the aquarium: WPA poster
I was looking for something to fill a space in our hallway when I remembered this woodcut poster I found a few years ago in the Library of Congress’ Prints and Photographs Online Catalog. I loved it, but never really found the opportunity to use it anywhere before. I cropped the image, cleaned it up a bit […]
Hallway mini-makeover
It occurred to me that I never posted photos of our hallway mini-makeover. I say “mini” because a hallway just doesn’t have that much to make over, but almost every inch of it has been re-done. Before from before we moved in This hallway needed an overhaul. It was dark, the carpet was that ubiquitous beige […]
$100 Bathroom Challenge: Curtains made from a tablecloth
I’m not a big curtain kind of person, but this bathroom needed some color and something to soften all the hard edges. This fabric started life as a cotton tablecloth I picked up on clearance a year or two ago. I can’t remember how much I paid, but it was probably under $10. I never really had intentions […]
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