When picking out the lever style knobs for our interior doors in my last post, I was surprised to learn that there is such a thing as “door handing” on top of also deciding on the “function”. Sometimes lever knobs, such as the ones I chose, are not universal so you have to go to […]
How I Replaced the Knobs In My Entire House for Less Than $150
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We still have a long way to go before our house is exactly the way we want it. One thing that stands in the way of updating all at once is budget, which I know is true for many families. Even in DIY, things can get pricey. The trick is to find the stores and […]
Kitchen Renovation {Update #3} | Cabinet Layout + Installation
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Ever since I saw Episode 4 of Fixer Upper’s premier season, I knew I wanted that kitchen. Specifically, I wanted that integrated counter-height table. The idea seemed completely fresh, brilliant, unique. So every house we looked at last summer, I imagined with that kitchen. It seemed completely natural to me to take the U-shaped kitchen […]
My new crush: Chesterfield Sofas
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It has been a few months since the hubs and I have decided to get a Chesterfield sofa. But like everything in life, there are different levels of quality for every Chesterfield sofa that is built. Among all the questions we asked ourselves about what we wanted (color, size, style), the most important was: How […]
Kohler Touchless Toilet Flush Kit Review
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Disclosure: We were provided the Touchless Toilet Flush Kit from Kohler to facilitate this review. All opinions are 100% my own. One day, our entire house might be automated and smarter than we are. We are excited to inch toward that goal with each new smart product that comes on the market. First, there was the […]
DIY Hardware Cloth Salt & Pepper Shaker Caddy {How-To}
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I have always been a fan of industrial design. Maybe it’s the structural engineer talking, but I love spaces with exposed structure and ducts. For our home, we’ve chosen a combination of rustic and industrial elements to pull together in our various projects. It gives us a sense of warmth, a lived in home, and lends itself […]
Update Your Door Knobs for Less | Unhinge Hardware Review
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If you have ever bought a house that hasn’t been updated in a while, you have probably thought about buying new door knobs. Depending on how many doors you have, this can be a quick and cheap upgrade or a substantial blow to your budget. With the purchase of our house came a whole lot of […]
Kitchen Renovation {Update #2} | Buying Kitchen Cabinets
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When we were looking at houses, we knew we wanted a fixer upper that we could make our own on a small budget. So we were prepared to renovate a kitchen no matter where we ended up. There are so many ways to update your kitchen cabinets, we considered them all: Keep the original cabinets and […]
Kitchen Renovation {Update #1}
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I have been completely MIA on this blog since the kitchen renovation began. And that’s because kitchen renovations are ridiculously complicated. Not one project went as planned and almost all took approximately 3 or 4 times the time we thought it would. Add in travel for the hubs and late work days for both of […]
The Great Backsplash Debate | Weekday Wreckers
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UPDATE: In true design-enthusiasts-meets-inability-to-make-up-our-minds fashion, we’ve decided to go with cream subway tile for our backsplash. Our reasoning was just what we wrote about before…we wanted something classic that we wouldn’t regret or get over quickly. A backsplash is a lot of work, so we made the “safe” choice this time. Read on for our […]
