Monthly Archives: June 2011
Undecided
06-30-2011
A month or two ago, I bought this old vintage light from a consignment sale out in Louisa. I was real excited about my find and was eager to see what Ellie thought of it. It’s a patina green lantern designed to sit on a lamp post that I was thinking we could either set out some where as decoration…
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
06-27-2011
So for the longest time we’ve wanted to dress up our bathroom mirrors and/or get new ones. We replaced the one in the downstairs hallway bathroom seen here. At some point, I’d like to do a major bathroom renovation for our master bathroom so I haven’t worried about that one too much yet. But our other full bathroom upstairs is…
The Finish Move
06-23-2011
Weathered wood can be seen all over Crate and Barrel, Pottery Barn, Restoration Hardware, Arhaus, and others. Is it really weathered wood or do they just make it look that way? I’m not sure, but I had fun with experimenting on how to create a similar look with your common premium whitewood from the big box store. It’s a straight…
Dining Chair Slipcovers
06-22-2011
Finding inexpensive Parsons chairs was (surprisingly) easy, thanks to Young House Love. Finding slipcovers was a bit more difficult. Our criteria was: – Cheap ($20 or Less) for Each Slipcover – Natural or Neutral, to go with the Gray and Gold of Our Dining Room – Machine Washable I looked on Ballard Designs, Pottery Barn, and World Market. I even…
Ch-Ch-Changes (to Our Dining Chairs)
06-21-2011
Remember this chair? You shouldn’t. It’s new(ish). I haven’t had a chance to blog about these chairs yet because life has been a little crazy. Fortunately, Tommy is awesome and has been doing all of our blogging and (project-ing) lately. So the story on these chairs may not be entirely unfamiliar. We saw them on one of our favorite DIY…
Modern Farmhouse Table: Construction
06-20-2011
Well…..I just completed another building project….and this one I tried to document as best as I could. My brother asked me to build him a new kitchen table so I once again browsed some building plans from ana-white.com. I came across this one; http://ana-white.com/2010/02/plans-narrow-farmhouse-table-beginner.html and really liked and it was approved by Ted. I made some changes to the building…
Landscaping By Accident
06-17-2011
When we moved into our house last year in May, the landscaping was really bare. The owners before us laid some new mulch but that was about it. Anything that was planted, was brown and small. We had no expectations for the landscaping. To be honest, Ellie and I are both clueless when it comes to gardening/landscaping. We’ve been focusing…
Crazy Susan
06-16-2011
Crazy Susan….That’s not how we affectionately refer to one of our neighbors…it’s the title to describe a conundrum that has plagued corner base cabinets for years and years. How do you make the most efficient use out of all the empty space in the corner while still remaining completely functional? In the 1980’s (when our house was built), they thought…
Farmhouse Bench
06-14-2011
Do you know how much dining room chairs cost? Take that number and then multiply it by 12. What do you get? A very large number. A number that’s well beyond our means. When I first started considering to build a dining room table, I researched how expensive dining room chairs would be to go along with our table. I…
More Seating for Lyla
06-09-2011
During Spring Break, I had a little extra time on my hands and so I finally got around to building a window bench seat that Ellie had requested. In my opinion we have a pretty large kitchen, we spend a large amount of time in/around the kitchen, and it’s the center of our house….so I get excited about adding more…
Sneak Peek
06-08-2011
Ellie is at work with the good camera….but I snapped a couple quick pictures of the finished product with my iPhone to whet your appetite. I’ve been building/constructing a lot of things lately and will be posting about them in the next couple days ahead. I’ll talk more about the building plan of this dining room project in more detail…
Dining Room Table Progress
06-01-2011
The farmhouse dining room table is lookin’ fly. Except Tommy doesn’t think so. (I think so). Below are the photos we took of the dining room table last week. I will NOT show the photos we took of the dining room table this week. Tommy decided he didn’t like the “Dark Walnut” stain that he applied originally – so he…
