Tag: decorating

Painting Kitchen Cabinets

Painting Kitchen Cabinets

Recently I tackled the project of painting my kitchen cabinets.It was a lot of work, but the end results were so worth it! After painting our bathroom vanity last winter, I really thought hard about also painting my kitchen cabinets too, which had the exact same honey oak cabinets. I knew it would be a

Curtains: Make or Buy?

Curtains: Make or Buy?

We’re in the homestretch of redoing our kitchen. All along I’ve been planning to make curtains for our sliding glass door in our dining room. and a Roman shade for the kitchen window. I ordered some fabric swatches and they’ve come in the last few days.  The cabinets are a dark espresso color and the

Random Decor: wish I had a spot for this!

Do you ever run across home decor items and love something but have no real purpose for it? That’s what happened when I was at World Market the other day and ran across this giant wall art ampersand with a map print on it. I don’t really have a spot for it in my home

DIY Kitchen Countertop

DIY Kitchen Countertop

I’m so excited about how our new DIY kitchen countertops turned out! I expected it to be a lot bigger project than what it really was. It’s so rare when that happens, I keep raving about the process. After painting my bathroom cabinets last winter, I got the bug to repaint the kitchen cabinets too,

Painting Bathroom Cabinets

Painting Bathroom Cabinets

Each year I take off the week between Christmas and New Year’s from work, and each year I generally try to tackle a home project. One year I organized my basement (wish it would have stayed that way!), and last year I repainted my bathroom cabinets from honey oak to a dark espresso color and