I am so excited to share our FINISHED Built-in Banquette with you! I shared back on THIS post in January that we really wanted to add a built-in banquette to our tiny kitchen. And I have talked about this banquette a lot since then, can you tell how excited I am about it?! If you have read my blog before this post you already know that we had a cozy little settee in our kitchen that we were using as a banquette. I was REALLY sad to see that settee go. It was comfortable and good looking settee and held a lot of memories. I was willing to part with it to gain some extra seating and ... Read More
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Banquette Seating and Open Shelves Painted Blue
The progression of banquette seating...all in one kitchen! About 3 years ago, for my sisters birthday, I added banquette seating in her kitchen. It totally transformed her eating area and added so much seating! At the time we did everything neutral and 3 years later I thought adding some color would be fun and cozy. Plus, I kept thinking how it would be nice to continue the banquette seating around the other side of the table (make it an "L" shape) in an area that wasn't getting any use. Do you ever do that? After a project think, "well that was cute but I think it can be even better?" I'm so ... Read More
Built In Bunkbed DIY for $500
We have guests a lot. We LOVE it. It is one of the ways we stay connected with our family who all live a few thousand miles away. I have posted about how we operate guests in our small cape before, but I have always felt like we could do a little better in Finn's room. Although his trundle-style daybed was nice, when our guests came, it would take up the entire room. The final nudge to switch up the sleeping arrangements in Finn's room came when his bed was a little damaged in our basement flood during renovations. Bunk beds have gotten a major upgrade lately with a minimal custom look ... Read More
Our New Banquette Dining Space- Remodel Reveal
I am so excited to start slowly rolling out the finished result of our home renovation! It feels amazing to see our dream become a reality and I am honored that you are here for the ride!! We started the plans for this "small" addition in August last year! Well, in reality, I have been planning this addition in my head since the day we unpacked five years ago! When we started the process last year, I have to admit I thought it would be done in January. Silly me. A lot of things set it back. I am grateful to have yet another reminder that sometimes (oftentimes), the waiting for ... Read More
Our New Banquette Seating – With Tutorial
We have so much more, space in our kitchen now! Does everyone hang out the most in their kitchens? We sure do! Maybe it's because it doubles as my office and Kevin is often making something delicious...and our kids like to be where we are. It's basically a multi-purpose room in our small home! The fun part about renovating a home that you have already lived in, is that you know how your family already likes to use the space and you can plan accordingly. Because of the way our family uses this space, I KNEW we needed to keep a banquet in our eating area and we also decided to wire the ... Read More
Maximizing your Eat-In Kitchen with a Banquette
My sweet sister has a family of 6 and sadly only 5 of them can sit up to the kitchen table! Tragedy. No, not really, the 1 doesn't eat in their bedroom, they have an island they can sit up to also. It just isn't the same as having everyone gathered around the kitchen table. And not to mention the family and friends they often invite over for dinner. It is one thing to not have the room for a larger kitchen table and seating, but they actually have the space, it just wasn't maximized….yet! Kevin and I decided to give Brittany a new kitchen table and a built-in banquette for her birthday. She ... Read More
Our New Built-in Window Seat
I credit this window seat idea to Lola and her friend Maria Elena. Kevin and I were moving around chairs, as one does. We moved the swivel white chair down to our living room that was up here in our family room. While the space was without a chair, Lola and her friend moved the two ottomans over to the window, creating a little window seat. I thought it was so cute and creative. They were sitting their playing dolls and looking outside. I casually mentioned on my Instagram Stories how I loved the look, and of course now wanted a window seat there! Above is what it looked like ... Read More
Spring Decor in our Family Room and Built-In Bookcases
I really didn't think I was going to share any Spring Decor ideas with you. Until I realized that my front room was looking a little undone. I had taken out a couple of the fur throw pillows because they were feeling a little wintery and I had slowly been taking things out and not taking the time to fix it or replace it. The beauty of season changes is, they get us in the mood for change and a re-set or a re-fresh. We might get tired and think....why bother? But that itch will eventually come- I think that is is why they call it Spring Fever. Thank goodness for Spring Fever because it hit me ... Read More
How to Build a Window Seat and Built-In Bookcase Tutorial
We have a window seat and it seemed WAY too complicated to attempt ourselves. Until my brother-in-law showed us how it easy it was! Just fascinating how it all comes together to actually be SOMETHING! If you caught my last post on the big Nursery Reveal that we completed this window seat and built-in bookcases AND decorated the room in just TWO DAYS! This is a follow up post to that post. My favorite home improvement store, Lowe's sponsored this post. Everything you see on this window seat and bookcase DIY tutorial is from Lowe's and the best part is you can build one too...for under ... Read More
Cushions for Banquette and Window Seat- Best Online Sources
I held off on ordering cushions for our banquette. Now that we have them I think... WHY?! I should have ordered the cushions as soon as we started building the banquette! Now that we have the cushions it is basically like we have another sofa in our home. Honestly in a small house we maximize every square inch and another place to hang out is gold to us! I shared some other options for cushions for banquettes and window seats below! Because every home needs more cozy spots to curl up! I shared all my tips on building our banquette on THIS post. If you are building a banquette and know ... Read More