I am still in love with my new tile! You can read what has been done the past week on Week 3 I found a runner for under my sink and dishwasher at Home Goods. I love how it ties in the gold tones that I am mixing in. We got our new appliances this past week! You can see my new dishwasher, with my ugly old cabinets. It could not had been better timing, my old one stopped working a day before we got our new one. Cabinet re-facing has started. They have taken off all the doors and then they will wrap the existing cabinets in real wood to match the doors, I will also be getting new ... Read More
Week 3- Kitchen Remodel
Tiny houses stress me out! Especially when we attempt to move things around. Even getting the fridge out the door was an ordeal. The fridge doors were taken off and the interior door and still a lot of noise and cursing in Spanish. I had to go to my room and close the door. They did get it out and it is sitting on our deck plugged in while we wait for the new one to arrive on Thursday. The girls were too cold to sit on the deck on demo day, so they sat on the lovely linoleum floor eating their cereal and spilled it twice of coarse. I should have just left it since they were ripping it ... Read More
Striped Stairs
These stairs used to be a death trap, they are steep and slippery. I did love the look of the wood stairs and was hesitant on ordering a runner. I have to say that I love these stairs even MORE with the bold stripe. I ordered two 2.8"x8' runners. Just measure the front of one step and the actual part you step on and multiple that by how many stairs you have. My runners are from Dash and Albert it did take me some searching to figure out what one I wanted, there are so many great options, but my friend Randi gave me the thumbs up. They came in right ... Read More
Week 2- Kitchen Remodel
Get ready for a good looking picture... ok I tricked you it is Gross! But I have to share so you can see how far we have come on this 6 Week One Room Challenge. It is fun to see how far everyone else is coming and their inspiration. Notice the forest green door. The bad chair molding that cuts the already small room in half, in most cases chair rail molding needs to go, ok ALL cases. The tiny unusable built in corner cabinet. Bad yellow walls, that don't do anything for the cream appliances or for anyone. There were very old and very ugly roller shades on all the windows. I ... Read More
Accessorizing Three Different Ways
I wanted to share some ideas and my two thoughts on accessorizing. Accessorizing does take practice and playing with different options to get a feel for why things work and what looks good. I think it is funny when we get home from vacation, my girls run to their room to play with their toys they missed while we were gone and I rearrange my "toys" that I missed! I usually have a new treasure to find a home for that I found on our vacation. I first started working with designers when I was 15. I would go out with them on installs to ... Read More
Week 1- Kitchen Remodel
I was excited when my friend Jen (who is an amazing designer and has a fantastic blog) told me to do the One room Challenge in 6 weeks! She knew that I had just started on my kitchen remodel and could use a little push. I love the eclectic feel and dark patterned floors of these kitchens I found on Pinterest. I am a big fan of dark floors in a kitchen. Even though they might (let's be real, ARE) be dirty, it isn't glaringly obvious. I also love that the floors are the statement and make white cabinets really pop. For my own personal space I like to look at images on Pinterest ... Read More
Cadbury Family Room
This was our cozy family room on Cadbury Drive in Utah. It was a small family room area so I had to maximize the space. A sectional is the best way to do that, no area is wasted. As you can see here my sectional extended past the wall, and that is ok to do. I made sure we had about 3 feet walking space between the kitchen island and sectional arm. Also using a large rug can make the space feel larger. With a sectional or a sofa and settee a good rule of thumb is to always use an 8x10. You can see my dining nook in the background (you can read more about that here ... Read More
Cadbury Entry
Welcome to my home on Cadbury Drive in Utah. This console table from Redford House once was red and I painted it in Old White chalk paint from Annie Salon. I had started using chalk paint when I painted my antique piano in Paris Gray (you can read about that here ). It was so easy to use that I started to paint everything white! I found the ottomans at a second hand store that were leather and I made simple slip covers for them. When I see milk glass it has to come home with me. This vintage milk crate was a gift from one of my good ... Read More
Cadbury Basement
Little tour of our walk-out basement in Utah we built in 2008. I love how light the walk-out made our basement and that we could easily entertain and walk right out to the backyard. One thing I didn't love was that when you were upstairs we were far away from the backyard to watch the kids play, it is a trade off. I used a large 8x10 rug in a bright color since my sectional and carpet were neutral to add a pop of color and ground it all. Rugs add so much to a space, and are essential (Yes, even on carpet, I get asked that all ... Read More
Cadbury Girls Room
This is my oldest daughters bedroom. I love to mix in vintage pieces, like the pink door knob and oval dress artwork that was passed down from my Grandma. I do like to use new bedding and splurge on nice pillows always filled with down. I occasionally will make things. I was searching for THIS pillow from Target and couldn't find it in stock anywhere so decided to make it. A lot of times you can make pillows if you have great quality fabric. I made the map artwork. I had a gallery wrapped painting I didn't want anymore. I decided to paint it cream with leftover ... Read More
