a home decor blog, making it pretty one space at a time
In early August, my little sister Carli moved from England to Utah (where I live!) with her family. They bought a 1927 house that hadn’t been updated since the 50’s. It’s such a cutie, but the kitchen wasn’t super functional and really needed some modernization! After 11 weeks of hard work, it’s finally done! Ready to see the blue and… Read More
Something super exciting happened this week! My sister gave me her old fridge! The pink fridge I had (and painted) was super cute, but not very functional- the shelves in the doors were broken (so we couldn’t store anything in them), the light didn’t work, and it was 40 years old and so it wasn’t energy efficient. I figured I… Read More
As you may know, I’ve been helping my sister with her kitchen. For the cabinets, she wanted to paint them a custom blue color. Since we’re reusing the original upper cabinets and doing new wood lower cabinets (the bases are from IKEA with Semihandmade doors), that was the perfect solution so I thought I’d share how to paint kitchen cabinets with… Read More
I am neck deep in renovating my sister’s kitchen. Like, at the worst middle part where there’s so much to do and it doesn’t look that pretty yet. We’re upgrading her dated kitchen with cabinets from IKEA. As I’ve been working on the project I keep getting the same question over and over again- is an IKEA kitchen worth it?… Read More
Alright, I have a bad habit that I need to confess- I hate painting ceilings. You have to empty out the whole room and then paint above your head- no thanks! But my living room and kitchen ceilings were so bad.The ceilings were the original peach color, super dirty, and the edges had white paint from painting the trim. I… Read More
Our kitchen is nice and big, but the only place we have to eat is in there too so it doubles as a dining room. When we first moved in, I put the rug down from our old dining room and called it a day. Well, it’s always been too short and awkward under the table (half of the… Read More
