a home decor blog, making it pretty one space at a time
When I redid my kitchen, I originally wanted to rip down the wall between the living room. When I decided to save 10k and leave the wall up, I decided to really embrace the division of room. Since I wanted to do a ship lap ceiling in the kitchen, I decided to put up a DIY beam doorway. This further divided… Read More
When we redid my kitchen, I wanted to try new things- maybe a hood and floating shelves! Last year, I was visiting my friends at Kichler and they showed me their LED tape light and said I really needed to use it in my next kitchen remodel. I remembered that and figured if not now, then when? So here’s how… Read More
A few weeks ago, I shared my finished kitchen. It’s been so fun cooking in this pretty space! After the big reveal, I kept getting asked how to paint IKEA cabinets since the pink paint is one of the main attractions in this room. I thought I’d share everything that worked and what didn’t work and what I regret…. Read More
Hello! Last week I finished my kitchen renovation. It was a little over 7 weeks of hard work so it feels so good to be enjoying the finished room! I did some holiday baking yesterday and I was so grateful to have such a pretty space to cook in! Since it is a smaller space, one thing I did to… Read More
As we’ve been working on the kitchen for the past two months, I’ve been keeping track of every penny we’ve spent on the renovation. From screws for the studs to paint for the baseboards, everything will be counted for. I love to hear how much real renovations cost so I thought I’d breakdown my kitchen renovation costs.
Last year I helped my sister redo her kitchen. One of the projects I did in there was to take an IKEA Kallax bookcase and repurpose it to be the base for banquette seating. I did half of the project and her husband did the other of that. Because of that, the IKEA hack bench seat tutorial was good, but… Read More
