We recently served a lovely family in Abilene that lives in one of my FAVORITE houses in one of my FAVORITE locations in town. This historic home included a beautiful and unique entrance. But time and weather have beaten it down over the years and it was time for a little updating. At first glance… Continue reading Beautiful Custom Front Door
Sometimes designing a rehab project is easy. But sometimes, you buy a house with an elevated living room and an L shaped brick wall, and it leaves you stumped as to the best way to fix it up. I came up with several ideas about how to utilize the wall, but at the end of… Continue reading What knocking out a brick wall gets you…
Do you ever just see something random at a flea market and immediately get inspired? I saw these old screwdrivers and immediately thought they would make cute knobs. However, I lacked the skill set to complete the project. That didn't stop me from bringing them home. 4 years later, when my husband of 2 years… Continue reading Vintage Knobs
A plainer is a nifty tool. This vintage one was purchased with the intent to use it! But, alas, it was past its prime before coming home with us. So my creative husband found another use for it... A lovely tall laundry table for me! Here he is putting on the finishing touches! He left… Continue reading Repurposed Plainer
The master bathroom certainly needed the least work. Even though we removed every last yellow tile from the guest bathroom, we decided the teal tile was adorable and kept it! Before... After. We updated the medicine cabinet and light fixture and softened the walls with a grey color instead of white. We removed the old… Continue reading House Flip: 341 // Master Bathroom
This room remains my FAVORITE transformation. This is the guest bathroom in the hallway. The pale yellow tile was original from the 50's. This is the view from the original door (yes, I said original, because we moved the door!). That's a LOT of yellow tile. And the boxed in toilet (eek!). The counter top… Continue reading House Flip: 341 // Guest Bathroom
One of the most enjoyable parts of remodeling projects is reviewing the before and after photos. Here are a few from a complete house flip we did in 2016. This is the living room as seen from the kitchen. The room had dark trim and a large odd mirror with a blue fireplace wall. The… Continue reading House Flip 341 // The Living Room
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