You know those home projects that you’ve been wanting to do forever? Like the ones the former owner of your house left behind? And you couldn’t wait to get them completed so the place could finally feel like your own? Every time you move into a new house, there’s always memories of the previous owner….
Our old house has beautiful floors. You wouldn’t be able to buy these floors now, and so I value them tremendously. They are irreplaceable to me, like many features of our 115-year old Colonial. So you can imagine how upset I was when I went to sweep one day and found the rug in our…
I am definitely overdue for this post today! How about a round up of all the paint colors of the rooms and ceilings in my home? I collected all of them, both as a way for you to find all of them here on my blog and to see them all in one space. It’s…
At my house, there’s never one project happening at any one time. It’s usually more like 5-8. In addition to the basement bathroom, which is coming along nicely, I’m planning to do some updates to the walls in the upstairs hallway and here in the foyer. After putting up curtains a while ago, this space…
One major project we took on here recently was to do a much needed porch makeover. It had been painted a few years before we moved in but was in terrible condition and made the entire front of the house look very unwelcoming. Even though we tried to DIY this seemingly easy project, we ultimately…
Since our house is more than 100 years old, we have a variety of lights in our rooms and hallways. Some sconces, some hardwired lights, but we actually don’t have many lights that are controlled by a switch. Thankfully there are plenty of products on the market that can light up just about any space…
Today I’m sharing some tips on how to clean hardwood floors. About 85% of our floors are original hardwood, which means they are 116+ years old young. Before we moved into our house a few years ago we refinished them on the entire second level. They get extremely dusty and since they are so dark, you…
With last week’s two posts on the curtain updates in my living room and foyer, I thought I’d give you the behind the scenes tour of how I get those long panels up and into our walls. I’ve done a tutorial before on how I hang up items in plaster walls, take a look here….
Ideas for wood trim paint colors and read my story of why I’ll never paint our wood trim in our 1900’s built city home. This post may contain affiliate links, which means I may earn a commission if you shop through these links. See my full site disclosure here and thank you for supporting this small business…
Alternative titles for this post include: I Decided to Rip up the Vinyl Floor in the Bathroom OMG, I’m about to Explode with Excitement About Tile And my favorite REAL title for this post: I found original white hex tile under our old ugly vinyl bathroom floor!!! OK. I’m calm, I promise. Can you believe…
The other week I showed you my newest furniture makeover, a silver dresser that I had glazed, sanded and shined up with some metallic paint. In the photos of the dresser you might have noticed some new photos I hung up on the wall. The first wedding pictures I had printed and displayed ~…
When winter comes along and the temperatures drop, your once warm and cozy home can get a bit cool and drafty. But it doesn’t have to be uncomfortable; there are many ways to keep your heating and energy bills in check. Our house is 112 years old and believe me, there are some cold spots….