With my hubby out of town for a few days, it was a perfect opportunity to make over his office. It was a tired light blue room with dinged-up walls, tired baseboards and just looked rather rough. Certainly not an inspiring space to spend the majority of your day working, although the dog did loveContinue reading “Home Office Surprise”
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Guest Bath Refresh
The Guest Bathroom, a room that during covid is only used when we want a change a scenery from our other bathrooms. In a normal year, it would see many guests from far a wide! This was the first full room reno that I have done, plumbling and all! It definitely came with challenges, asContinue reading “Guest Bath Refresh”
Covering up Smokey Furniture
In my previous post Giving Old Pieces New Life I mentioned that I inherited a few pieces of furniture from my Granparents houses. One of those pieces was a 1950’s Secretary. This one took a lot more work than anticipated, due to 65 years of smoke build-up. A few lessons learned from this project: Scrub-a-dub,Continue reading “Covering up Smokey Furniture”
Giving Old Pieces New Life
This past year, my parents sold both of my grandparents houses…with that came a lot of furniture! Old, beautiful furniture. It was tired, a little out of style and some had a thick coat of nicotine, from many years of smoking in the house. Some of the pieces that came out of the houses wereContinue reading “Giving Old Pieces New Life”
Master Bedroom Board and Batten Project
This was the first biggish project that we have completed in our new house. First of all, we wanted to get rid of the icky colour on the walls….Second, we needed to remove the terribly lopsided chair rail….Would you believe that someone would install a chair rail…by going from each side the wall, meeting inContinue reading “Master Bedroom Board and Batten Project”
Jackie Williams 