We partnered with BEHR® for this project. All project ideas, statements and opinions are my own. A Closet Have you ever paid attention to the paint colour inside of your closet? I have found that if your closet is full of clothes you don’t notice the wall colour unless you hate it. The current design situation in…
Renovating
Bright Basement Playroom Reveal
OUR BRIGHT BASEMENT PLAY ROOM There is a huge part of our house that we haven’t really used to its full potential. Rather than being a family space to play, explore, and spend time together it has been used as a carpeted storage space. What is the space? The basement family room and playroom. Having…
Replacing Entry Doors – Entrance Door Reveal
This is part 4 of a 6 part series of replacing the exterior doors in my home. Be sure to read all the other door posts as well as posts on renovating our home. Entry Door Laundry Room This tiny room is small yet mighty. It is the entrance from our garage into our home as well…
UPDATE A BASEMENT PLAYROOM WITH SHIPLAP AND BEHR
We partnered with BEHR® for this project. All project ideas, statements and opinions are my own. The kids’ playroom is down in the basement of my home. I love having a place for them to play and burn energy but found they always wanted me in the basement with them. I decided to give the…
My House: The Laundry / Garage Door Before
I have let you see the bland front door I had at my house. If you want to read the journey of the transformation, see front door before and front door after. It made such a big difference to the feeling of the house right when you enter. Another door that needs to be updated…
Installing A Front Door
A Basic Front Door Its been a long time coming for this front entry door. If you have been reading here recently you know that our front door was just fine – it did its purpose but didn’t feel special. In fact, it’s the same door you will find on any apartment, motel, or builders…
How To Install A Vinyl Plank Floor
Flooring In A Basement Last week you read all my basement saga and just how difficult it is to remove thinset from concrete. To summarize, its a whole lotta work. Once we had bare floors I just wanted to do snow angel like movements on those floors. I was ready and excited for the next…
Our Basement – How To Remove Tile From Concrete
The Basement Before I feel like our basement has such a story to tell. Houses typically come with a blank slate of concrete floors, framed and insulated exterior walls, and endless possibilities. Our basement came partially finished – I will let the pictures give you more detail on what I mean. There was carpet and tile…