well, boil my doorknobs!
Hardware is one of those categories that often goes unnoticed, despite its outsized impact on the feeling of a room. One of the first projects I did in our house was was boiling our door hardware. Yep, boiling!
So you want to paint a room…
I humbly present you with my blog’s very first DIY recipeh: How to paint a room. From prep work like spackling to finishing touches like brush cleaning, I take you through all the essentials I needed to get my dining room walls transformed in week two of the Fall 2021 One Room Challenge.
One Room Challenge kickoff!
Me: "So we're going to need to refinish the dining room floors before November 18..."
The Fall 2021 One Room Challenge™ has kicked off, and I figured, what better way to get our dining room across the finish line than publicly commit to an arbitrary deadline to have it done? Follow along over the next eight weeks!
Home frogffice
The brief: My client and friend is a new dad looking for a space to work, write, game, do yoga and read. He’s not sure on budget but wants to keep most of the furniture or move it from other places in the house. What he needs help with is tying the room together and creating a space that works for work, relaxation and play.