Bathroom, Décor, Furniture, Space Efficiency, Thrifty

A Shelf Shelter

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Some people bring home stray pets.

Others bring home stray shelves… Wait, what? Only my boyfriend, apparently. Now that I think about it, there are many refurbished pieces of furniture around the house. I wish I had taken pictures of all our shelves, but here are the latest and greatest.

Moral of the story

There are plenty of unwanted shelves out there, so rescue one from your local goodwill or salvation army today. We have fostered quite a few in recent months, and it all started with this one:

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Crafts, Décor, Holidays

Fall on the Wall

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T-minus 1 week

It’s almost Thanksgiving, and I’m happy to report that it’s looking fall festive in here. Does that shade of orange energize you? Agitate you? Make your insides scream?

All of the above?

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Bathroom, Ongoing Projects, Paint, Tile

Bathroom Remodel: Phase Two

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Ok, you can come in now!Onto Phase Two

There was a lot of good grunt work that went into this one, but it went pretty smoothly once we got our process down.

We couldn’t be happier with how the whole bathroom turned out!

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Bathroom, Ongoing Projects

Bathroom Remodel

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Enter the bathroom

Tiling and Painting

Since we did the dual shower heads, we decided to extend Project Bathroom Renovation. Come check it out!

DSC01908Enter if you dare

We noticed some mold spots starting to come through the paint in the shower, so we took the chance to do our first ever tiling job. The previous homeowners had only an eggshell paint in the bathroom, which was just asking for mold spores.

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Décor, Furniture, Ongoing Projects

Memories for the Mantle – Phase 2

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Welcome to Phase 2 of Operation Mantle Magic

With the heavy lifting done in Phase 1, it was time to transform this log into a mantlepiece. Santa will be so happy we made this just for him!

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Décor, Furniture, Ongoing Projects

Memories for the Mantle – Phase 1

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No mantle, no problem

The once naked fireplace is mantleless no more! And it didn’t happen without a good adventure.

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