How To Remove Old Wood Kitchen Cabinets
Our cabinets are like Chumbawumba… they get knocked down. Well, they weren’t actually knocked down as much as they were “carefully removed”…
Second House Ideas and Projects
Here's how we updated and transformed our second house with DIY projects and a lot of sweat equity! Check out all of the before and after pictures and project tutorials so you can whip up your own room makeovers.
A Few Thrift Store Finds
I have been meaning to update you guys on four thrifty purchases (well, technically there are nine of them, because I got six of one thing)…
Filling Cabinet Gaps Around Our Stove
Some aspects of this kitchen remodel are certainly less exciting than others – especially when compared to having just opened the wall up. …
Removing Our Kitchen Sink & Our Old Granite Counters
In the words of Carla from Top Chef: hootie hoo! Our counters are ordered (more on what we chose and why we chose it here). They came in at…
How To Trim Out A Cased Opening And A Half Wall
The wall is down (more here). Drywall is up (more here). Time for trim. I actually kinda enjoy doing trim. Despite it requiring lots of foc…
Octo-momma
Work continues on our big opening between the kitchen and the dining room which I still forget exists until I stumble into the room in the …
DIY Drywalling Tips
As exciting as it is to have both that section of wall and the contractor gone, there’s still a lot of work ahead of us before our opening …
Knocking Out A Wall To Make A Large Cased Opening
After 330 days of living in darkness, we can fiiiinally see daylight in our kitchen. And it’s nothing short of ahhhhhmazing. This whole pro…
Opening The Kitchen Wall To Make A Doorway
Other potential titles for this post: Holy Schnikies I (Almost) See The Light The Sweetest Sound = A Power Saw Best Day Ever!!!! This post …
Hanging Protective Plastic For A Kitchen Renovation
Things are getting pretty Dexter around here in preparation for our wall opening. Because when walls come down, dust comes out, and therefo…
We’re Opening The Kitchen Wall Up!
This is it. The big wall-opening week (aka: w.o.w). So… woot! The first order of business is to share a few details that we’ve been asked a…
How To Pick A New Siding Color
Duuude. We painted our house. Clarification: we painted a few tiny test swatches. The creamy color wasn’t exactly hurting our eyes, but the…