Close your eyes. Picture me, running up the steps of the Philly Museum of Art, while “Eye of the Tiger” blares in the background. Did you do it? Because I am seriously feeling like we have conquered this kitchen. Let me just fill you on on what we started with. (This is the photo from the listing when we were buying the house) We had a black stove in a sea of…
As I neared the tail end of my pregnancy with Christian, painting felt like the best option for DIYing. It was therapeutic AND gave me instant results. Which was great because I was super impatient and exhausted/uncomfortable. Although, I wouldn’t say that this particular project was therapeutic. It was actually a huge pain in the behind. I had this dresser that was mine as a child/teenager. My parents let me take…
Um, what now? Before you start thinking, “Okay, Sam. You need to have that baby because you have OFFICIALLY lost.your.mind”, hear me out! My parents bought us this dresser for Alex’s room from our little antique shop uptown (it was actually a gift for Christian, but brothers share right??). I wish I could have captured the amount of damage the previous owner(s?) caused this poor thing. It was definitely in a child’s…
We set up Alex’s big boy bed! He looks like such a munchkin in it, it’s adorable. We were waiting to make the switch until we had some toddler rails for it, since it sits really high up off the ground and he’s been known to roll out of bed a time or two. We weren’t loving the look of the rails you buy at the store, though. They just look like…
Guilty. We did this a while ago. Don’t judge me. But a project that involves a kitchen, also involves having a clean kitchen to photograph. And that never seems to happen at the right time of day to get some great pics and I only want the best for you guys. Anyways. We have a back splash (!!!!!!!!). I’ve never had a back splash before. Like. Ever. Growing up we had a…
What?? We finally have curtains up in our bedroom! I have been procrastinating replacing the sheer green ones that were there when we moved in. (Apologies for the terrible before picture, it’s from the online listing) I don’t remember when I took those down, I think it was quite a while ago, though. We were living with this blank wall ever since and I knew it was driving John crazy. Note the…
People keep asking if we have the nursery done and I have to stifle a chuckle because it looks like this. Okay, so that blue artwork is gone and we have moved the twin bed into Alex’s room and the curtains have been switched out, but otherwise this is the “nursery”. We plan on moving the wood furniture from the nursery to Alex’s room because it matches the headboard for his big…
Holy Moly! Can you guys even believe that I am six months pregnant?? I can’t. Until I’m running to the bathroom every 30 minutes. Then I’m all like oh yeah, duh! Well, just wanted to share a little update on what’s going on with me (& us) as we all prepare for Baby R to make his appearance. First things first, so I can stop calling him “Baby R #2”, his name…
Well, we finally covered up our big windows in the kitchen. It has been on our to-do list pretty much since we moved in because at night, you can see right into our house. Luckily, our back yard is wooded and there isn’t really anybody who can look in, but you never know. It was just super creepy walking by these gigantic windows at night and not being able to see out…
I am so excited about this project I’m sharing today! And so proud of the Mister for taking on this task! For about 2 1/2 years, we have been using our coffee table as a TV stand. It was meant to be a temporary fix when we lived in our apartment while we saved up for a big Ikea entertainment center, which would have gone perfect on our giant blank wall we…
