Now that our retro ranch renovations are *Almost* done we’ve been living with somewhat of a blank slate. As you can see our dining room had a great foundation with nice built ins, neutral floors, and a great Mid Century table, but the space was lacking color and personality. My strategy for infusing life into any space…
Remodel a Kitchen on a Budget *Our Kitchen Reveal!*
This post highlights how we were able to remodel a kitchen on a budget! Our kitchen is SO close to being done that I get to share the reveal! This little kitchen has come a LONG ways in the four months we’ve lived in our Retro Ranch. We’ve gone every step of the way pinching our…
Tips for Painting Cabinets from a Pro
Yes, I did it again, painted gorgeous wood cabinets! I wrote an entire post defending WHY, I would paint “perfectly good wood cabinets”. I really didn’t have any doubts, but yet again I LOVE how they turned out. I’ve blogged my “DIY Cabinet Transformations Kit“, as well as my “Tips for Spray Painting Cabinets“. Today…
An Affordable Porch Makeover
When we moved into this house this was the state of the front of the house. The front stoop was small, but we knew we would need to do an affordable porch makeover. We started out by replacing the house numbers, door and storm door, and front light. We also removed the railing leaving us…
Reconfiguring Craigslist Cabinets
If you’ve been following along in our retro ranch reno you know that the kitchen that we started with was pretty bad. We tore it out and replaced it with cabinets that we scored on Craigslist. They worked really well, but left our fridge looking lonely and out of place. So we hired a cabinet maker to build us…
DIY Plank Tile Floor Fail
When we moved into the Retro Ranch this was the state of the bathroom. Recently we decided it was finally time to do something about the baby blue walls and peeling linoleum floor. We started out by demoing and painting everything but the shower enclosure. Then we mortared down a membrane onto the floor for tiling over. Looking…