Almost exactly a year ago we installed the brick flooring in the mudroom, laundry room, and half bathroom. When we installed it I knew I loved the look, but had no idea how it would actually function and hold up in real life. Would it be easy to clean? Catch all the dirt? Can you mop it? Will it hurt to walk on with bare feet? Will it stain easily? Adam and I didn't know the answers to any of these questions, but we decided to install it anyway and see how it …
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Herringbone Brick Paver Floor
Y'all. The brick paver floor is finished and it turned out AMAZING.
It is exactly what I wanted, which is impressive considering my list demands was pretty specific. I've seen plenty of brick floors that aren't my favorite, so I was only interested in installing a brick paver floor if three things were involved....lots of earthy color variation, light colored grout, and a herringbone pattern. Oh, and not shiny. So four things. Knowing exactly what you want is a good thing, …
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Everything I’ve Learned About Painting Shiplap
I logged onto my website this morning to publish this post and saw that it has been a month since my last one. I would have sworn it was only a week or two....time is flying. Flying. Anyway, progress is still happening around here despite my blog neglect, and the shiplap in the laundry and mudroom is painted and officially checked off the list. So here it is!
Before
and after!
I love it, it's so fresh and clean and just a great starting point for the …
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Design Plans for our Farmhouse Laundry Room
I was almost finished writing my post about the painted shiplap in the laundry and mudroom when I realized I've never actually shared my plans for the laundry room. So let's back up and dive into that before forging ahead with the makeover.
As a reminder, here is the floorplan for the laundry room ...
About two years ago (when we were starting to design and build cabinets) Adam sketched out the plan for the laundry room. I can't find the paper anymore, but thankfully I posted it on …
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Installing Shiplap Over Drywall + Brick Flooring Samples
Progress on the mudroom and laundry room is well underway! The shiplap and trim are finished and I'm loving the way the room is headed.
As far as installing shiplap goes, this isn't our first go around. Adam and I added the same wall treatment to the kitchen and dining room back at the previous house, way back when before all planking was dubbed "shiplap". For that room we did a very budget friendly faux version out of strips of cheap plywood.
We installed the plywood planks right …
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State of the House, 2017 – Main Living Areas
Alright, who’s ready for an interior house tour? Fair warning, this is not some beautifully staged, perfect house tour that you find all over home blogs, this is a very unfinished and unpretty tour so you know exactly where the house stands. Today I’ll show you the main living areas (areas in red below), and in the next post we’ll do the bedrooms, bathrooms, and loft.
Just as a recap for any newbies, this is a custom home that my husband and I designed. We hired a builder to …
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DIY Ironing Board Holder
For years now I've kept our ironing board in the tiny hall closet, wedged between the door and the shelves. As soon as you would open the door the ironing board would hurl itself at you, eager to be needed. Fortunately for me and unfortunately for the ironing board I usually just caught it, got what I needed, and stuffed it back in. Now that the laundry room is finally complete I feel like I need to give the board a permanent home.
Honestly, ironing board wall hangers aren't expensive in the …
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That one time I won a washer and dryer (and then had to re-remodel the laundry room)
Y'all. I won a washer and dryer. Won them. Me. I'm still in disbelief.
I actually received them back in November and am just now posting about it (thanks to the second part of the title). Even though it's been a few months I still ogle and caress them each time I start a huge load of crusty boy laundry.
It started back in August when I saw this post over on the DIY Showoff about a laundry room competition.
I would have never entered except that I had JUST published this post about raising …
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How to Raise Your Kitchen Cabinets to the Ceiling
Let's talk about that space above your cabinets for a second...that useless space that does nothing but collect dust and cause design dilemmas. Do you decorate it? Leave it? I have always left it, I love to decorate but I'm not a fan of having stuff just for the sake of having stuff. When Adam and started the kitchen remodel I had a lot of ideas and things I knew I wanted, but my number one thing was to make those cabinets touch the ceiling, somehow. Adam and I found a solution...the perfect …
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Laundry Room Updates & a $500 Home Depot Giveaway
I do an insane amount of laundry. I have two potty training sons, so I could pretty much wash everything in the house on a daily basis. I wish I was kidding.
The very first project we did in our house (besides painting over all the pink) was to make our laundry room functional and enjoyable to be in. I use the term "enjoyable" loosely...cause, you know, it's still laundry. Adam and I made over the laundry room way before I started a blog, so I've never talked much about it. Here is the before …
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Laundry Room Before and After
I love (LOVE!) before and after pictures. Our laundry room is the only room that is pretty much complete and I feel good about posting an 'after' picture. First, the before...
The first thing to go was that awful paint color. I painted it a muted green, same as in our living room and guest/kids bath. Next, the cabinets. This isn't our forever house so everything has to be done as cheaply as possible...Which means no new cabinets. I wanted them to look custom and unique so I painted …
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