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Category Archives: Decor
DIY Quartz: What We Know Now
Questions?!! My whole scheme down the…I mean, ask away. -Homer Simpson When we were researching countertops, we had trouble finding information about Riverstone quartz. Now that we’ve put our Riverstone in, here are some of the answers to questions we … Continue reading
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Cabinet of Dreams, Part VII: If You Build It, He Will Put the TV on It
At this point in the fireplace/cabinetry project, we’d been living for over three months in the other corner of the sitting room with the television armoire in the arch leading to the dining room. We were really tired of the … Continue reading
Cabinet of Dreams, Part VI: The Tiling
We’re nearing the end of the fireplace project. Next up: tiling. There were two areas to tile for this project–the vertical fireplace tile around the surround, and the hearth tiling for the floor in front of the fireplace. Tiling the … Continue reading
Cabinet of Dreams, Part V: A Firry Tale of St Paul
I mentioned (in Cabinet of Dreams, Part III) that our decision to use Douglas fir for the whole built-in made things quite interesting at times. Well, finding a piece of wood for the upper surface of the built-in was one … Continue reading
Cabinet of Dreams, Part IV: The Building Part of the Built-In
This is the fourth in a series about making a built-in unit in our sitting room. In the last post, I talked about how we found and prepared a cabinet to use as part of the built-in. Now it was … Continue reading
Cabinet of Dreams, Part III: You Don’t Know What You’ve Got Until You Clean the Basement
Previously on D’oh, we decided to build cabinetry and a fireplace in our sitting room. I talked about choosing the fire and surround in Part II. With an electric firebox picked out, we turned our attention to building the cabinetry. … Continue reading
Cabinet of Dreams, Part II: Light My Fire
In the first part of this series, I talked about how we wanted to build cabinetry and a fireplace in our sitting room. First we considered which type of fire to install. The main options were: A real fire or … Continue reading
Cabinet of Dreams, Part I: Genesis
My dreams will go unfulfilled? I don’t like the sound of that one bit. – Homer Simpson When we bought this house it ticked most of our boxes. The only box left unticked was the one next to “Fireplace.” But … Continue reading
DIY Instagram Coasters
Today, we are so happy to host Christine and Jan from Little House on the Corner, one of our favorite DIY blogs. Please jump over to check them out–they are prolific and terrific! – Stacey & Kevin Hi Guys, it’s Christine … Continue reading
It’s a Frame-Up!
It’s hip to be square…like the song says! – Homer Simpson Ever buy a gallery frame, hang it up, get on with your life, and then later notice that the top rail is bowed? If you hang a frame from … Continue reading
