Sometimes it’s ok to just make small investments in a room until you are ready to make big changes. I was ready for A Summertime Bedroom. A Summertime Bedroom When we first moved into Storybook Cottage both the Mr. and I knew right away that we could only live for a few days with the feeling that we were sleeping inside an avocado. But I had no idea WHAT color to paints the walls. I already knew that the curtains we had in our last two houses were a foot and half too short for the ... View the Post
A Closer Look at the Kitchen Renovation Subway Tile Backsplash
When we first decided to replace the countertops, we had a thought to keep the existing backsplash. The variegated square stone tiles weren’t too bad. However, once we decided to go with Corian countertops, the bottom tiles needed to be removed for the countertop installation. Upon closer inspection, we knew there would be no way to salvage the stone tile as they had been applied directly to the sheetrock. There were also a host of other issues. It took about half a second for me to answer ... View the Post
A Closer Look at the Kitchen Renovation Corian Countertops
Several of you have been waiting for this post since I first mentioned taking A Closer Look at the Kitchen Renovation Corian Countertops in the Storybook Cottage kitchen. You had questions! I hope this post will answer them all. A Closer Look at the Kitchen Renovation Corian Countertops First and foremost in my heart of hearts if this would have been my forever home I would have installed white marble countertops. But this is just our “for the next few years” home. So, we had to ... View the Post
New Countertops for the Storybook Cottage Kitchen
It’s been somewhat of a symphony of crickets here on the DTA blog. We've been installing New Countertops for the Storybook Cottage Kitchen. New Countertops for the Storybook Cottage Kitchen After making it through finals I knew I had just 2 weeks before my next semester started. So I made a huge “to do” list and have been furiously making my way through it. On the top of the list was addressing the issue of our kitchen countertops. Most experts say that when you first move into a home you ... View the Post
ORC The Reveal of the Living, Dining and Entry Way
It has truly been a busy and amazing six short weeks. To tackle not one, not two, but THREE areas in such a short time borders on cuckoo. Add in threec accelerated university classes taken at the same time, and well, it’s official… I am completely crazy! Here is the ORC The Reveal of the Living, Dining and Entry Way. ORC The Reveal of the Living, Dining and Entry Way First the good news: I earned straight A’s. Now the not so good news: As you may have heard the weather here in Texas ... View the Post
The French Hutch is Painted
FINALLY! The French Hutch is Painted. The French Hutch is Painted Here is the “BEFORE” of the hutch in all it’s 70’s faded yellow, with brassy gold highlights, glory. It’s been sitting around waiting for a paint job for eight months. The After The color is “Florentine” with just a tiny bit of “Antibes Green” mixed in. Both are from the Annie Sloan chalk paint line. After drying clear wax was used to seal the paint with a bit of DecoArt Metallic Lustre wax in gold to ... View the Post
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