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Decorating & Finishing Touches, Furniture Upgrades & Builds, House & Home, Painting

How to Paint 1980s Cabinets: Transforming My Pantry Cabinet

December 5, 2019December 5, 2019by Laurel4 Comments

Ages ago, I bought china hutch on Craigslist to use as extra pantry storage. I had ever intention to paint it at the time, but then… I didn’t. Flash forward three years and I finally got around to it! You probably saw it in my kitchen reveal, but I wanted to check in and share the whole process with you!

I’m getting ahead of myself though, let’s throw back, now. Remember when the hutch looked like this back when I lived at the Duplex?

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Decorating & Finishing Touches, Home Upgrades, House & Home, Painting, Room Checklist

One Room Challenge – Week 6 Phase I Kitchen Reveal!

November 10, 2019November 10, 2019by Laurel46 Comments

I’m so excited to share these photos with you guys! I’m publishing this just under the wire of the One Room Challenge deadline! You better believe I needed every last second of these six weeks. The kitchen is central to every home and this challenge really got me to dive in and finish so many projects I’d started. This space really is the heart of the house with the main bathroom, backyard, and stairs all located off of this room. It’s the main thoroughfare and the most used space!

And it’s looking really good now, y’all!

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Furniture Upgrades & Builds, House & Home, Painting

One Room Challenge – Week 5 a Bit of This and That

October 31, 2019October 31, 2019by LaurelLeave a Comment

Happy Halloween!! I’ve been all over the place working on things for my One Room Challenge kitchen project! I still have a ton to do. Eeek! I’ll be stretching the the length of time I have to do this project to the limit and shooting the kitchen on a Saturday next week. I’m going to need the weekend to round out some of my projects. Plus I got sick so I’ve slowed down the last couple of days. Let me fill you in with what I have in completed though…

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Good Buys, Home Upgrades, House & Home, Painting

One Room Challenge – Week 3 Painting 1940s Kitchen Cabinets

October 17, 2019October 25, 2019by Laurel4 Comments

The kitchen cabinets are painted and it is life-changing! So things are going to get a little hairy in this posts since some of the kitchen cabinet painting happened during the wainscotting installation and wall prep from last week! Basically, remember how my kitchen looked like this? Partially sanded cabinets? Look a little closer. See how those cabinets are all different styles? My kitchen cabinets were cobbled together over a few decades no earlier than 1930, but probably not later than 1960. It’s a mystery. There are 4 door styles. And none of them are good. The insides of the cabinets were gross and everything was a bit of a hot mess.

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Home Upgrades, House & Home, Painting

One Room Challenge – Week 2 Prepping Walls, Adding Wainscotting, and a New Door

October 10, 2019October 11, 2019by Laurel11 Comments

Let’s chat about the Berrybrier kitchen some more! It’s a big project and it started out crazy. Legit, no one wanted to cook in here kind of crazy. You can see more of the before pictures as well as the plan for the kitchen in last week’s post.

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Home Upgrades, House & Home, Let's Learn, Painting

6 No-Fail Whole House Paint Color Palettes

October 2, 2019by Laurel25 Comments

I thought I’d continue today on the theme of paint! If you’ve been reading along I’ve already covered the Berrybrier whole house paint color palette and how to pick paint colors. I’ve got something juicy today: a round up of 5 paint color palettes that will work in nearly every home! Picking paint can be daunting, so I’m taking the guess work out of it for you. I headed to my local Benjamin Moore paint store (Dick’s Color Center for you Portland locals) and pulled some fun color palettes that will work for anyone. I’ve included some descriptions of where I can envision each color palette, but these are just jumping off points, each palette would work in any style home! And, if you want to dive into diagnosing your own personal design style, check out this post here!

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House & Home, Let's Learn, Painting, Tips & Tricks

How to Pick Paint Colors

September 25, 2019September 25, 2019by Laurel2 Comments

Even if you don’t own your home, at some point in your life, you’re gonna want to paint something. Whether it’s a wall or a chair or a nightstand, eventually we all pick a paint color one way or another. And here’s the thing, a lot of the time the colors people select don’t quite come out like they wanted. So let’s talk about how to make sure you get it right the first time!

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Design Inspiration, House & Home, Let's Learn, Painting

Whole House Color Palette: Berrybrier

September 17, 2019September 16, 2019by Laurel10 Comments

It’s no secret I’m no white walls / white trim girl. I’m all about bold design and colorful spaces. I’m a traditionalist, a grandmillenial, a modern Victorian. Berrybrier absolutely reflects this and I wanted to to share the whole house palette today so you can see how — even though my house may read as colorful — the limited color palette unifies each room to the others.

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