A year ago I realized that as a legit homebased shopowner and blogger, I needed two things: 1. A dedicated creative work space that wasn’t in my kitchen. 2. A dedicated shipping/packaging/storage space that wasn’t my kitchen. Simply put, I like working from home. It’s low-stress and I’ve been doing it long enough that I […]

Well, after a few months of painting, getting bids, looking at tile, and finally pulling the trigger, we had our new beveled subway tile laid this week! I couldn’t believe how much I loved the total transformation.  Check out the before below. You might remember that it was a super-traditional tumbled tile with this really […]

After several months now of planning, painting, scheming, hardware buying, furniture shopping, and more, I’m finally happy to do the big reveal of our kitchen & family room makeover.  The fabulously kind folks over at Spectrum Paint were so generous to help facilitate this makeover, and I can’t say enough good things about them. Now. […]

Today our kitchen island is going from wahhhh to WOW. Or in other words, from boring distressed black to super-chic navy blue. After painting the rest of the cabinets a crisp white, the distressed black looked … shabby. I did a few samples to see which shade of navy was going to be best, using […]