Floating shelves in the kitchen!

When we first moved into our house in 2012, the kitchen unexpectedly became one of our first big projects. We had intended to update it "at some point" but after living in it for a few weeks, it quickly moved to the top of the list! (terrible layout was causing so much frustration, this was kind of like a quality of life upgrade!) We opted for Ikea...

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Coat Closet Mudroom

Do you have one space in your house that you're just never satisfied with? For me, it's my coat closet. I have changed this closet more times that I can count! I thought I had solved it with my first build of a tall, narrow shoe shelf with hooks above and to the sides of it. It worked for a while, but the kids, and so their coats, have grown!...

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Stair case renovation - part one

When we moved into our house and saw the carpet on the stairs and the floor upstairs, it was on our list of things to change ASAP.   (Of course, once we were in the house, we realized how naive those walk-through lists are! So many unexpected items get added once you move in and the projects on those early lists get pushed to the back...

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Mosaic Top End Table (and ukulele storage!)

I'm finally writing about this project I build last spring! I posted it on instagram way back when I finished it and said "someday" I'd get back to blogging... 29 weeks later, here we are! table/ukulele shelves for our living room! Based loosely on @fixthisbuildthat 's shoe shelf plans. (Thanks, Brad!) First time combining gray and...

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