I'm so proud of this post, you guys! Look what I did! I made our kitchen so much better than it was before, and I love it! Heads up - I'm gonna be talking about myself like I rule the world for the rest of this post, I'm just so into how I slayed this kitchen beast! Remember when you guys gave me tons of feedback when I posted about the dilemmas I was having with this sad, lonely, confused READ MORE

School House Electric We made a decision on a light fixture for the kitchen, and I'm telling you it was H A R D ! About a month ago I installed the Foto pendant from Ikea, just to get a feel for what a big enamel pendant fixture might look like in the space, how it would cast light, and how it would function. I wasn't ready to commit to a fixture, and for $29, the Foto pendant was worth the READ MORE

I'm sitting on a heating pad as I type this. Did you know that tiling projects really hurt your body? Well at least the payoff looks pretty, don't you think? I was actually just feeling really overwhelmed by how much is left to do on this project, but now that I sit here and look at the photos, I think that it's actually starting to come together. Progress. I've been so busy since I saw READ MORE

The best thing ever happened yesterday, after 6 weeks of what seemed like non stop painting I finally finished the kitchen cabinets! Man, I had no idea when I started how tedious it was going to be to paint these things. I figured it would be easy to just paint a few as a time (which I would still do again as opposed to all at once) as I casually made my way around the room. The thing is, painting READ MORE