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a simple fix to a fuzzy situation

You know those annoying little things around your home that you just live with, because you figure that’s just the way they are? Like a chair with a leg that wobbles or a remote button you have to push at the top right corner to make it work, or the oven you have to set 20 degrees higher than the dial, so it gets to the proper cooking temp? ….or the fuzz and dust that collects around any chair, stool, or table leg that has a sticky felt slider underneath to protect your wood floor? That’s been bugging me for years! Sometimes, it’s so bad that it looks like a small furry animal was pinned under a leg. I finally decided to try something different. On the bottom of each leg of my barstools are plastic caps nailed into wood. Those are not wood-floor friendly, so I stuck a felt

May 22, 2018 40 Comments

All Things Home

installation of the new kitchen counters

Disclosure: This post is sponsored by HanStone. All opinions and words are honest and my own. Monday was the day and it was like counting down the days to Christmas. I think HanStone needs to make an advent calendar to countdown to counter install day. Filled with dark chocolates and bite-sized samples of coordinating backsplash tile. Anyway, before the install could happen, our fabricator and installer had to come to the house to measure for the new counters. We used a local company, The Pinske Edge in Rochester, MN. (And, just to explain, the material for the counters was provided by HanStone as a part of the sponsorship, but we paid for the fabrication and installation.) On the day of measuring, I had to clear off the counters, so they could have full access to those as well as the walls and cabinets. I was expecting a guy with a

May 16, 2018 45 Comments

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new kitchen sink

The measurements were taken for our new counters last week and they are currently being fabricated. I am just about bursting to see them installed. I know it’s going to make a big difference in the look of our kitchen and it’ll be exciting to see such a large piece of my design plan finally in place. As with many decorating decisions, one decision leads to another and the decision to install new counters lead to needing to make a decision about the sink. Would we keep the existing one or select a new one? (I guess the post title takes out the surprise element!) Yes, we decided to get a new one. I actually love this sink, but that is mostly for the functionality of it. Having a large basin for storing dirty dishes and a smaller sink for washing is a good design, but I’ve never been a

May 7, 2018 55 Comments

All Things Home

counter selection | compromising nothing & gaining everything

Disclosure: This post is sponsored by HanStone Quartz. All words and opinions expressed in this post are, as always, honest and my own. As I’ve shared before, replacing the countertops was on our to-do list for this house before we even bought it. These are nice granite counters and they really don’t look bad at all, but they aren’t my taste. We would also like to install a tile backsplash, which would look a little odd coming off of the little backsplash that is currently a part of the counters. We plan on being in this house a long time, so we decided it would be worth changing them out. So, I had my heart set on marble. I love the look of it and the “soul” of marble. It’s such a beautiful material. I know the issues, though, and I’ve spent months reading reviews and asking friends who have

April 14, 2018 73 Comments

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Butler’s Pantry Plans

Before I share about the butler’s pantry, I wanted to give everyone a head’s up that my latest round of paintings are for sale and the auctions end today. You can view and bid on the paintings HERE. There is still snow on the ground and it was in the 20’s today, but it still feels like spring is coming. It will be here eventually, anyway! I don’t feel antsy for spring, but I am starting to get the itch to work on more home projects again. We’ve kept things moving along over the winter with painting, having the wood floors installed, working on organization, sewing curtains, etc. but I’m ready to dig into some bigger projects. Once it’s warm enough, we really need to get our garage cleaned out and organized. We have some boxes we still need to unpack, even! It’s a bit of a mess and a

March 15, 2018 25 Comments

Artistic Endeavors

through the lens of a camera…

I did a proper photo shoot in my kitchen last week and there was something therapeutic about it. It was my first “real photoshoot” where I styled everything (removed the unsightly stuff like the toaster), used a tripod, tethered the camera, etc. There is something about taking a picture of something that makes me love it more. Well, maybe it’s more than just taking a picture, but taking my time taking a picture. Or a few dozen pictures! I’m not sure how to explain it, but I have always felt that way about antiques I find, furniture I paint, places I visit, and the rooms in my own house when I photograph them. The process of making sure everything is clean and aesthetically pleasing, seeing it through a camera lens, capturing it from angles that I hadn’t noticed before, etc… it just changes how I see it. I suppose I’m

January 16, 2018 69 Comments

All Things Home

hang your head in shame, faucet

The kitchen has come a long way since we moved in and, while it looks like a big overhaul, it’s really just involved paint, changing out the lights over the island, and hanging the pot rack. The one big change we made was converting the electric stove to gas and replacing it with a beefy commercial-style range, which has been on my kitchen wishlist for over 15 years! One thing that’s a pretty easy fix, but we hadn’t changed, was the faucet. I have seen worse, but this one was pretty sad. It’s not that it looked terrible, but it was not functional! Well, water ran out of it, I can say that. The pull-out sprayer, though, was loose and it flopped around most of the time. On top of that, the faucet was difficult to swivel. So, you’d grab the neck to move the faucet from one sink to

January 12, 2018 62 Comments

All Things Home

open kitchen shelving

This week, I have felt even more motivated than usual to knock things off of my to-do list. I was slowed down a little over the past couple of months with the holidays, an injured shoulder, and a chest cold. The new year is underway, though, and I am feeling that energy that spurs us to collectively organize and plan. Today was heavy on the organizing and planning and not the fun kind. Just paying bills, catching up on e-mail, preparing paperwork for taxes (already), filling in my calendar, making a master to-do list for January, etc. But, yesterday, I knocked out something that’s been lingering on the to-do list for months – painting the open shelving in the kitchen… When we first moved in, this nook was just an open, underutilized space. This house is designed very well, but we were scratching our heads at this niche. Maybe for

January 4, 2018 81 Comments

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installation of the new kitchen counters

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counter selection | compromising nothing & gaining everything

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