Skim Coating Palooza

After doing our best at removing all the textured wallpaper and painting all the trim white, we called in the pros to skim coat and paint the entry, living room, dining room, kitchen and hallway.

Gallery Wall 2.0

In my Currently: April 2016 post I mentioned we were working on the gallery wall. When we installed the board and batten in the hallway we replaced the trim on the gallery wall, which required us to remove a strip of the wallpaper. It wasn’t hurting anyone but super annoying. So, instead of finishing the…

Finding a Stylish Man Chair

For Nolan’s birthday this year we’re upgrading our Ikea chair to a real man chair. He wants it to have some give (a recliner but not a rocking chair) and a high back. I want it to look good. Do you think we can find that in our price range? Restoration Hardware Churchill This cushy…

New Rug

I couldn’t think of a better title than “New Rug”, but don’t judge a book blog by its cover title, right? I ordered this rug a week or so ago. I was surprised how fast they shipped it! Nolan was gone all week for work though, so it just sat rolled up in the hallway.…

Another Gallery Wall

We recently added another gallery wall upstairs. Last time I made shelves, but this time I bought RIBBA frames from Ikea. Here is the wall before. To the left are the stairs to the entry, so as you walk up into the house this is the first thing that grabs your eye (now that there…