Wow, what a wild 6 weeks! And by wild I mean bone-tiring non-stop work to makeover the kitchen in my guest house. Why did I do this again? Oh right, because nothing is more motivating to get the work done than the 6-week One Room Challenge hosted by Calling It Home! In case you missed […] Read more…
Mothers Day is right around the corner, and the breakfast nook in my cottage kitchen is coming together perfectly for us moms to ‘break in’ the new kitchen with a fun mother’s day brunch celebration! In case you missed it, each week I’ve been sharing my cottage kitchen makeover for the 6-week One Room Challenge, hosted by […] Read more…
*Ahoy! Affiliate links below! Guys, how is that we are in the 4th week of the One Room Challenge already?? Agh! I’m just not ready for this…progress is SO slow ya’all. On the bright side, I got a whole slew of beautiful things for the kitchen! Some I found during my cottage kitchen shopping spree, and […] Read more…
*This post is fantastically sponsored by Moen! Awesome sauce! Woo hoo! We have plumbing!!!! Okay, so that may not seem quite as exciting to you as it does to us, but hey, you try living without a sink and running water during a kitchen remodel. 😀 Hey, you try living without a sink and running water […] Read more…
Woohoo! Week 2 of the awesome One Room Challenge hosted by Calling It Home, and I’m already starting to see a huge difference in my guest cottage kitchen remodel! I admit, I had a very basic idea of what I wanted to see in my small cottage kitchen, enough to order cabinets and granite, but […] Read more…
Hey guys! I’m super excited (and crazy nervous) to join in the fun of a really cool 6 week decorating challenge called the One Room Challenge hosted by Calling it Home. I have decided this would be the perfect opportunity (and motivation) to take on the kitchen in my guest cottage. It needs a bit of […] Read more…
*This post is sponsored by The Home Depot (who I’m convinced is my fairy godmother) I’ve never loved the idea of a basement, they are dark, damp, and cold. Plus I’m convinced the boogie monster (aka the mice) have overrun mine. Worst, our basement became kind of the catch-all for miscellaneous items we didn’t […] Read more…
Oh man. What was I thinking?? So, you know how it is when a friend you’ve been dying to spend more time with accepts your dinner invitation…then a week before this simple dinner you look around your dining room, have an epiphany on decorating and decide to give it a “quick sprucing”, which ends with all the furniture moved into […] Read more…
C’mon Carmona, you can do it… just choose a color. It’s just paint…choose. I needed to make a decision so I can get to the many many projects necessary to makeover my office and sitting room. As I’m prepping this room for paint, all I can think is how many broken things there are in […] Read more…
Whooohoo! Happy birthday to me! I just scored 3 boxes of Traffic Master Allure Ultra in Aegean Travertine at $58 a box, down from the regular $78 per box. I walked into Home Depot (my 2nd home), and there they were…right in the middle of the aisle with a big sign that might as well […] Read more…