If you’re in need of protection from the prying eyes of the unknown that lie just beyond your window somewhere in the darkness, or, you’d just like to make a change to your place, then you have come to the right place All you need to know to create your own window coverings is just [...]
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We had our “House Tour” on Apartment Therapy today! We’re really excited about it, and I’m very proud and happy for Jenika getting all the nice compliments and comments from complete strangers. It’s good validation for her hard work. To those coming here from AT, WELCOME! Have a look around, and I hope you enjoy [...]
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No more saw dust, no more hammering, no more paint fumes. The house is all done and Ken has packed up and gone back home. Robert and I and the cats are now comfy and cozy in our brand new home and we could not be happier or more thankful. We celebrated with many of [...]
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What a difference a $50 hand me down purchased from a friend’s neighbor and given a fresh coat of paint can make, eh? I’m not saying the plywood didn’t make a statement (one of my designer friends even suggested I sell the line on 1stdibs.com) but my arms were getting splinters and peej was starting [...]
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The amount of work that Ken is able to accomplish within a period of a couple hours is nothing less than astonishing. I leave for work Tuesday and he has the front of the man shack torn off, re-framed and stucco’d before I can even make it through the first red light on my commute [...]
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The last couple of weeks have been busy to say the least, we have finally made the move! Packed up the apartment and unloaded here in just under a week total. That of course does not include having to go back to the apartment to re-paint everything “off white”, how exciting. Ask me how fun [...]
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Those of you who are friends of mine on facebook have already gotten a preview of these but here are a couple shots of putting up Christmas lights. Turned out pretty nice, with the exception of the one three foot section that insists on blinking while the rest do not. Best Christmas present I’ve ever [...]
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I’m sure you all remember the video of me walking around like an idiot trying to illustrate how I thought the pathway from the man shack to the deck should work, right? And how Ken told me I should just stick to the inside design stuff? Well, although he disagreed with me at first, the [...]
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I got yelled at today. Well, actually, spoken to sternly. The subject of landscape design has been a touchy one since this project began. Ken has wanted tropical and I’ve wanted something different, that I haven’t exactly been able to put my finger on until today. The ONE thing I loved about this house the [...]
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Like I said before, you’ll have to wait a little longer for the complete reveal but check out the photos below to see the before, inspiration and after shots. Ken’s remarks quoted from the texts he sent me last week.
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We're not saying that mauve is a bad color. It's great, if used in the right application. The right application does not, however, happen to be a one piece toilet and a giant whirlpool tub. Mauve has no place in a thousand square foot bungalow built in 1944, no place at all. So we're fixing that... 
