Folder of inspiration: oxymoron?

These are the two photos that prompted me to start saving inspirational pictures in a folder on the desktop.  These cabinets are almost exactly what we’re looking for, I love the subway tile backsplash (although we want our to be something like the light sage green from Ann Sacks), and we definitely want that much [...]

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Endless Summer

That small paint card is called Endless Summer – it’s a very tranquil blue, and Missy the Color Queen says it’s perfect because it doesn’t have any gray or green in it.   We’re planning to paint the dining room Endless Summer, and since we want it to feel integrated with the kitchen, we’re carrying [...]

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TG Woodworks

Travis at TG Woodworks (or “comprising TG Woodworks”, since it’s just him as far as I know) is building an entry table for us, and since he probably isn’t reading this, I’m going to gush just a little bit.  We showed him some pictures of what we were looking for (straight out of the Stickley [...]

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Enter at will

A house’s entryway (or foyer – even vestibule – depending on your level of pretension) should give guests a sense of your home.  It should be welcoming and comfortable and accommodating and all that, but it should also reflect the homeowners’ design philosophy somewhere in its long list of duties.
We want our farmhouse to reflect [...]

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Not destruction — de-Victorianization

I’ve been chronicling new-house projects on Josie’s blog for the past few weeks*, but after reading great renovation sites like Prairie Box and Bangor Bungalow, I decided to separate the baby from the house and start a renovation blog.  (Missy’s note: Under no circumstances will the baby be separated from the house.)
We live in a [...]

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