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Want To See My Drawers? An inside look at cabinet layout and open shelf styling.
This week I want to talk about the cabinet drawers, making our full sized fridge work in our space as well how we are keeping our open shelving functional! If you've been following along with the Fall 2018 One Room Challenge™, then you are already pretty familiar with...
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Light Filled Folk Victorian Kitchen – Finale
Curating what photos tell the story of the space is one of my favourite parts of project completion. And so, here is the full reveal of the finished Light Filled Folk Victorian Kitchen for the One Room Challenge™. Come on in. I could sit in this...
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Cabinets, Counters and Lights! – Part 5
Last week in the One Room Challenge™, the trim had just been installed. This week we had the cabinets installed and the counters put in! I didn't have time to paint all the trim before the cabinets came in, so I painted the lower corner by the far left window that...
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Walls, Floors and Trim – Part 4
The drywallers came in and gave us some new walls! The dust that sanding drywall mud creates is just as fine as plaster dust, but it doesn't spread as far as the plaster dust did. The fan shown in this photo will be moved to another room. These old fans with only four...
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Electrical, Plumbing and HVAC – Part 3
I find it fascinating how a house works from the internals out and incorporating the parts we see (switches, faucets and lighting) to be an integral part of the design process. I liken wiring, plumbing and HVAC lines to be similar to veins and arteries in our bodies....
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Kitchen Layouts and Plaster Dust, Oh My – Part 2
I've lived in homes with some of the worst (aka) tiny kitchens out there. I've always been able to make them work, but let me tell you, having a custom kitchen designed for you is the BOMB! For the kitchen to be functional for both my husband and I we each need...
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Adding a Kitchen in a Light Filled Folk Victorian – Part 1
"How about you just put the kitchen where the old kitchen was?" Every contractor that walked through the old Folk Victorian house asked me this question. My internal gut reaction every time was "No, no, no, no, no -- Just no". The old kitchen was in smallest room at...
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