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After living without a sink for about 2 months (felt like 6 months), struggling to install the sink for 2 days (felt like 6 days) we finally got our sink hooked up and functional! And when I say "we" I mean Dave got our sink hooked up and functional. I would celebrate but I'm too… Continue reading The Summer of Our Discontent: This Old House Part 6
Hi everyone, this week I did a blog swap with West + Main Homes, a Denver real estate company. You can check out my post on their site called "7 Staging Tips to Make Your Home Irresistible" Here are some tips from West + Main Homes: If you’re looking to sell your home, the top interior design… Continue reading Top Interior Design Trends to Help Sell Your Home
We recently tore out cabinets from the 1950's during our kitchen renovation. They served their purpose for over 60 years but they were really showing their age. They were also full on yellow/orange knotty pine with v-channel vertical plank doors. Good luck ignoring this type of knotty pine. It's like a loud talker in a… Continue reading Trend Alert: The Return of Knotty Pine
We are close to the end of our kitchen renovation journey! It's been a lot of work (mostly for Dave) and quite stressful at times, but the part that I thought would be the most stressful turned out to be the least stressful, and things that I had not accounted for caused me the most… Continue reading How to Survive a Kitchen Remodel in a Small House: 7 Tips
This kitchen was recently featured in Colorado Homes & Lifestyles Fall Kitchen Issue and I am honored to be in their lineup of gorgeous kitchens. When my clients first saw this 1980's home in beautiful Littleton, Colorado they fell in love with the views, the huge lot and the location. They knew they could change… Continue reading Before and After: A Kitchen Renovation in Littleton, Colorado
When I first saw this home, it was a 1980's suburban dream. Except it was 37 years later and now we all know the good and the bad that comes with living in the suburbs and frequently the word "dream" is excised from that slogan. (You can see more of this renovated, Littleton, Colorado… Continue reading Before and After: An 80’s Home Turns Rustic Refined in Littleton, Colorado
A few weeks ago I shared my romantic comedy storylines for the kitchen sink. I wish I had similar flights of fancy about the kitchen faucet, but I tend to look at faucets as highly utilitarian. Utilitarian, yet I do expect them to look like a supermodel. I think I want my kitchen faucet to be the… Continue reading My Search for a Kitchen Faucet: Yes, but is it a good conversationalist?
I am at the point in my kitchen remodel where I am questioning the entire Interior Design industry and the deceptions that are Pinterest and Instagram. Why do I feel the need to update my kitchen? It worked just fine before. Yes, it was dark and the cabinets were over 60 years old, but it… Continue reading Good Ol’ Days: Heat, A Snorkeling Mask and Plaster – This Old House Part 5
Denver's Shaver-Ramsey is the kind of place that makes you want to immediately ditch your cheap Wayfair rug (which I may or may not own) and splurge on the real deal. If you were decorating your place and had a certain amount of money to spend - get a rug from Shaver-Ramsey and a… Continue reading Gorgeous Area Rugs and A Handsome, Walnut and Brass Kitchen: Denver’s Shaver-Ramsey
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