Friday, November 20, 2009

My new dining room chandelier!

I found it on eBay. I can't wait until it arrives!


Wednesday, November 11, 2009

New dining room light?


I will be making new curtains for my dining room out of this fabric.




If I were to get a new chandelier, which of these lights do you like better?








Monday, April 13, 2009

Almost done!

Just a few pieces of trim left!




















Wednesday, March 25, 2009

It's coming together




These pictures suck...sorry, I don't have lights in there yet.




Sunday, March 15, 2009

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Cabinets!

I have cabinets! This is so exciting, they are beautiful!





































Tuesday, February 17, 2009

It has taken 10 days...

and 2 tries, but I have an archway!






The first attempt - way too flat.









Mid-reconstruction















It's pretty!

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Hardware

I bought knobs and pulls on ebay today. I hope they are as pretty in person!






Light!

I got a wicked deal on this light, a smaller one for over the sink and a medium size one for the nook.




Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Living Room

I finally hung my favorite painting. And Barbie made me some pillows for the couch!



Guest room - It's a real bed!

I finally got a bedframe and built a headboard for the guest room. It's starting to look like a real bedroom!



Jewelry Wall

I built this to store jewelry in the dead space in the center of my closet. So far, it is keeping everything organized. And I realized I have lost several pairs of earrings in the last few years. I wonder where they went?

Instructions - Earring frame
1. Removed the glass and mat from a picture frame.
2. Drilled holes through the board that forms the back of the picture frame and poked matching holes in cardboard padding.
3. Covered cardboard with wrapping paper and taped it down.
4. Used small hooks to poke holes in wrapping paper

Instruction - Necklace box
I used 2 utensil holders from the kitchen section at Target.

I painted the utensil boxes with white lacquer spray paint (2 coats).

I drilled holes in the corners for the support screws and then holes for the knobs. I used the old knobs from my kitchen cabinets.

Then I added the same wallpaper as the earring frame and some fancy paper to cover the back of each section.

I hung the frame, the boxes and an old shelf from my house in Royal Oak and everything is organized now!


Question: Backsplash

Which backsplash tile do you like better? Ice (top) or Vapor (bottom)?

(my tile sounds like the cast of Top Gun)





Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Soapstone

Here is a slab of the soapstone for my countertops. This is what it looks like without oil, I will post a picture of the small sample they gave me after I oil it.


My faucet

I think I am going to go with this faucet (without the plate on the bottom).


Monday, January 26, 2009

My room

I finally hung some new art in my room!






Tile Options

Many different tile options for the backsplash.



Cabinets with Bronze Pulls

Do you think the bronze pulls look good with white cabinets?



Dining Room with chairs!




Monday, January 5, 2009

Question: Backsplash

I ordered samples of these tiles as possible backsplash materials. Which one do you like (if you can even tell the difference)?




Breaker



















Vapor



















Pool