Okay, it’s been quite a while since I updated you guys on the progress here in the kitchen. So long that I have actually been asked if it’s done yet (nope!). And as for where we’re at? Well, after Richard left for a month due to work, kitchen progress sort of stalled. I ordered a bunch of … Read more
Refinishing furniture with Danish oil | Hello Victoria Okay, so it’s been quite a while since posting – our trip to Kenya and the subsequent business of life when we got back has kept me away. It’s just a quick post today as I still have to go through our photos from the trip, and … Read more
Welcome to demolition! Okay, so I’ve given you an overview of our plans for this kitchen, and what we’re hoping to accomplish. We thought it would be a relatively straightforward couple of days, but boy… were we wrong! Once we started demolition, we realized we had created quite a mess for ourselves. Let me try and break down where we went awry. … Read more
Bye bye bright and airy bedroom… Helloooooo drama!! While Richard was away for work, I decided to tackle painting the bedroom. As discussed in earlier posts about dark bedrooms, and my plans for this room, we had chosen to paint it Farrow + Ball’s Hague Blue (using Valspar paint) a few months before, and I am so glad about that decision. The … Read more
DIY striped doormat | Hello Victoria Please excuse the photos, there is no natural light in our hallway, and I can’t really pick the carpet… Now, as much as I can (and will!) change the inside of our flat to my liking, I’m not allowed to do anything to the common areas of our building. I … Read more
One night while discussing the flat, I mentioned to Richard that I thought it would look reeeaaally cool to have a ceiling medallion in the living room. Something that looks like it’s always been there, and then contrast it with a really modern chandelier. Surprisingly to me, he actually agreed! We both thought that it would tie … Read more
One of the first things that I wanted to tackle with the flat, was the paint colors. Almost every room had some sort of a blah color – beige, cream, and purple everywhere. The colors weren’t doing anything for the lack of lighting in some spaces. The hallway was the worst culprit, with the mauve above and … Read more