Monthly Archives: May 2010

AFTER shot of DIY radiator cover/window seat

Project: DIY Radiator Covers

By ADD | Published: May 14, 2010
Over the past year, Scott and I have become quite the design/build team.  We’ve made decorative mantels, built-in bookshelves, pot racks, radiator covers… everything an obsessively designed home could need.   Typically I design the item & source materials.  Scott saws, drills and and assembles with the power tools in his basement arsenal.  Then I [...]
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my bathroom isn't big enough to get a shot of the full curtain, so here's the bottom half!

Project: DIY Shower Curtain

By ADD | Published: May 13, 2010
When I was helping Becky decorate her rental apartment on a tiny budget, I found some great linen curtains at IKEA that  we purchased for her bathroom update.  I couldn’t resist buying some for my place as well.  It’s hard to find pretty fabric shower curtains that don’t cost a fortune, so I decided to [...]
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Scott's been busy downstairs sawing, drilling, planing, and priming.

Master Bedroom/ DIY workshop

By ADD | Published: May 13, 2010
I’ve been getting requests from my loyal readers, like Barnaby- thanks for following Barnaby!, for the delinquent pix of our garden level master bedroom, which I previously posted about here.  We are moving in to that bedroom this Sunday night and until then, it’s ground zero for all sorts of messy DIY projects.  Custom book [...]
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Master bath renovation. ©Moya Mc Allister

Master Bath: From Blah to Ooh-la-la

By ADD | Published: May 12, 2010
Let me start by saying that Scott is right about 95% of the time in renovation matters, which is far better than my track record.  But when it came to the master bath, he insisted on white walls above our white subway tile and he refused to listen to my nagging voice of reason for [...]
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DIY pot rack in kitchen shelve brackets.

Project: DIY pot rack

By ADD | Published: May 7, 2010
Scott added this stainless steel rod last weekend to our custom kitchen shelving.  The open shelving with a long pot rack was one of the cornerstones of our kitchen design.  It’s definitely convenient to have pots and pans within easy reach of the stove and not taking up precious cabinet space.  The rod was thirty [...]
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New Shaker doors.

shaker doors & tung oiled floors

By ADD | Published: May 5, 2010
In many ways, our renovated apartment doesn’t look hugely different from the dumpy place we bought.  Except, um, it’s not dumpy anymore.  The layout didn’t change much on the parlor floor.  The living room, dining room, bedroom, kitchen and bath all exist in their original footprints.  We liked the layout on this floor and opted [...]
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vintage clawfoot tub with new plumbing

Outhouse chic bathroom

By ADD | Published: May 3, 2010
The outhouse chic bathroom is still a work in progress.   But I’m loving my long soaks in the vintage claw foot tub.   The reproduction shower set came from Vintage Tub & Bath and it works great. The reclaimed mushroom wood wainscoting will get a second coat of milk paint to calm it down a [...]
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