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The Hunt: Junkyard Chic
I don’t have any pretty photos today, so I’m just going to show you some quick pix of my latest junkyard find. Â I bought this solid wood vintage medicine cabinet with original beveled mirror ($60) on a recent Brooklyn thrift store junket and quickly sprayed it white so that I could hang it over my [...]
Posted in Decorate My Space, The Hunt Also tagged bathroom, before and after, decor, Design On A Dime, diy painting, diy project, diy renovation, fleamarket, mushroom wood wainscoting, paint colors, vintage fixtures, wallpaper 63 Comments
Backyard Before & After
If you stopped by the blog on Friday, you know that my Dad was in town for the weekend. Â We didn’t make it to the flea market because I was a little under the weather, but Dad and I visited the farmers market Saturday morning and we had a casual dinner in the backyard that [...]
Posted in Big Renovation, Small Projects Also tagged brownstone renovation, Design On A Dime, diy project, garden 68 Comments
Your Kitchen Questions Answered
Some of you may remember that Scott and I recently completed our galley kitchen renovation, replete with hand-finished floors (which I goofed and still have to repair) and a DIY pot rack.  It was featured on Apartment Therapy and  in a guest post on BrooklynLimestone, but if you missed that, you can catch all of [...]
Posted in Big Renovation Also tagged brownstone renovation, cabinet hardware, kitchen, kitchen renovation, sink, white shaker cabinets 24 Comments
Master Bedroom Progress
Our master bedroom suite is on the garden level of the brownstone, so it is one floor down from our main living space on the parlor floor. Â When we bought the apartment, the garden level was a large recroom with a miniature and nightmarish bathroom that was “renovated” by the previous owner’s brother. Â The mudroom [...]
Posted in Big Renovation Also tagged before and after, brownstone renovation, master bedroom Comments closed
Kitchen cabinet build starts this week
Our new galley kitchen will be beautiful, despite some budget compromises. Â Our cabinets are being custom made by a local carpenter. Â Initially we designed the kitchen with face frame cabinets and inset doors with exposed hinges, but this was way out of our budget reality, so we opted for more typical “frameless” cabinets. Â They will [...]
Posted in Big Renovation Also tagged brownstone renovation, kitchen, kitchen renovation, painted kitchen cabinets, shaker style cabinets, white shaker cabinets 1 Comment
sleek appliances for our small galley kitchen = big budget
Redoing the small galley kitchen of our brownstone apartment is eating up a BIG part of our renovation budget. We have splurged on some pricey European appliances because they tend to have a shallower profile, which we need in this narrow space. Our kitchen is not only a workspace, it is also the throughway to [...]
Posted in Big Renovation Also tagged apartment makeover, appliances, brownstone renovation, galley kitchen, kitchen appliances, renovation, research appliances, small budget 12 Comments
Design Idea: Microwave Cubby