I don’t know about you but I love a kitchen island. Our house didn’t have even a tiny weeny one. It had a peninsula that divided the kitchen and family room. It wasn’t big enough and felt like it disrupted the flow. The peninsula had horrible pendant lights too. They were removed immediately upon moving […]
LED Retrofit Recessed Lights
Our kitchen, living room, basement and master bathroom have traditional recessed lighting. As we renovated the kitchen, we added LED lighting in the new light fixtures. I wanted to update the existing recessed lighting to LED so it matches plus it’s energy saving. I took a trip around the internet and decided not to pay […]
Range Hood Cover
One of the most exciting areas of the kitchen renovation was the range. I kept our oven since it was less than a year old. We have a gas line capped and available when and if I want to move to a gas stove. We taped out the location and size for the hood. We […]
How To Grout Tile
We had a coffee bar created during our kitchen remodel. I chose this large Compass tile for the space. It’s a bit different but in neutral colors. The compass signifies finding your way home and that’s what house #11 is for us!!! Our forever home. To save some money here and there during the reno […]
Easy Outlet Update
A while back I shared an easy way to update discolored, mismatched or off white outlets on my Facebook page. I thought I’d write a short post about it because it’s AMAZING. I ran into a quandary when I painted our walls white. It made the original outlets appear old and yellowed. I was planning […]