Here you'll find all the rooms in our California home. Links under images go to specific blog posts with more pictures and information.
We moved into this house in 2009. We started a major remodel on the first floor in 2010. The bulk of it was finished by 2012.
In 2014 and 2015 we renovated the master suite.
In early 2016 we sold the house and moved into an apartment for the time being. I re-styled our bedroom and you can find it here.
In 2017 we moved to Washington and bought our dream home in Seattle.
Blogposts:
The kitchen and its many challenges - part I
Demo in the Kitchen Part II - let the remodeling begin! - with video
IKEA Kitchen plans - to get upper cabinets or not - and a mood board
IKEA Kitchen remodel: Putting in the new IKEA kitchen
IKEA Kitchen reveal: before and after pictures of our kitchen remodel - how it all came together - Part V
A kitchen with a view - the beginning - planning a new project
A kitchen with a view - we have a hedge!
Our new kitchen window - no more bathroom glass
Our kitchen has a TV
Colors
Bay Sands is closest Valspar match. Color was color matched to drapes.
Blog posts:
Christmas Vignette - art from your yard - 5 stick star
Art work: My newest pastel - an owl
How to: make a twine Easter egg
Easter display with bunting, eggs, chickens and more
Two favorite vignettes
Colors
Bay Sands is closest Valspar match. Color was color matched to the curtains.
Blogposts:
Our staircase remodel - before and demo
Our staircase remodel - new stairs going in
Our staircase remodel - drawings, material and finishing
Our new staircase - the reveal
Colors
Montpelier Madison White is closest Valspar match. Color was matched to curtains in living/dining room, then lightened with white.
Blog posts:
Living room remodel - adding new and bigger windows
Living room remodel - DIY entertainment center with fireplace
Living room remodel - the reveal
Living room - new rug
DIY picture hard ware: Quatrefoil mirror on the side
My favorite room in my home
My mantel is dressed up for fall/Halloween
Living room on my mind - rug hunting
Easter mantel - 3 quick projects for spring
Colors
Bay Sands is closest Valspar match. Color was color matched to curtains.
Blog posts:
Dining room - reveal and felt flower napkin ring DIY
DIY barnwood and IKEA bracket shelf
Colors
Bay Sands is closest Valspar match. Color was color matched to drapes.
As seen in
This bathroom was featured in a two page article in the May 2014 subscriber's issue of Better Homes & Gardens.
Blog posts:
Powder room turned full bath - before and mood board
Powder room turned full bath - demo and remodeling
Powder room turned full bath - reveal
Better Homes and Gardens photo shoot - vini, vidi, vici
How to: repair textured drywall like it never happened
Colors
Valspar colors.
Blog post:
Master bedroom - goals 2013
Master bedroom - new fan, new crown, new paint
Deck off the master - repaired, planed, painted.
Colors
Valspar colors.
Go to blog post
Turning to the Master bathroom - before pictures and mood board.
Planning a master bathroom remodel
Demoing the master bathroom
Master bath - plumbing, electrical and new construction
How to: age brass hardware instantly
Master bath progress: Shortened built-in IKEA seating bench and cabinet tower
Progress in the toilet room - a Bondo experiment and new paint and cabinet
Master bath pan installation and 9 rectangular sink options
Master bath - Hardie backerboard installed - how we did it
Ferris wheel print and toilet room reveal
Master bath update - marble installation
Master bath - tile installation
Master bath reveal
Blog posts:
B's bedroom - before and original reveal 2009 - building a bed.
B's bedroom - mood board 2012
B's room - a do over - mood board 2013
B's room - dyeing for some navy curtains - how to dye curtains
Ho-hum hemming the curtains - the needle and thread edition
IKEA hack: B's bed with trundle
How to make a tufted headboard
B's room - lights, curtains, action - and bedding and a rug
Pixel wall art - Mario gets SUPER sized
Pinterest Challenge - IKEA hack - Emmabo chair with new cover
Use what you have: build a bed side cubby and 7 other DIY projects for a tween room
B's Artwork
Pinterest Challenge: B's blue wall reveal - we built a desk and some shelves and made a gallery wall
IKEA hack: how to build a white desk with a miter saw and a kreg jig
Kreg Jig: At your split's end? trouble shooting ideas to avoid wood splitting
IKEA idea: sew on a Swiss cross to a GURLI pillow
B's walk-in closet
Valspar colors
Blogposts
Ikea Ringum rug receives fabulous Frogtape pattern
Let's get Frog Taping! Entry hall reveal!
A frog and a moose walk into a hall ...
Entry hall - before - how it started
Entry hall - during demo and new construction
hallway reveal - new floors and lots of storage
Entry hall - the reveal (2nd make-over)
Flaming art made with Psykopaint - a free resource
Colors
Montpelier Madison White is closest Valspar match. Color was matched to curtains in living/dining room, then lightened with white.
The ironing closet in the upstairs hallway
Blogposts
The upstairs hall - how I organize my craft cabinet
Upstairs hall - the reveal - see how my craft cabinet came together
Tricked out ironing closet - how to maximize a small space
How to re-cover your ironing board in a few easy steps
Upstairs hallway reveal
Colors
Montpelier Madison White is closest Valspar match. Color was matched to curtains in living/dining room, then lightened with white.
Blog posts:
Living room remodel - the windows
Power washing the deck and patio
Progress on the deck off the master - hand rail installed
Our Patio progress: paint, sprinklers, flower bed, and new concrete - the work
Our Patio progress: paint, sprinklers, flower bed, and new concrete - the progress
Our Patio progress: Columns make-over and a couple of bandits caught snooping
First weekend outside - new furniture and a side of pineapple under the trees
Searching for a rug or two or ... for outside. Find out which one(s) I picked
7 different forever plants in the garden
Garden (de) light at night - LED and solar
Deck off the master - repaired, planed, painted.
We caved and got a spray gun - again - So. Much. Fun - with video
Outdoor patio dining area - the reveal
How to: hanging globe lights over the patio dining area
How to: sew a half-round seat cushion cover - for my outdoor wicker chairs
Better Homes and Gardens photo shoot - vini, vidi, vici - lunch in the back yard.
Outdoor lounge area and patio reveal
Great finds: Memorial day sale shopping for a patio spruce-up
Getting the patio ready for summer with our new fire pit
How to: make 3 kilim pillows for the price of one
Colors
Closest Valspar match
