Sonia & Zoe’s room | Before and After
Get comfy, because I have about eleventy billion photos for you! Let’s go back in time for a minute. Sonia and Lisey, circa 2005 When …
Painting
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a color!
Remember that day last week when I took three trips to Home Depot and tried 7 sample colors? Well, when Mr. FG came home from …
I knew it was going to be hard to pick a color.
While I’ve done my fair share of paint-color-picking, I’ve never been in the position of having to get two children to agree on a color. …
My menu board bit the dust. But I resurrected it.
Remember the menu board I made from a super-ugly Goodwill frame this summer? Well, it had a little accident. Large pieces of glass don’t take …
Well, that worked better than a plastic bag.
I’ve spent many hours of my life bonding with paintbrushes, and usually when I’m waiting for the paint to dry between coats, I wrap a …
Before and Afters of Joshua’s room (at long last!)
For those of you just tuning in…my big summer project this year was Joshua’s room. (Last year? Kitchen cabinet painting.) He and I painted his …
How to Paint Kitchen Cabinets
Last summer, I tackled the project of painting my worn, outdated kitchen cabinets. I’m super happy with the results, but oof. It was a big …
Psst! I stained some things. (Whaaa??)
Yup. I refinished something and the project didn’t involve paint. This is lookin’ a lot different now. And so is this. Click right here to …
Lisey’s Room | Before and After
As I’m sure all of you know by now, one of my summer projects this year was painting the bedroom that was Zoe’s so that …
The AFTER painting cabinet photos!
I started to wonder if I’d ever be able to say this, but I am: The cabinet project is done. (ok, except for some cabinet …
So, this happened yesterday.
I have cabinet doors again. (Whaaaa???) And they’re white! Photobombers. My dad came over yesterday and helped me reinstall all of my doors. (By which …
Caulk and Painting
When you take a piece of previously-stained furniture or cabinetry and paint it, caulk is super useful. For instance, this little railing above my kitchen …
Undone/Done
Eight are sanded, primed, painted, and waiting for one final sanding and painting. Six others are sanded. And then I just have five more that …
Cabinet progress update
Here’s what’s been goin’ on! -I took all the doors off of my cabinets. This took about 45 minutes or so, and that was with …
The official before pictures
Before I took my cabinets all apart, I snapped some before pictures. Because after pictures will be 93% more fun with some good before pictures. …