We love our island cottage. A story about the pros and cons of island life.
Island Cottage Life
How to Clean Oil Paintings
How to clean old oil paintings at home - a DIY project
Dining Room Before and After – Removing Wallpaper
An old house dining room before and after - and how to remove wallpaper
Renovating the Master Bedroom (Part 2)
Part 2 of our Century Home Bedroom Before and After
Renovating our Master Bedroom
Renovating the Master Bedroom in our century home ourselves. Part 1 of a Before and After story.
Family Room Reno – Before and After
A before and after story about our century home family room makeover.
How to Care for and Wash Vintage Linens
Sorting and soaking my vintage tablecloths and linens was easy and worthwhile.
Old House Living Room Before and After
A before and after story about our old house living room renovation
Polishing Silver – How to, Hacks & Tarnish
I experimented with different silver polishes and silver polishing "hacks" with some success!
Home Staging 101
Having our home staged isn't fun, but we can definitely learn from it. We have had our homes staged a few times over the years.
Midnight Fireplace Surround Makeover
I painted my 1990s green slate fireplace surround to give it an inexpensive makeover
3 Bathrooms Before and After
We renovated three bathrooms in our 1890s home and this is a quick summary
The New Old Bathroom
We completed few small projects in our almost complete bathroom reno ourselves - spraypainting a light fixture and installing a vintage doorknob.
Laundry to Bathroom Progress
We are turning our laundry room back into a bathroom in our century home with a little help
Painting Ledgestone
We were happy to make our ledgestone wall disappear with a thin layer of paint