With Chicago weather being a bear lately (go outside? No, thank you!), we kicked it into high gear around the house this past weekend. In addition to drywall patching and painting the foyer, I snuck in coats of stain and poly to finally finish off our dining room table! The untreated 2x6s were way to […]
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From Cart to Island (aka DIY Tabletop)
Remember our trip to Jubilee where we picked up 4 new-to-us furniture pieces for the home? And remember how they all needed a little love (in one way or another)? Over the weekend, we tackled the first of the four, raising that old media cart to counter height and installing a faux butcher block top […]
Teal, Finally!
Almost 3 months after we asked for your color input, we’ve finally painted the entryway console! Hooray! Hey, remember when it looked like this? Now, it’s totally teal. It has little knobs! It’s shiny and blue and pretty! We painted our table with the same products and methods we (mostly) always do, but due to […]
I Painted the Painting Table
A couple years ago, we happened upon this table at Target, which was ultimately dubbed the painting table – the just-our-size replacement for the bare wall that once housed Scott’s fish tank. (More on why we bid farewell to the fishes right here.) Not only did it come in handy as a useful counter top […]
A Place To Paint
You may remember when we bid a tearful goodbye to our aquarium not too long ago. Ever since I’ve known Scott, he’s had a tank of varying sizes, which is why you can imagine my shock when he admitted he’d been having second thoughts. As much as we loved our fish, there was no avoiding […]