Posts by xavinci2
Post summer clean up…
In honor of my oldest two starting school today I’ll be sharing some pictures of the current state of my house. You know, the ones showing you what three kids can do to a house in over two months. We do pick up, we do try to keep things neat, but then life hits. During…
Read Moreif I owned a store it would look like this…
I discovered my new favorite shop, Scout while staying on Cape Cod last week. If I ever owned a store this is what it would look like. It is a beautiful collection of vintage items and accessories. Lots of wood, whites, paper and metals, my favorite combination. Not to mention all the striped bags that…
Read Morea really old house…
We took our last break of the summer last week and stayed with extended family at a home on Cape Cod. Seventeen people, nine of those people being children. We found a house that could fit all of us. It was a big space with a lot of history, built in 1766 for Rev. Nathan…
Read Moreeye candy {fabric wrapped furniture}
My latest design crush is fabric wrapped furniture. My favorites are the ones wrapped in linen or burlap and finished off with nailhead trim. The texture of the fabric can fit in with any room no matter what furniture you already have there. There are plenty of high end versions to look at. There are…
Read Moredrying out a flooded basement
I’ve done many before and after images on my blog. Never before have I showed one where the after looks worse than the before. Until today. Here are some before shots of my basement before the valve leak… and here it is now, mold and all… We hired ServPro to come in and clean up…
Read Moremy office storage solution…
While work begins on the flooded basement life goes on upstairs. Since I removed a kitchen cabinet or two you might be wondering where everything that was stored there finally went. In my dining room is a large buffet with storage on top as well as below. I was in a purging mood a while back and…
Read Morethat time when my basement flooded…
So I came home from a family vacation full of sand and fun times at the water to find my basement full of water. The same basement I finished just two years ago. Not good. We were away for two weeks and unpacking the car when I went down stairs to throw some laundry in…
Read Morehow to remove kitchen cabinets…
Yes, you read that right. Since completing my banquette I’ve been looking at my kitchen in a whole new light. The banquette calls for a larger table which I’d been planning on all along. I’m still in the beginning stages for that project and I thought it would be the one to follow my banquette.…
Read MoreFinding the perfect white…
There is plenty of information available to help you find the perfect paint color for your space. Whether you are painting anything from a front door to a bedroom you can find that color which evokes a feeling or a style, replicates a color in a fabric or even recreates a memory. A certain shade…
Read Moreinstagram anyone?
I’ll be taking some time off for family vacation but thanks to Instagram, I’m not too far away…
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