Sunroom

Through Our Eyes
June 18, 2013

We toured the house for the first time with our realtor, and for the second time during our home inspection in mid-April. The property was a lot different then than …

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Basement  / Bedrooms  / Curb Appeal  / Dining Room  / Living Room  / Sunroom

Anthropologie-Inspired Chair Cushions
June 20, 2012

Squeal! Today's post is super photo-heavy, so to make the whole project more digestible, I've broken it into a few scrollable sections. Even I have a short attention span when it …

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Decor  / DIY  / Sunroom

Geometric Planter: Part Deux
June 18, 2012

Another Monday, another new hanging planter for the sunroom. Who'd have thunk that I'd find the twinsie to my mini-hexagon planter at a rummage sale right around the corner from our …

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Being Thrifty  / Decor  / Sunroom

Because Who Doesn’t Like A Good Knob Story
June 15, 2012

File this under "things that are broken but I manage to ignore until someone smart points out a fix to me"... because if I admitted to it more often, there …

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DIY  / Entryway  / Living Room  / Sunroom

Repackaging The Leftovers
June 11, 2012

It's not often that I can bear to let my DIY-efforts go to waste, so this is just another one of those instances where other project leftovers morph into something …

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Decor  / DIY  / Gardening  / Sunroom

Making It H’Ombre
June 6, 2012

Refinishing the buffet infused a nice energy into the previously empty sunroom, and pushed me to complete another jobber while I was on a roll. The project? Oversized art to …

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Decor  / DIY  / Sunroom

7 Steps for Restoring an Old Midcentury Sideboard Buffet
June 4, 2012

This $15 mid-century modern sideboard by Bassett Furniture was a great yard sale find, but it needed a lot of restoration work. I wouldn't consider myself a professional furniture rehabber, …

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Being Thrifty  / DIY  / Sunroom

The Memorial Chairs
May 28, 2012

I've been mustering up the courage to begin disassembling the cabinets in the kitchen after Friday's announcement, but I'm not quite there yet. Soon. In the meantime, my mom surprised …

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Decor  / Dining Room  / Sunroom

Cinco de Happiness (en Mayo)
May 11, 2012

From time to time, I do little DIYs that make me happy. Or ask for advice on completely miscellaneous projects. Or get compelled to remind you that I'm human by …

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Decor  / DIY  / Sunroom

A Sunny Lifestyle
April 23, 2012

Nothing spells springtime health like the opportunity to soak up sunny vitamin D while simultaneously getting serious amounts of work done, so I'm transforming the previously empty the 3-season room …

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Being Thrifty  / Decor  / Office Space  / Sunroom

Springtime Spraydown
April 9, 2012

This little unfinished bamboo friend has been hanging out in the house for the last 2 years. Rarely seen, it flows through the house like a ghost, rarely captured in …

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Decor  / DIY  / Sunroom

5 Simple Busy-Homeowner Victories
October 20, 2011

I finished up a short list of small projects this month - ones that wouldn't actually prompt an independent post, but definitely make me want to pat myself on the back. After …

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Basement  / Bedrooms  / Entryway  / Stairwell  / Sunroom

Workin’ The Rainbow
October 14, 2011

Not terribly long after I launched Merrypad, I posted about my then-current paint palette. That graphic looked something like this: But in the last year, likely because I was challenging myself with …

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Billowy Curtains (On The Cheap)
October 11, 2011

Officially 10 months behind schedule with the sunroom curtains. Shucks. It would have really been nice to have them all summer long to improve the curb appeal when there was more foot …

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Decor  / DIY  / Sunroom  / Windows

Sunroom Light-age + More IKEA Lovin’
September 23, 2011

It's not everyday that the man calls while traveling for work and says "My hotel is near IKEA. Email me your wish list." That proximity, it never happens. The Land of …

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Helping The Economy  / Lighting  / Sunroom

May I interrupt this week of shiplap staining for a surprise floor redo?
September 9, 2011

Here's something I bet you didn't see coming. Buh-bye, DIY-stenciled sunroom dots. You were fun while you lasted. The backstory on this second-time-around-sunroom-floor-painting-balooza has to do with 4 things: 1.) Wear. 2.) Tear. 3.) Flatness. 4.) …

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DIY  / Flooring  / Sunroom

I’ve Got The Blues
August 17, 2011

Not emotionally, just in a painty way. A case of blue paint happies, if you want to classify the feelin' I'm oozing after finishing my latest fixer-upper project. We spent a …

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Sunroom

Sunroom Dots
May 10, 2011

The dots! They're done! Maybe. Things like this are sometimes an eternal work in progress. But the originally-envisioned scalloped dots have made their way around the perimeter of the sunroom (with a …

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DIY  / Sunroom

Floor Stencil Sampling
April 26, 2011

I approached this whole paint-a-border-on-the-sunroom-floor thing with patience. This is not common of me. It took a while to select a floor stencil design to apply (unusually indecisive), and then I took …

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Flooring  / Sunroom