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		<title>Basement Update : A New Coffee Table and a Mini Reveal</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2019 20:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Guys! I wanted to give you a little update on our basement. All the way back in November we purchased my forever dream coffee table. I’ve had my heart set on this baby for years, and I was so excited to bring it home to live in our basement. In case you might not be familiar, this my friends is the Shroom coffee Table from CB2...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Review : Sven Article Sofa &#038; A Mini Basement Makeover</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2018 17:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I kind of dropped the ball when it came to really putting the finishing touches on the basement decor. It was such a massive project, and I had done so much of the hard work myself that by the time the paint was up and the wallpaper was hung, I just didn’t have it in me to really decorate. I wanted to take a physical and mental break.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Reveal : Basement Bathroom</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2017 12:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sorry for disappearing the last two weeks. I had a very thorough and detailed plan to get the bathroom completed, and this post was supposed to be making its debut much much sooner. That was until our house was ravaged by some ungodly disease that made gross stuff happen to your body (aka Norovirus). Let’s just say, that new toilet bowl and I have gotten to know each other pretty well, and I’m thankful it was brand new and clean and not grossing me out as much as the old one would have been. Can I just say that I am so excited to share the final results of this bathroom renovation! Dudes, this is for sure is the biggest job I have taken on thus far, and it harbored the biggest amount of unknowns. A few years ago I would’ve only wished and dreamed that I could actually renovate a bathroom myself. But after building my skills along the way this project didn’t feel as intimidating as it did a few short years ago. Let’s start at the beginning. In June of 2015 the basement renovation began. We had contractors in our house for eight weeks during the summer and during that time they gutted the basement, installed new electrical, tore up the floor, installed new plumbing, and framed and dry-walled the space. That plan included a rough in for a basement bathroom, however the budget did not allow for completion of that project until a later date. Prior to the basement renovation there had been a bathroom in the basement, but it left a lot to be desired. The shower was inoperable due to a bad tile job on the floor and there were general creepy vibes and disgustingness. The new basement floor plan allowed for a larger area dedicated to a double sink, a much larger shower stall, and a small amount of tucked away storage for linens and such. Floor Plan I had basically designed the basement in early 2015, I knew what sink I wanted to install, where the lights would hang, the mirror would go, and the closet shelving would reside. I needed to have the contractors rough in plumbing to the exact places I needed it, electrical so that I could have pendants flank the mirror perfectly, and an accurate description of where framing needed to go for the shower and closet. To [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Basement Bathroom : Week 11</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2017 20:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Welp, here we are, week 11. I&#8217;ve worked a few hours nearly every day trying to get to a point where I could call the tile installation officially complete. I cut the last tile yesterday afternoon and I immediately downed a bottle of champagne upon completion (I wish). I am so happy to have made it to this point. Tiling the floor has had it&#8217;s challenges. Thankfully the floor tile is rather large so it probably went much faster than if I had used a smaller sized tile. The whole process takes quite a bit of work. To install the cement tiles the manufacturer (clé tile) recommends adding thinset to the surface to be tiled, as well as back buttering the tile, but before back buttering you need to dip the tile in clean water for a few seconds and then wait a minute for the water to absorb into the tile as to not dilute the thinset. Lots of rules, huh? I would say it takes me somewhere around three or four minutes to install each tile, and double that for tiles that involve cuts. Now you can understand why in a weeks time I have only gotten this far. I tiled the floor in five separate segments, and if I had to do it all over again I would&#8217;ve tried to do only two or three. I usually only have a few hours here or there between dropping kids off at school and doing that other mom stuff that I am responsible for doing. Because I was tiling in small chunks, I began to notice that every time I came back to tiling, there would be something from the previous session that I wish I could&#8217;ve changed. Unfortch for me these suckers were not moving. A little tug here, and a little nudge there would&#8217;ve made all the difference, and would have left me with evenly spaced tiles that any obsessive compulsive type would appreesh. This isn&#8217;t an absolutely perfect tile job, there are a few larger than normal gaps between some of the tile, luckily I am pretty sure only me and the rest of the internet will know this little secret. Anyways, you guys will have to forgive the visible dust and grime in the photos. I still need to clean up all the subway tile grout lines as well as all the loose thinset crumbles [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Basement Bathroom : Week 10</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2017 16:58:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Heya! Oh my geezus (Gus&#8217; latest catch phrase)! Here we are at week 10! It&#8217;s been so long since the last update, I feel so guilty. The holidays threw a wrench in my plans so we will just ignore them, and not even count them as part of my timeline. We&#8217;ll just skip right over Christmastime and begin week 7 right after the New Year. Can I just say again that I am soooooo looking forward to wrapping this up! At the start of week 7, I was still waiting for the floor tiles to be delivered from Clé, and the only job I could work on was that one thing thing that I was trying to avoid at all costs. Lemme just say that grouting can go jump off a bridge and die. It wrecks your shoulders, is incredibly messy, and it somehow can make an hour seem longer than even the least enjoyable church sermon of your youth. With a lot of focused meditation, I got my mind right, and just did it. Over the course of 2 or 3 afternoons I managed to grout the entire shower including the shampoo nook. You may have noticed that I grouted everything except the bottom 1/3 of the shower. My plan is to finish tiling the shower pan, and then finish the subway tiling and grout after. The cement hexagon tile needs room to expand and contract, so having the subway tile (on the wall) float &#8220;on top&#8221; of the cement tile (as opposed to butting up to it) seemed like the better move. *Technical writing is not my strong suit. After dousing myself repeatedly (with all my clothes on) from the shower head, I was able to install our brand new sparkling shower fixtures! Everything works and no leaks! And how about that setup? I really love everything about the Kohler Purist line, it&#8217;s able to be both modern and traditional at the same time (which is exactly what I need in this new basement bathroom of this old house). The grout still needs to be cleaned up, the tiles still need to be sealed, and the corners need to be caulked &#8212; but we&#8217;re getting there! Here&#8217;s when it starts to get good. Week 9 the floor tile finally arrives. It happened on a super snowy day and my delivery guy could only drop the palette in the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Decking Out the Bathroom</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2017 21:40:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Yes, I&#8217;m still working on the bathroom. It was hard to get back into the swing of things after the holidays, but I&#8217;m getting there. Just yesterday the dark blue cement floor tiles arrived, and they are amazing! I&#8217;m letting them acclimate for a few days before I go ahead with the install, in the mean time I&#8217;ll be watching every youtube vid I can find until I feel totally confident that I&#8217;m not going to screw this up. Computer time has been rare these days. Our hot water heater and boiler both crapped out on us this week and I spent the better part of two days chatting with plumbers and heating dudes. Everything is back up and running and we&#8217;re all thankful to be warm. I&#8217;ve also had the bonus of helping babysit my brand new baby niece over the last few Wednesdays. I&#8217;m not really a baby person, but I really like snuggling with this one. I&#8217;ve been wanting to make a shopping list for the finishing touches, I need to see that carrot dangling so I can go ahead and finish this project already. It&#8217;s like I&#8217;m so close but so far &#8212; so many little things to do! Anyways, let&#8217;s talk about this list! Our plan is to one day add a glass door to the shower, but for now I&#8217;m just going to install a rod and a simple waffle curtain with liner, it will look cool and work in the meantime. I&#8217;ll hang a few simple towel hooks around the bathroom as opposed to towel bars &#8212; the navy turkish towels will hang on them. The small linen closet and wire basket will be stocked with the larger black towels. Inside the &#8220;linen closet&#8221; will be where we tuck away the laundry hamper. We&#8217;ll get a small industrial metal stool so the small people in my fam can reach for a toothbrush or look in the mirror. When the stool is not in use I&#8217;d like to set a potted fern on top of it because who doesn&#8217;t like plants in a bathroom? I like this dangling carrot idea, and I&#8217;m going to focus on this future shopping spree to stay motivated. I hope to have a bathroom update in the next day or two so stay tuned and wish me luck! +++ sources +++ waffle shower curtain &#124; flat black shower curtain [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Basement Bathroom : Week 6</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2016 12:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Is it over yet? No? Shit. People keep telling me that it seems like this is all coming together really quickly, and I&#8217;m like &#8220;really?&#8221; To me this has been lingering on and on, and there is still so many things that have to get done! I&#8217;m trying not to be all pessimistic but I reached the point of a project where you just want to see it done already. The reality is that I have over the half of the bathroom done, which is great but I feel overwhelmed by all of the little things left to do. It makes me relieved when I realize that the really scary stuff is behind me, like installing and mounting the sink and plumbing the shower valve. The subway tile installation is nearly complete and there are barely any spots that stick out like sore thumbs, for the most part it is all flush and level and I feel really good about that. Now I have to look forward to finishing grouting, receiving the floor tile shipment, installing the floor tile, grouting, sealing ALL of the tile, painting, installing the toilet, installing baseboard trim, and then finally tricking it out (people still say that, right?) with the finishing touches that will make it look cool and put together. It&#8217;s been eight weeks since I ordered the floor tile from clé tile and I am expecting it to be here by week 10. That gets me right around the 21st of this month, I think it&#8217;s safe to say that we all know there will be no floor time for tiling over the holiday break, that time is ear marked for family and champagne with coffee. For the next three weeks I will keep myself busy with the tedious little stuff, like grouting and painting. I wish I could install the baseboards too, but that will have to wait until after the flooring goes in. The first week of January will be dedicated to installing that floor. I seriously hope that I am writing my final reveal by mid-Jan, seriously, I better be! For this week I finished up tiling the shower stall minus two rows at the very top. I ran out of the bullnose tile that I had ordered from wayfair. I successfully used my tile saw to cut out a perfect circle around the shower valve. Each tile took at [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Basement Bathroom : Week 5</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2016 12:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Although I am right on schedule with this project, it feels like its taking forever! It&#8217;s a semi-enjoyable, semi painful kind-of-forever, and I&#8217;m glad the payoffs make it seem worth it thus far. Let me get you guys up to speed. Since last week I tiled one side of the shower stall. It&#8217;s not just one side though, it&#8217;s one side with a soap niche. Who would have ever thought that one niche would take so much planning, but it did. After staring at hundreds of images on pinterest and considering all of the different ways to approach a niche, I decided the best way for this shower would be to use the bullnose tiles that I had used for the edges of the shower to create an edge, and then to continue the running bond pattern along the back of the niche. That all seems pretty straightforward, except for the fact that I didn&#8217;t want the tile to run into the niche at a weird intersection. With a lot of planning I decided it would be best to have a row of the running bond pattern to meet directly in the horizontal middle of the niche. Have I said before how I would be nowhere without my laser level! Listen up! Please put it at the top of your shopping list if you have a tiling project in your future. I used the level to find my niche&#8217;s horizontal middle, and then measured backwards down the wall towards the floor to find my beginning row. PS, I started my rows using ledger board to keep my first row nice and level. Did I say that I majorly over-thunk and planned out every last detail of this niche. I was all in, so I mitered the corners to give it a super pro look. In the photo on the right you can see the bullnose on the edge of the shower that I mentioned earlier. I am just using cheap-y dal-tiles from the Home Depot and I was able to find a bullnose tile on the short 3&#8243; side of the tile, instead of the long 6&#8243; tile on Wayfair. You often see edges finished with the vertical 6&#8243; edge done in a border, but I preferred the look of the short bullnose for my edges. I added a bit of a pitch from the left side down to the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Basement Bathroom : Week 3-ish</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2016 17:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hey guys! Whazzup? Technically this is the start of week four, but I wanted to check in and let you know where I finished off after last week. I&#8217;ve completed all the subway tile around the sink area which consists of one large wall and two more narrow walls. The tiling went up pretty quickly after I got into a grove. I&#8217;ve said it like five times already, but that laser level has made tiling so easy! If only their was a laser level equivalent for grouting! Holy buckets! How easily I forgot how horrible grouting is, my friends! It&#8217;s such a mess with dark grout and it hurts your entire body. I think my time recovering on a heating pad was nearly half of week three, geez I am getting so old. I started by grouting the biggest area behind the sink first. That was probably a mistake, and I should have taken it on in smaller more manageable batches. Lesson learned for the rest of the bathroom &#8211; I still have the other two shorter walls to do, and then eventually the shower and floors. You probably noticed that I got that Brockway sink installed. I am completely thrilled with how it looks, I think it&#8217;s soooo beautiful. I&#8217;m really glad I did a dry run prior to installing to mark the perfect location for hanging the brackets. Installing it would have been a big unknown, and I imagine a lot of trial and error had I not done that. The Cannock faucets are on now, woohoo! That being said, there is still a leak somewhere in my plumbing work, the faucet drips from behind the sink about one drop every 24 hours. The good news is that it&#8217;s not leaking like a sieve, the bad news is that it is leaking. I have taken the whole thing apart countless times, I have solved the mystery of the drip countless times, only to have the drip show up somewhere else. There are sixteen connections made between the two faucets and the plumbing behind them, so many ways it could all go wrong. Anyways, I am trying to take a breather from this faucet situation over the next week and focus on my kids and family and stuff. I still somehow manage to troubleshoot that leak in my dreams every night, talk about torture. I&#8217;ve decided that I will [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Basement Bathroom : Week 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2016 16:11:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hey friends, hope you are all doing okay. I meant to post earlier this week, but I just couldn&#8217;t find the enthusiasm to do it. I&#8217;ve been making a lot of good progress on the basement bathroom since mindless distractions have been very welcome, and I&#8217;m feeling very confident in my decisions as I go along. I take that back, I&#8217;m feeling really amped up, and proud of how this is coming together! I&#8217;m excited that soon I&#8217;ll be installing the sink and beginning the tile in the shower. As of right now, I&#8217;ve nearly finished installing all the subway tile in the &#8220;sink area&#8221;. I have hopes of finishing it up this weekend, as there is only a little bit of tile left to be installed, and then I can move on to grouting and getting that sink in there! I&#8217;m also waiting on some special order bullnose tile to be delivered so I can finish up the edging on the far wall. Let me back up a little bit though. Since I&#8217;m doing a things a little bit out of order, I wanted to make sure everything would go smoothly with no hiccups along the way. This involved lots of checking, second guessing and dry runs. My main concern was allowing enough space for the cement tile flooring that I am waiting to be delivered (still weeks away). After double and triple checking I allowed a gap of 3/8&#8243; for the tile plus and additional 1/4&#8243; for thin set. My trim was 7 1/4&#8243;, and allowing 5/8&#8243; for the tile and thin set I installed a ledger board 7 7/8&#8243; above the floor. My laser level really came in handy for getting the ledger board squared away &#8212; I can&#8217;t recommend one enough. My idea is, once the floor tile is installed, I will install the baseboard around the perimeter of the room, if need be I can always scribe the bottom of the baseboard to fit the floor. This seemed like a reasonable solution to my out-of-order tiling woes. This planning and double checking took a lot of time. Finally I felt confident enough to begin, and after starting the tile, things progressed quickly. In the past, I typically back butter my tiles, because it gives me a lot of control and I don&#8217;t have to worry about the thin set drying out. I did this for [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2016 12:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[1 Birch Vase 2 Engineer Print &#8211; Parabo Press 3 Triangle Coasters 4 DIY Pendant Light 5 Cribbage Board 6 Mesh Basket 7 Gran Fabric 8 Watercolor Painting 9 Patti Smith Poster 10 Cabinets w/ Häggeby Fronts 11 Wooden Tray 12 Luxury Vinyl Flooring 13 Karlstad Sofa 14 Woods Wallpaper 15 Woven Felt Basket 16 Rega Turntable 17 Clark+Kensington Linen Paint 18 Candelabra 19 Zig-Zag Shag Rug Hey Guys! As promised, here is my source list for the basement! I think I&#8217;ve covered most of everything, but please, if there is something I missed or that you are curious about, ask away! I didn&#8217;t mention any of the pillows or throws and thats because I got most of them from H&#038;M (Home), Ikea, and Target &#8211; unfortunately those sorts of places turn over inventory like what, and a lot of the items were sold out within weeks of purchasing. However, those three sources are my go-to for that type of textile-y thing, so check them out if you are in the market for some graphic soft stuff. My favorite purchase was the buffalo checked throw which is no longer available from Target. We were fighting over those cozy throws and I nearly grounded a kid for taking mine, I decided to make a special trip and stock piled a bunch of them, sorry, I&#8217;m probably the reason they are sold out :&#124; On another note, Apartment Therapy featured our home in a tour earlier this week, it was crazy to have someone else take photos of my house, but don&#8217;t worry I took a handful of xanax and made it out alive, oh and the tour looks pretty great too. Check it out if you have a sec to spare. To all of you that stopped by because of that AT post &#8220;Hey! It&#8217;s kinda fun here, hang out for awhile&#8221;! Share this... Facebook Pinterest Twitter]]></description>
		
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		<title>Reveal : The Basement Family Room</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2016 18:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Friends and pals! Almost a year ago we started the process of having our basement remodeled. It&#8217;s been an exciting, stressful, and messy project but we are so happy that it&#8217;s finally over. We are so glad we decided to move ahead with the renovation because it has totally changed the way we live in our house! Winter has been manageable this year now that we have a sweet in-home-retreat to relax and hang out in. The living and dining room are almost always clean because kids aren&#8217;t playing with trains, marbles, puzzles, games, blocks, cars or building forts in them. Now they are playing with all that stuff in the basement where we have tons of room to spread out and lots of places to hide those toys away. For those of you who are new or just need a little reminder (cause it&#8217;s been like a year), we had a contractor build out the basement as per a design I created. The contractor and I worked closely together and we collaborated about layouts and measurements until we had the whole thing nailed down perfectly. There wasn&#8217;t one thing that wasn&#8217;t fully considered before the process started, and I&#8217;m so glad I took the time to do so. A solid plan goes a long way. To start the process our contractor demo&#8217;d our existing basement which had been poorly remodeled sometime in the 80&#8217;s, (glass blocks and mirrored tiles abound). That was followed up with days of jack hammering the foundation as we had nearly all the plumbing replaced. A new slab was poured and a hole was cut for the new egress window. Framing was the next on the list, and after that electric and plumbing (for the bathroom and laundry room) were installed. Dry wall had the biggest impact and was installed, mudded and sanded within a few days. Floors were laid down last, and from that point on all of the finishing was left to me! I installed all of the cabinetry and countertops, finished the trim, painted, wallpapered, repaired and retreaded the stairs, upholstered a cushion, wired media equipment and built custom floating shelves. That brings us right up to just a week ago when I finally called it quits. This place is supposed to be our urban cabin, a little slice of chill to make us feel like our lives aren&#8217;t so crazy. I [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ikea Picture Ledge</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2016 19:04:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hey Guys! Long time, no see. Things have been so crazy busy around here, it&#8217;s nuts. I am losing my mind and have been laid up with a killer cold, but good work is happening. Anyway, I wanted to share a quick post about the basement. I couldn&#8217;t figure out what to do behind the sofa, we had a big blank white wall, and figuring out what to hang on it was killing me. It really felt to me like we needed to have one large piece of artwork back there, but large artwork is not in the budget. Something like an oversized engineer print could have worked money wise, but would be to fragile for the space &#8211; the kids are always laying on the back of the sofa, and generally goofing off. Desperate to call this thang finished, I came up with the somewhat obvious plan to hang a ledge to display artwork which can easily be added to, or switched out whenever we so desired. This had been one of my original ideas (that&#8217;s why I say obvious) and then I kinda forgot about it. Ikea had discontinued the Ribba ledge in 2015 and I hadn&#8217;t realized that they had replaced it with the Mosslanda ledge. This ledge is way better because it has a little groove to allow artwork to lean just so, and keep kids from tipping them easily. I bought two of the 43&#8243; ledges and hung them on that big old wall. So there it is, expect a full basement reveal sometime next week, and then I promise I&#8217;ll be done yapping about it! Share this... Facebook Pinterest Twitter]]></description>
		
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		<title>DIY Pendant Lamp</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2016 02:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Budz, I kinda like this new quick post method. Way less stressful for yours truly. There is so much stuff that I always want to share, but the pressure of the internet makes me feel like I should always present to you via some big, bad, epic post. How &#8217;bout just a little tid bit? That works for me and makes it way more fun. Okay, so I am kinda obsessed with all the possibilities of making my own lighting after making the swing arm pendant a few weeks (eh, months) back. Since electricity is scary, I decided it would be best for my next project to do something with a little power guidance. I picked up this Lindsey Adelman DIY pendant from Grand Brass Lamp Parts. It&#8217;s a lamp set that uses parts that you could find at Grand Brass (my new favorite website on the internets) or even at your local hardware store. I kinda even mixed and matched a few pieces to make it my own (like the cord) and added a dimmer. Anyway, I really enjoyed building this lamp, and it gave me the confidence to tackle something of my own creation down the road. I have lots of ideas brewing. Anyway, if you&#8217;re curious too, check out the kits either over at Lindsey Adelman&#8217;s site or at Grandbrass. Happy almost weekend, this has been a long one. Share this... Facebook Pinterest Twitter]]></description>
		
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		<title>It&#8217;s a Niche.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2016 02:23:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hey Guys! I think I&#8217;m going to do a lot more quick brief posts since my new kid schleppin&#8217; schedule isn&#8217;t allowing me tons of time for the long winded, in depth kinda posts that I like to do. Having less time means coming up with new ways of making the stuff I care about fit in. I still wanna share whats been happening around the house, especially since the basement is basically done, and because duh, I love ta blog! Someday I will be sharing the entire basement in all it&#8217;s god damn glory, promise. For now, be prepared for a few quick posts about the last minute details. Last week I installed these wall shelves in the recess (aka niche) of one of the columns that flanks some of the built-in cabinetry in the basement. We have quite a few of these &#8220;columns&#8221; in the basement, and this being the biggest, it seemed like a waste of space if we were to just leave it void of any functionality. Back when they worker guys were framing in the basement I made an on-the-fly decision, and asked the dudes if they wouldn&#8217;t mind throwing this niche in the column so we could make something of the space. Now I realize having a niche wall is a little Naples time share, but who cares! Now I&#8217;ve got this spot to show off some glassware, I mean the wine cooler (aka beer and juice box fridge) is located right below it. I spent way to long shopping the internet for the best deal on glass. In the past I have been happy with Dulles Glass, but they price for two shelves ($75) sounded insane. I was able to find the exact same glass for about half the price over at One Day Glass. The hardware consists of a pair of special glass shelf brackets, the install was a snap. Hope you guys are all doing well. See you with another tiny post real soon! These plants rule. Share this... Facebook Pinterest Twitter]]></description>
		
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		<title>Bathroom Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2016 17:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Welp, it&#8217;s 2016 and as mentioned over and over again, it&#8217;s time to start the basement bathroom project. As of right now, the basement has roughed in plumbing, cement board, dry wall, a newly poured concrete floor, and rough electrical. It is a blank slate and I&#8217;m super stoked to get at it. Before I actually do any of the work though I need a solid plan, and I have been thinking a lot about the design for the bathroom. It has always been our strategy to have the bathroom installation be my winter project. However, as we all probably know, sometimes life happens and things get put on the back burner. Jeff and I had made it our most recent goal to get Gus (who was diagnosed ASD last year) into some extracurricular therapies. We&#8217;ve succeeded at that, and soon he&#8217;ll be seeing specialists five times a week as well as be going to preschool five days a week (!!!), and on top of that I still drop-off and pick-up Finn at school every day. So yeah, my life is about to become that of the stereotypical carting-kids-around-in-a-stationwagon-all-day-long mom (although in my version, The Killers will be playing on repeat). No matter the time/stress/craziness it involves, I&#8217;m thankful that we have these resources for Gus. Unfortunately (but fortunately) our out of pocket expense for all of Gus&#8217; therapy cost us a pretty penny, and I&#8217;m so thankful that we have the ability to move the budget around, and accommodate those costs. So I bet you can see where I am going with this. Well, the basement will have to be done on a tight budget and a loose timeline. My most recent calculations suggest that it will probably take a billion years to be completed. We&#8217;ll have to purchase tile, fixtures, sinks all very slowly over time as the budget allows. I have to say, a little part of me is happy that I don&#8217;t have to feel like I must do it all at once, and honestly I&#8217;m a bit excited about the challenge of saving and budgeting for a project &#8211; trying to make the most of every dollar. I always feel like those projects come together the best in the end. I always find that the first thing one must do when starting a very budget conscious project is make a solid plan. One of the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Bench Cushion &#8211; Crushed It.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2016 12:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Okay pals! I&#8217;m getting so close to finishing up the basement, like almost, nearly, kinda there! I just got to cross a big sucker off the list, which only leaves me with a few easy tasks. I upholstered a piece of peach foam with some of my favorite fabric, and it turned into this very cool bench seat. Not only does this seat offer extra seating when we be hanging in the basement (which is always), but it also subs in as a bed, a stage for kids, and the best new addition to the basement. Can you even believe that when I designed the basement I hadn&#8217;t envisioned a cushion going here? Probably because I&#8217;ve had an extreme aversion to sewing ever since I finished the porch sofa two winters ago. I had planned on the bench being a solid piece of paint-grade-wood done up in white. Because that was the plan, that&#8217;s what I did, I just painted the bench white. Done, or that&#8217;s what I thought. The bench was so cold, plain, boring, and constantly covered in foot prints and dust. Basement guests didn&#8217;t know if they should sit there, or if it was a sacred tv worship zone. There was nothing that indicated to them to come, sit, chill, relax. It didn&#8217;t take long for me to acknowledge that my original plan was not living up to the potential of the space. A few reasons I decided to upholster my own cushion instead of having it done professionally; box cushions are one of the easiest/beginner upholstery projects you can take on, having a cushion professionally upholstered costs a chunk of change &#8211; I&#8217;m sure this would&#8217;ve been nearly a thousand bucks because of the custom angles and size, and you can price compare and choose your own fabric. Upholstering large foam objects is a bear of a job no matter what, however when I saw how much I could save doing it myself, it was the obvious choice. Jeff Allen, you can thank me later for being such a bawse and saving you all the money. I am so selfless and brave and very heroic, and I obviously get no satisfaction out of doing these challenging projects. I would love to share with you guys how to actually sew a box cushion with a zipper, and you in return would probably think I was super cool, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Holiday Vibes, a Giveaway, and a &#8220;How To&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2015 12:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[8 Now begins the assembly of the lights. Using a drill and a 7/32 drill bit, drill holes in the center of your raw wood approx 2&#8243; apart. 9 Now that your holes have been drilled, insert a string of batter powered LED lights into each hole. Use a piece of tape to secure the string lights to the plywood. 10 Continue inserting the lights into the holes until you have them all filled. If you have excess lights just tuck them behind the frame with the battery pack. Budz, Ace Hardware has you covered for all your holiday supplies, from interior and exterior string lights and timers, to extension cords. They even have garland, wreaths and decor to get your home ready for the holidays too (even if it doesn&#8217;t quite feel like it outside). Together with Ace, I&#8217;m giving away a $100 gift card. Entries will be taken between now and December 4th at midnight. You can enter three ways, via facebook like, instagram follow, or just a basic entry. Happy Holidays, and good luck! Enter the $100 Ace Hardware Giveaway by Clicking Here! I&#8217;m excited to be collaborating with Ace Hardware as a part of their Ace Blogger Panel! Ace has provided me with compensation and some of the materials necessary to complete this project! All opinions are my own. Thanks a biznillion, Ace! Share this... Facebook Pinterest Twitter]]></description>
		
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		<title>Floating Shelves in the Basement</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2015 16:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Budz! Have you noticed I&#8217;ve only been posting once a week, maybe twice at best. Sorry if I&#8217;ve been slow to respond to e-mails and comments, I&#8217;ll get to &#8217;em. I&#8217;ve been so busy with all of this basement stuff, it&#8217;s consuming my life and I can&#8217;t wait for it to be done. Remember, we started planning this basement around this time last year, so it&#8217;s seriously time to wrap this baby up and be done. I&#8217;m happy that I was able to do a lot of the finishing work myself, but it&#8217;s been a life suck. It&#8217;s one of those things where you have to ask yourself was it really worth it. All things considered, I think it probably was &#8211; I&#8217;m sure we saved quite a bit of money, plus I know I wouldn&#8217;t have been able to just stand back and let someone else have all the fun. I only have a few things left to do, mostly involving paint (which seems easy). Next week I&#8217;ll start upholstering a bench cushion, and then I will be so close to done. I am so ready for this all to be over, and I&#8217;m looking forward to a big project break over the holidays. Okay, so one of the few remaining big projects was building and installing shelving in two of the spaces. This had always been part of the plan. In the living area we wanted to include record storage for our media zone. That is where this whole shelving plan had started. Then it seemed appropriate for the size and placement of shelving to be repeat somewhere else in the space. That space would end up being the hallway starting at the bottom of the staircase. Check this link for a floor plan modeling in case you are confused as to what I&#8217;m talkin&#8217; about. There needed to be some visually intriguing elements to this narrow space, and what better way to bring it than with some chunky shelving. I&#8217;m still not a styling wizard by any means, but I did the best that I could with the stuff that I had on hand. We are sick of spending money on this proj, so accessories will just have to be found from what we already have or slowly acquired over time.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Reveal : The Basement Stair Restoration</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2015 17:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hi. I know, another stair post, but this is my life, and you get to hear about it. I finished the lower half of the basement stairs almost a month a go to the date. We have been so happy with the new stairs, that I just couldn&#8217;t live with myself if I didn&#8217;t refinish the upper section of the stair case and the landing off the side door. I was at the point where we had put so much into this basement remodel, that it would be so dumb to leave the upper staircase the way they had been. Granted, the upper stairs had been the nice part of the staircase pre basement renovation. Someone had made a decent attempt to cover the very dated linoleum with a pergo faux wood tread in the same color as the hardwood floors on the main floor and second story of the house. It was okay. Because we had finished the basement floors with a dark brown &#8220;luxury&#8221; vinyl tile that does a pretty decent job of representing itself as wood, and because I think a white stair case with dark treads is just so striking, the basement stair case just had to have dark treads, both upper and lower. Now, if you&#8217;ve been following along you will remember that the lower section of the staircase was a bear. I had to rebuild half the staircase, replace all the treads and risers, and trick it out with a new skirt and trim molding. The upper stairs and landing were in much better structural shape, they just needed a facelift. So instead of doing the whole shebang, I opted to remove the layers of pergo, linoleum, and a thin plywood subfloor and refinish the original pine treads and maple hardwood landing. Guess what? Equally as hard, maybe even more so if you lack a bit of patience as I seem to. As you can see from the photos if you look closely, these stairs aren&#8217;t perfect. There is just no use in trying so hard to make things perfect when you are dealing with 105 year old house parts. Each tread has a rubbed down part from the years and years of going up and down, and the paint along the trim was never kept up well, as these were just utilitarian basement stairs. I had to call a spade a spade, and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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