An Update On My Bookcase-Turned-Pantry

and why sometimes, it pays to procrastinate
restore cabinet doors

Remember a few months back when I turned my ugly and out-of-control bookcase...   ...into a useful and potentially attractive pantry?   Of course, I say "potentially attractive" because it still needed doors on the top and bottom sections to make it look something like this...   The truth of the matter is that I never ordered the doors. I don't know why...I just didn't. Every time I thought about it, I … [Read more...]

Q & A–How Can I Create A Defined Entryway/Mudroom?

how to create the feeling of an entryway where one doesn't exist
how to create an entryway / mudroom in a tight small space

Erin in New York has a problem that many of us have--no defined "entryway" and no place for a mudroom.  Here's what Erin had to say: Normally, I have a knack for figuring out my own design dilemmas, but this one has me really flustered.  My problem (design-wise) is that I lack a mudroom, or even a "landing area" when you enter my house from our attached garage.  You enter directly into the eating area of our kitchen. And this is how we ALWAYS … [Read more...]

Framed Magnetic Chalkboard Spice Rack

turn a frame, jelly jars, and a metal vent into a space saving spice rack
framed magnetic chalkboard spice rack thumbnail

I finished a project this morning, and I’m so excited about how it turned out.  Let me introduce you to my new framed magnetic chalkboard spice rack. If you’ve been around here much, you probably recognize that frame.  It used to be a dry erase message board. I made that dry erase message board in January of this year, and since then I have learned an interesting thing about myself.  I don’t use message boards.  In the … [Read more...]