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I’m Melting!
I’m melting, melting. Oh what a world, what a world! We spent last summer renovating but actually lived in a completely brand new apartment. Of course the apartment had air conditioning. Sanding spackle in the bedroom left droplets of sweat … Continue reading
Posted in bedrooms, Mechanical / Utility
Tagged ac, air condition an old house, air conditioning, bedroom, historic house, newark, nj, renovation, row home, row house, rowhome, window ac, window rattler
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How To: Diamond Tufted Headboard, Part 3
In Part 1, I showed you how I turned this – into this – In Part 2, I made the inset panel – Punched out the holes for the buttons – And covered it with batting – Now onto the … Continue reading
Posted in 3rd floor, bedrooms
Tagged bedroom, deep button, deep button tuft, deep button tufting, diamond tuft, diamond tufting, DIY, headboard, How To, how to deep button tuft, how to diamond tuft, newark, nj, renovation, row home, row house, rowhome, tuft, tufted, tufting
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Blogging at Brooklyn Limestone
Today I’m guest blogging over at the always amazing Brooklyn Limestone! {WHAT?!? I KNOW!!!} I love Stefanie, her house, & her blog. It’s beyond flattering to grace the pages of such a chic part of the internet. Thank you for … Continue reading
Posted in bedrooms, bloggy, Inspiration
Tagged bedroom, bedroom nook, brooklyn limestone, guest blogging, newark, nj, nook, renovation, row home, row house, rowhome
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Subtle Inspiration?
I was looking through my flickr account last night for a picture and stumbled onto long forgotten bedroom inspiration photos. It seems I saved these back at the end of August {so right around the time we were selecting a … Continue reading
Posted in 3rd floor, bedrooms
Tagged bedroom, Inspiration, newark, nj, renovation, row home, row house, rowhome, the babs blog
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How To: Float a Painting
While things with the headboard aren’t going exactly as planned, we were able to check off a few little projects around the house this weekend. Easy projects make you feel SO accomplished. First up, getting the painting hung. It’s been … Continue reading
Bedding Overload
With the headboard nearing completion, a bed skirt to match, the curtains installed & gliding like buttah, a rug shagaliciously underfoot, bedside tables being sidetables, and the DVD clutter cleared away there is only one major thing left to do in … Continue reading
How To: Quick Shelves
I’m going to show you a never before seen corner of our bedroom. All you real designers are going to gag at the blatant display of electronics but guess what. We don’t live in a showroom or a magazine. We … Continue reading
Posted in 3rd floor, bedrooms, How To
Tagged bedroom, dvd shelf, dvd storage, floating shelves, how to make floating shelves, newark, nj, paint, painting, plywood shelf, renovation, row home, row house, rowhome, shelf, shelves, wood, wood shelf
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The Curious Case of Naked Buttons
My headboard project started back in September and I’m a little embarassed to say it hasn’t progressed much since. Although, the vision has waivered much since I shared my inspiration and I’ve worked on it a little bit here & … Continue reading
Posted in 3rd floor, bedrooms, crafty, How To
Tagged bedroom, cover buttons, covered button, covered buttons, how to cover buttons, how to make covered buttons, newark, nj, renovation, row home, row house, rowhome
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