Category Archives: before and after

The Nursery: Before and After

 So for this post I am just going to show you the before and after pictures, and then next time I’ll talk about where everything came from. Enjoy the drastic difference! :-) 

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The Office (or Beer Room) that Became a Nursery

Wendhurst Castle has a main floor, a second story, a finished attic and a someday, hopefully, finished basement. We’ve worked hard on the second story to make it a comfortable place to spend our sleeping hours.
We’ve made over the …

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Nightstand Revamp

 When I moved back to the States a friend of the family gifted me with a set of bedroom furniture – a dresser and a nightstand of lovely honey colored wood, very solid and in great shape.

I was so …

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Lined Bottoms and Other Chair Tales

 I’m slowly starting to figure out how to work on some crafty projects again. It requires a bit of juggling around nursing sessions, diapers and naptimes, but the reward is huge. When I complete a project (or even cook dinner …

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The Life and Times of a Frenchy Dresser

Boy do I have a treat for you today. :-) The long awaited reveal of the frenchy dresser that I affectionately dubbed “Franchute” (Fran – choo – tay). Meet Franchute.

Ok, first up, you need to hear how I acquired …

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A Little Love(Seat) for the Living Room

We recently completed another project – we refinished an antique wooden loveseat! It took us a while, but it’s done now, and it looks great. :-) Here’s how it went down:

We bought a much neglected loveseat from a guy …

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A Stairwell Changeup

Let’s play a game, shall we? Remember those pages in the Highlights magazines when we were kids where you had to look at two pictures and point out the differences? See how many differences you can point out below.  (Other …

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The Guest Room Went Gray

I’ve been toying with the idea of painting an accent wall in the guest room for a while. Painting the wall behind the bed, in my opinion, would make it pop more, and give the room a little more visual …

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Pretty Piano

Well, it is day 10 of this blogging for a month thing. And I’d say so far it is going very well. :-) I have a super busy weekend coming up though, so fitting in three blog posts over the …

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Sewing pillows and other little changes

One of the things I am enjoying these days is being able to make small changes to my home, without having to embark on enormous renovating projects. Because we have the downstairs pretty much the way we want it, when …

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