Just a quick check in today to show you that I am not leaving half of my Christmas decorations up all year like it’s possible I did last year, and to talk a bit about house stuff that’s going on. Spring in the kitchen! I know the bunny and the eggs give it an Eastery vibe, but I didn’t get it done until … Continue reading
It’s spring! More precisely, it’s almost spring, and it’s FREEZING outside (although not actually snowing like in much of the country). But it is, at any rate, that time of year when even lovers of winter like myself start to look forward to warmer weather and are eager for an excuse to fill in the decor gaps left behind when Christmas stuff … Continue reading
Post contains affiliate links (if you buy something after following my link, you pay the same but I get a small commission). Thanks for supporting Boxy Colonial! It’s been a long time since I’ve been this excited about a thrift find! Probably largely because I haven’t had much time for thrifting at all lately, what with the trip and all (must … Continue reading
Now that is has some shiny shelves? I’ve talked about the kitchen and future plans for it before, but not for a long time, and of course they’ve changed some since then, so I’ll just go forward assuming that either you haven’t read that post from awhile back or that at least you didn’t memorize it and spend every moment … Continue reading
We’ve been planning to make these shelves since…..last fall? A long time. And then we finally got around to the buying the copper back in the beginning of March, and STILL we did not make shelves. Because we were afraid. Also because our original plans were thwarted and we had to regroup. The shelves were supposed to be floating shelves … Continue reading
I’ve been asked a few times now about how our basement floors are holding up; I always answer people in the comments, of course, but it seems like it’s probably about time to do an actual official update now that we’re a few months in. But I didn’t want to have a post that’s three sentences long, so I’m tossing … Continue reading
post contains affiliate links; thanks for supporting Boxy Colonial! Update: the tutorial for making the shelves is here. Hey! We finally finished these shelves! When we last left the kitchen–nearly a month ago!–I talked about how we finally took down the weird and terrible corner cabinet that was hanging out smack in the middle of our kitchen: ….and I … Continue reading
So here’s what our kitchen used to look like: I’ve talked before about my hatred for that cabinet on the end there. Whoever remodeled our kitchen made the very odd decision to use a corner cabinet in that space, even though it’s not, well….in the corner. The result is that it looks weird and juts out too far so that … Continue reading
This project has been on our list for nearly as long as I can remember. Or at least for a long time. Back when we made the farmhouse table for the kitchen, almost exactly a year ago, I starting rounding up mismatched chairs from thrift stores, with the plan that eventually they’d all be painted the same color. And, look, now … Continue reading
I’ve got a motley collection of things that don’t get their own posts today. 1. New blanket! If you’ve ever read the comments section on Apartment Therapy (or, umm, anywhere on the internet), you’ve probably noticed that being incredibly kind and giving is not everyone’s top priority when making comments. I’ve usually gotten off fairly easy over there, though, and … Continue reading