Stairs With the balusters that were installed this week, we now have a working staircase. Woo Hoo! That's important because without the balusters, the stairs were open and unsafe. There was a wide gap between the stairs and the handrail that was just an accident...
We close on the new house tomorrow! Because this is a private sale and the seller and I are friendly, I've had a lot of opportunities to really look through each room and I've come up with a renovation list that we want to tackle even before we move in. The...
With us moving into the new house in T-minus 8 days (!), I'm trying to get organized and think about the order I want renovations to take place. This house hasn't been renovated since it was built in the '90s, so the renovation list is LONG. We've already contracted...
The dining room is painted (dun, dun, dun, duuuuun)! It took forever because I pulled a muscle in my back and neck that left me doing next to nothing for the last week. How did I pull it, you ask? Yoga. That's right. F%$^ing yoga. Not even the strenuous hot yoga...
I finally found a dining room table that I like: It's the Grand Baluster Dining Table from Restoration Hardware. I love the lines of the table- the bulbous legs, the fact that the table top is NOT made of planks (it was hard to find a table that was not planked), the...
I’m Sandra and I’ve renovated 7 houses over the last 20 years. I’m an attorney by trade but home renovation is my real passion. Thanks for following along as I renovate yet another space. I hope you get some ideas and inspiration!