Showing posts with label Kitchen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kitchen. Show all posts

Thursday, June 26, 2025

{DIY} Recovering The Bar Stools-AGAIN

We recently repainted our island to this pretty color Seacliff Heights and felt like the bar stools needed a refresh as well.

We added the current fabric back in 2014 and you can see that post here.  The hardest part was removing all of the old staples. I used a screwdriver to lift them and needle nose pliers to pull them out.
[Our old kitchen and island]
The process of covering them was the same this time, and I used the old fabric as a pattern for the new fabric.  I bought two yards but could have gotten away with one. We used my dad's very old staple gun (thank you!) to attach the new fabric.
Mr. Click helped me put the chairs back together.
We added new felt pads to the feet.
The new fabric is pretty subtle and has a slight texture to it.
It definitely lightens up the space along with the new island color.
We'll probably change out the stools eventually but for now, they are working well in the space.

I know a certain kitty who is enjoying them!

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Friday, May 23, 2025

Painting The Island - Going Coastal

 If you saw my last post, ChatGPT gave us the idea to paint our island a coastal  color and we went for it.

We picked Sea Cliff Heights by Benjamin Moore and had it color matched at Home Depot.

I love the description of it!
For a reminder, here's the before. Our home came with a black island and we had added another coat of black over the last year,
Here's proof that I actually helped this time.  
This is how it was looking after the first coat.
We also picked out new cabinet handles and drawer pulls.
I was drawn to the gold but they didn't match each other and since we have a lot of black in the kitchen (and house), we ultimately went with matte black.
You can see here how the golds don't match. I also didn't like the chunkiness of the black pulls.



So we went with these drawer pulls and the cabinet knobs from the photo above.

We love the coastal pop of color in the kitchen.
It's subtle but also really lightens up the room.
Next up is new fabric for the bar stools.

What do you think of our little coastal upgrade?
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Thursday, May 15, 2025

Using ChatGPT For Decorating Ideas and Some Fun!

I finally tried ChatGPT to get some decorating inspiration.
I asked ChatGPT to give me some coastal decor ideas for our kitchen.
How gorgeous does this look?! It inspired us to paint our island and I want to find some of those hanging lamps for over the island.
Here were some ideas for our living/dining space.  It doesn't get everything right like moving our sink area but I love the reimagined spaces.
...more of the dining/kitchen area.  Yes, to the French doors!
I've been wanting to paint the fireplace white and this just confirms how nice it will look!
I asked for a rendering of an addition to the back of the house.
This was an idea for the interior...
...and here's another version.
This was some inspiration for our front entry. I don't think it would work unless I can find a really skinny table but I love it.
I've also been wanting to paint the family room fireplace black so I asked how that would look.
I love it! I definitely want to do this!
You can also ask ChatGPT to show you what your house would look like as a Beatrix Potter type illustration. It's so charming!
This is our new thrifted cabinet from this post.  It looks like it's smiling. :)
I was swooning over this Christmas version of our living room.
And how sweet is this bunny family in our home at Easter time?
Just SO charming and sweet!
I also asked ChatGPT to show me what Willow would look like as a human.   I can see it!!  Have you tried ChatGPT for anything?


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Thursday, April 17, 2025

{Getting Organized} Reorganizing The "New" Pantry

When we moved into our new home last year I knew I was dealing with a smaller pantry than in our last house but I was going to make the best of it.   We filled it up with what we could fit and used other cabinets to hold what didn't.  I also have a back stock storage area in our laundry room.
Before we moved in I lined the shelves with contact paper to give it a little bit of a fresher look.  We used OXO pop top containers that had worked out well in our old pantry.
I recently realized that they weren't utilizing the space that well and there was a lot of wasted space in the pantry.

I searched online for taller, slimmer containers and found these from the collection by The Home Edit. They have a line of containers at The Container Store but I found their line at Walmart which were much more reasonably priced. 
Time for the reorganization!   I took everything out and tried to figure out which items we used most frequently and what products could fit in the new containers best. I also pulled out some larger containers that held pasta and baking products and were stored under the island.
After the first set of containers were filled, I was able to order a few more containers for the space.  I love how sleek they look and the air tight lids really push the air out when you close them. There's an audible "whoosh"!
Everything looks so much more organized and easy to find. We were able to move pasta, grains and more baking products into the pantry as well, making the kitchen even more efficient for us.
I'm so happy at how well it turned out and it was another project that made me wonder what took me so long?!  City Girl #2 wanted the old containers so they will be getting another life in NYC!

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Tuesday, December 7, 2021

{The Abode} Disaster to Home Improvement

We woke up at 4 am to our refrigerator water line spraying out all over the kitchen.  We turned off the water but it had already leaked through to the basement and office below.   I called in a restoration company to help us deal with the water. They were quick and so helpful in getting the wet stuff out of the house and drying out the rooms.  We then had to start the process of redoing all of the affected rooms.

This was the office with the rugs pulled up and wet drywall cut out.
The basement family room.
The kitchen and adjoining family room had warped floor boards.
We were very lucky that our flooring company could replace the floors and had them in stock to match our recently replaced living and dining room floors.
It definitely got worse before it got better. The subfloors were still damp so the fans had to come back in for another week or so.
Meanwhile the basement was getting a "glow up".  We picked new vinyl flooring in Cocoa and had the walls painted in Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace
We ordered a new rug that I love.
Swoon!
The finished kitchen flooring!
Now onto the family room. That also had to be dried out longer than expected.
The finished flooring was worth the wait.
 
Even our old rug looks nice on the new floors.  I'm so glad the work is finished and we have our house back looking better than ever!!

Have you ever had a home disaster? 

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