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I love Ikea. I really do.br /br /In case we missed mentioning it, we picked up our kitchen cabinets in two batches. We put the uppers in first, got them out of the way, then went back to Ikea to get the base cabinets.br /br /That's where this post ta [Read More]

The new Corian countertops were installed on New Years Eve and there was still a lot of work that had to be done before we were ready for them. [Read More]

While checking out these adorable mittens on Etsy (oh, how I love Etsy!): Adorable mittens from Etsy …I had a thought. Remember this post from awhile back, where we discussed using the Deka curtain rod from IKEA to display kids’ art work [Read More]

We went to Ikea the other weekend, for the 3rd time in almost as many weeks, to pick up everything we needed for the second Stage of 3 for our kitchen.  The third and final stage, should becoming just in time for christmas, involving countertops, ba [Read More]

These are a bit old at this point.  These photos are from the week before our second closing, when Lauren and I came up to Lunt to install the “Kitchen”.   We don’t have as many good photos of this place before we started working [Read More]

One of my favorite parts of our kitchen is our spice shelf. I chose these tiny jars for spices because they have no visible labels on them (we have hidden labels on the bottom). The clear glass jars with the chrome tops give the kitchen a clean and o [Read More]

Our kitchen needed a makeover span style="font-style: italic;"badly/span when we moved in. Aside from the hideous decor choices (i.e., hunter green painted trim??!!), the kitchen really was just a waste of space. Basically the only thing they had in [Read More]

Was perusing a bunch of photography/digital scrapbooking blogs and after a few clicks came across this pet photographer's blog and her awesome wall of photos. Photo by Erin Vey The frames are from Ikea. Here's another example from Tara Whitney. [Read More]

Monday seems a good time to update you all on the kitchen progress. I know you all wait with baited breath to hear the latest so, take that deep breath and read on, McDuff . . . Yes, Ruby, I know the ugly floor is still there but let’s focus [Read More]

Days of labor. Hard labor. Sanding. Painting. Sanding. Painting. More sanding. More and more and more painting. We got a lot done. All the cabinet interiors have a fresh clean coat of white paint. This was an involved process. We had to cl [Read More]

The downstairs powder room is a tight fit at 74" x 39". The door is near the middle of the room, and the sink and toilet oppose each other on the 39" walls with a small casement window over the vanity. The vanity is nice and small with a more of an [Read More]

The Ikea Kitchen Planner software doesn't support Mac. That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. I mean, really? In this day and age? Come on, Ikea. Get with the program. [Read More]

I've had about a year to look at kitchen cabinets, and the prices on some of them make my soil myself. Before you say it, I know the saying "you get what you pay for". Well, I'm not renovating a $500,000 house here, so I needed a good combination of [Read More]

My goal for finishing the breakfast room was so I had a decent place to sit while I did my taxes. I need some creative energy to get me through the pain. Today I set up my "office". I had to go to the dreaded IKEA. Its not that its a bad place its j [Read More]

Raul the super-fantastic NYC handyman dude is over today. We love our Raul, oh yes we do! He's helping me install a new faucet, curtain rods, fix some windows, etc. I had to run out to Home Depot to pick up the new faucet and what to my wondering eye [Read More]

We have been doing a lot of shopping at Ikea lately thanks to our 20% cash back sofa credit. We bought two KNAPPA pendant lights for our front room, and last night I put one together and hung it. It comes with a plug end, but I cut the cord and har [Read More]

Don't get me wrong, no complaints here, but since we have moved into The Project, projects have s..l..o..w..e..d d..o..w..n q..u..i..t..e.. a.. b..i..t... This is partly an apology for being so remiss in updating the blog, partly an expression of th [Read More]

It appears that I'm not quite done with the decor for this season. I seem to have a white theme going on this year. Maybe I was inspired by the review of Park Ave Winter and the slideshow of the frosty interior. I found this white glass vase in Marsh [Read More]

A quick run to Ikea Long Island early this morning for tea lights, floating candles and a silver tray to put more candles on resulted in me getting just one of those items. However I did get some more red pillar candles which Hermes has been very int [Read More]