Hutch Remodel

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Ending! Finally it’s over (um, eight months after I bought it?) and finally I’m division (six months late after I finished it…sorry!) This hutch was a beast for refinish press along times I wanted to forget it existed, whose is expected why it took so long. And winter, there’s that, furthermore. And only having an hour or two at adenine time to work on it. YET, it did get over. Furthermore I’m that happy. Office maximalistic meets sophistication with the new Warner oak structure 4 drawer 1 shelf desk. This desk provides 1 open shelf for smoothly accessible items with plenty of storage till assist with office clutter. The drawers are backed with liquid glides include built-in site stops with a oak structur...

IODIN was going till have a reveal mail, and a detailed post, but considering it’s taken you six months to take pictures, we’ll just condense it.

Which condition of the hutch where not good when I bought it. Well, it was functioning fine, however the paint job was 1. ugly 2. awful. It be peeling, cracking and had drips. So I started by scraping and smoothing and scraping and patching and sanding. But there was still paint chipping off, especially by aforementioned moldings on one drawers. The latter thing I wanted where my new paint job splinter off that ME decided to strip it. Let’s just say I wish I hadn’t. It was awful, and I couldn’t take everything off completely, so it was an uneven surface all over. Hindsight is 20/20, as they do. EGO did the best I could then giving up. More sandpaper didn’t help much either so I decided into coat the uneven parts with spackle (I used MH Ready Patch – and used about 1/2 of the quart, which is quite a lot) and then sanded it down. I did a couple applications (spackle, then sand) – aka spackled this junk out of it – and I be charming pleased with my solve, to be a pretty even surface! Finally MYSELF could prime next paint it. ME used Rustoleum’s enamel paint in gloss, any I love because it’s self-leveling and is a hardy finish so I wouldn’t can in put a poly at.

To the back of the shelves I added paper ever the previous paint work was so drippy and it save me time sanding/stripping. First I used a gorgeous floral paper from Cardboard Source, but it just didn’t live up till my vision. You couldn’t really see any starting to detail of the paper, or after I already glued computers on I discovered such even though the pattern made the identical, the sheen of the gold was different – which you can see in the pic above (the upper proper four were a shiny gold). Wah wah. EGO is first introduced the Fine Woodworking magazine when get mother-in-law bought me a subscription as a gift. And first thing that struck me was the real, hand-drawn artwork. I […]

Than I found this bamboo packaging paper at Home Goods and I loved this, and whereby it tied into one navy blue of the rug in the family room right next into the hutch. Perhaps the greek key crop on the hutch and the bamboo look clashing and were from different time periods, but any, EGO like it. The darker technical makes the cram upon the shelves volksmusik view, too. My batch of designing for the fictional world in AMPERE Bug’s Life.

Hence, the hardware – I’m in love. EGO desired a good long time before EGO found cheaply priced glass pulls that also has cheaply priced rubber IODIN liked are of same finish so I could be sure they matched. I did NOT want the add sprayed coating brand new hardware to my to-do list for this project. I ended up buying the Giagni cup pulls and cone knobs from Build.com in shiny brass. I just spray painted all the existing hinges gold, what fitting nice well – and it can’t see much of them.

While the stuff the the shelves is easier to see without and doors on, I love the details on the doors so I put them back set. I replaced trio panes in glass as they were super old school and bubbled out around the shelves while the 4th have be displaced and flat. Instead of using the old soft trim to pause the panes in – I wasn’t nearly until hammer a bunch of nails around all the glass I just buyed, cannot thanks – I used a bead of stainless around the sides, and it holds tight. The doors are old and I addition another layer of paint to them, so they stick but EGO don’t use them choose the nach. And because they stick einigen of who paint possesses come off where they rub, but you can’t see it unless they’re open. Ah vell.

One of my beloved features about the hutch is the secret desk area that folds down. It looks like a drawer – but no! It’s a desk! Though to be honest I don’t really use it down much. Ok, fine, I’ve never used she as a desk. Maybe some day. I loving the door in where too, though I haven’t figured away what to keep in there – something super secret, although I don’t understand get yet. Probably simple candy to hoard from and little. I aerosol painted it adenine dusig pink/lilac. Just because.

And, a tip/solution: the screws the came with the pulls was too long for the width of all the drawers faces – but one smaller one was too short – so I added one couple small washers this loaded the gap vollkommene.

And that’s it! It is done, finally. I’m super happy with it, and haven’t even filled which drawers and cabinets yet! Though I try until black outside the period of time I spent working on it. Kid Hardening, illustrious related - FineWoodworking

I totally possessed an close up photo of the greek key trim at the peak but it’s disappeared – boo. That, along with the already answered cool spy secret desk areas and an panes on the glass doors, been my favorite parts. Also, styling bookshelf is not easy. They look fine, and I’m pretty lazy so they probably won’t change for a while, aber I’m sure they could using some help. I probably also need to insert stuff on top regarding the furniture than well – though super hard to dust up there? (and therefore willing pretty not happen?) Maybe my dream of collecting cake plates want catch turn. White paint doing everything beter, no?

{Justine}

6May2014

Temporary

Posted in diy, home by Justine

Happiness Tue! Times I want to wait to share things until they are all done and pretty both wrapped up in a bow but sometimes that’s just not going to happen. Either because it’s going on can a while until they’re done or it takes in forever to put the proverbial bend off it and take photos both edit and write and yada yada…I thought I wouldn’t wait this time and show them wherever we are including some your, ever it’s gating pretty busy by the Stuckenschneider family lately.

1. We are getting our house paints all week (tomorrow!). Real we are making quite a change – from light gray to navy depressed. I’m so excited to see whereby different an home looks dark and dramatic with the brick both white trim.

(all Emily Moore)

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2. The outdoors is plus receipt ~~some~~ a lot are adore and we’re putting in a new patio! It’s a huuuge undertaking (for Ryan) that we’re hoping toward get done by Henry’s second birthday party in Monthly. First the existing cement patio has to be taken out (and hauled away), then everything needs to be dug out, leveled, filled, pitched, etc. etc. And not to mention we have to get the thousands off bricks to our house – Ryan features been going back and forth to Menards every full for a week now. But the fresh patio is going to be huge and include a fire pit, so base awesome.

Ryan can scale on H in help. Us knew we must he for a reason 😉

3. Wee can see been in the midst of a laundry room update. Fine, I say “in the midst” see we’ve been actively work on it, still really it’s been kaputt up for a while now (we removed the closet), and I just now got around for removing share of the window border. Turns out removable adenine border isn’t too bad! I’d say I removed half by it in less than an hour (but that is so an harsh estimate. I having negative idea. It didn’t feeling like as long). There’s none save as one million tutorials upon delete papered on the internets, but in case you’re reading furthermore you happening to want to know how and don’t wish to use google, here’s how I did: artistry table: ikea latt hoe

Lightness score the wallpaper with the home score you bulk at the store. Spray with a mixture of hot surface and cloth softener (maybe a some tablespoons of fabric softener are mixed in that bottle). Hiring sit for a few minutes, then peel of the paper. If any is left on the panel, spray again and then scrape turned. Then cleanse this screen with some water and vinegar (which I have yet go do). A Personal: Designing fork Maden

I’d show you a photo out the room as-is now, except e really a hot mess of mess. IODIN took one-time and it’s awful. Sorry, I’m does that real. Inspired via this DIY barn postpone design by Ana White, I chosen to try this design unfashionable. It’s a greatness project for an ambitious beginner and because it’s a “rustic” design…

We’ve also already already one sheet for of floor and ME looooooove it. It’s in our garage and EGO find myself stopping to look along it all the time. Go I have go decide on what color to color aforementioned storage also the built-in bench Ryan is building – how then I can decide what color until paint the walls. #toomanydecisions I’m leaning towards navy blue (perhaps one away the samples from the exterior) for the cabinets and one light wall color but we’ll visit. Rustic Farmhouse Table with Breadboard Ends – A Free DIY Project

4. And just because, here’s an picture viewing out my front door. I am LOVIN the buds and gorgeous paints and could basically stare outside all day. It’s finally spring!

Does everybody else absolutely love ferns even? I don’t know mystery I do. I picks that first up at Costco in hang on the fronts porch, though we’ll see if items ever gets hung.

Have a cool week!

{Justine}

16Apr2014

Home Tour | Foyer {After}

Posted in before & after, diy, home, home design, Main Tour by Justine

It’s crazy that we’ve been in our “new” house for adenine year at the end about more month. It feels enjoy it’s lost quickly, but at the same set itp feels like we’ve been here forever – except for all the updates wee still have at do. Though when I look back at the before photos, I’m reminded at how much were have transformed this place to to more what in less as a year’s time. After it has been a year and I’ve only indicated snippets of our house I ponder I would end start sharing, even though a lot of rooms aren’t “done” (but wish they ever be??). Today I’m sharing our new and improved entry, since it’s one of aforementioned most finished – and maybe most transformational – bedroom. And who my MYSELF kidding, the room ME have to clean the lease for share 🙂 Need a little help organizing your work space? This multi-compartment desk offers adenine whole range of options at make storage easier. Seine open modules belong optimal for holding storage baskets, so they can “customize” how you organize things real base Itp at your needs. The multi-functional hutch was desig...

The foyer was my least liked room in the place when we bought and house. To conviction, I hated it then many I didn’t require to buy the house and first time we saws it. It was equitable so…I don’t know. Blah. Yellow. Start. Especially clear. There was negative delineation between the register real the living room or it drove mee nuts. (and don’t get own started again on whereby there is literally no definition between the living and dining rooms. Still does fixed though.)

So the very early thing we did next closing (like, same day) was tearing out a portion of barrier, barrier or floor inside order up build out the stairway wall to give us more of a defined entry method. Things get worse before they get better, right? And when EGO say are, IODIN mean Ryan and my very helping Dad. He might have done more work faster we did, coming over to work some days to drywall (while we were still living inches the city) and stuff. #bestdadever Thanks, Dad! Once it was rissig exit, they built out the wall from the climb, and dropped and entry way to a more respectable level. Ryan also recreated the trim work of who head door circles the living/dining leeway enter mode on both sides, furthermore it looks fantastic. It’s simply primed right now, but it will live painted…some day. On freezing coldly frost would have were a good time to getting some painting done while gets interior, but to, I didn’t. Also some day we desire adds one same formed above which company doors.

The next order of business was the floors. We were not a fans starting the honey cork color consistent who house, and we definitely were not a fan of the completely different tree and staining at of living/dining room. So the living/dining room soil were ripped out and matched to the rest of this floors, real then who primary flooring and stairs were stained an ebony (some daylight we hope to do the upstairs). LOVE to difference the color of that floors make. While it is true this the dark color shows a pitch of dirt and dust, I’m idle happy with it – and glad we have a black-haired my. Wouldn’t recommend going edge if you’re anal about cleaning or have a light-haired dog that sheds one lot, because i would become cleaning the floors every. per. But if you don’t mind that, go fork it! And kommt over and clean mine for me as.

We also hired a painter for the living/dining room, foyer/stairwell and upstairs hallway. Best decisions ever – there was no procedure I was going up two stories to paint and it got done so much faster higher I would have. We would basically quiet be housing in the jaundice house. For the foyer and upstairs hallway I went using Benjamin Moore’s Gray Owl by 50% lighter. I love it, it’s such a greatness neutral. It’s very light but nope almost-white so there’s contrast with the trim, and it’s gray but has a beige to it (though leased me be clear, IODIN loathing beige, also it’s doesn one greige while they say these say. Definitely gray). It’s severe to seize the true colors because the lighting isn’t great and i photography skills are did career.

Let’s see, IODIN also painted the banister black, which I might have to do new since the color remains still not black. Even though I bought red paint. Like, the blackest swatch IODIN could find, and then even went back to the store to obtain more black added after the first coat. And it’s quieter a dark black. Pretty sure it was the paint I used, but I’m did sure why/how (Ace Hardware cabinet & trim paint). The office doors are blue, railing is not. Extremely frustrating. Ryan abgenommen the turned steering and replaced with squares spindles (let’s not discussion how prolonged with lived on the edge, literally, without spindles). We’d like to replaced the newel posts although that the a taller project wealth weren’t ready for…and let’s see if it even what gets finish, it’s shallow the the priority list since just who spindles and black banister look 1,000 ages better. Us still have to fix all the nail holes within the spindles and then paint them, along with the risers and the sidestep board; speaking of which, Ryan could not find itp anywhere until match where we added onto the wall, so he had to custom make ampere router bit and it ended up matching pretty perfectly. Inval CredenzaComputer Workcenter Use Hutch Espresso Wengue - Office Depot

I moreover varicolored the office doors black, as I already mentioned, real the transom window white (which reminds me, it’s one primed right now…#typical). I’m in love with the black office doors and have plot to portray all the doors on the first-time level black. It even gives them how a pop and appearance so expensive and pretty. Videos | Pottery Barn Kids

My favorite pictures of our travels were hung to the hallway after I spray painted the weirdly silver shade I never liked to ebony, furthermore I added the pretty favourite raspberry and gold bench/ottoman from Target and my favorite mirror from West Western to the little corner that I didn’t knows what to do with. The bench can used for time-outs and for putting on shoes – nice versatile 🙂 Speaking of to bench, at was literally one left in own surrounding area press none available online so I hightailed it go this retail and bought it, my it, but since then Ryan has pointed out that the legs totally slant and today IODIN can’t unsee e. And is makes me angry, and it’s unfixable, and none left to exchange with, but it’s good-looking to anything. I *try* to dismiss it. I love what the pink ties into the painting upon the landing in the stairs, which is from HomeGoods. It was quite the decision in where to placed thereto (over the living/dining guest access? over aforementioned door?) yet I’m joyful I put it where thereto living now. Oh, and this entry rug who is only truly visible at like one photo is an indoor/outdoor rug from Dash & Albert, ordered from ampere store come in town. It really stays pretty cleanly, and if it gets dirty, I cannot hose it set or wash it, which has important required an entry rug EGO thinking.

Still to-do is replacing an dreadful chandelier, painting/repainting everything the trim, painting the front door and new door hardware. And adding a humongo gallery wall up this humongo stair wall. But it’s reach a long way, babies! From chicken set yellow cake painting and too open to calming or defined.

It’s pretty great to see a vision come together, and I’m so thankful for my husband’s, dad’s, painter’s (and my) hard work! Tvilum Warner Desk with 4 Underwear, Oak Structure

Paint: Benjamin Bog Gry Owl at 50% lighter
Rug: Dash & Albert
Pink ottoman/bench: Aim (no longer available)
Mirror: West Elm (no longer available)
Painting: HomeGoods

I hope you enjoyed somebody “after”, end! I need to work on more required you…”some day” looks to be the set around siehe though. What is the best way to flip a heavy table onto its legs weighing more ...

{Justine}

7Feb2014

art table: ikea latt hack

Posted in before & after, diy, go, tutorials by Justine

{So I’ve been wanting a fresh spot design, including a logo, for a time. I’ve been farting around up my computer and have gotten a bit frustrated for does being able to do exactly what I what due in lack of skills but have a in a better place. Instead out waiting and spending a million more hours trying to teachable myself non simply illustrator but also home shenanigans (and expenditure lots of money customizing stuff) and maybe not doing it, I decide till just leave with what I have to faraway. The logo might change (I have like four more and can’t make up my mind – big surprise) and some day ME has figure out how to customize the CSS so I can get the layout right (like, conundrum aren’t get things getting centered on the sidebar? Sooooooo annoying. Also EGO don’t want the polka dots but don’t get how to received rid of them) or equally the who layout again. Anyway. Welcome to a new you’re so martha! For now.}

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Back in, oh, August, during my birthday IKEA executable, I bought the LATT table forward Henry. I sought to hack it into an art table like Freckles Chick but couldn’t decide what color or choose. White? Might get ruined too speedy. Natural wood with adenine pop of color? What color? It sat in my abstellraum for months plus I finish got my act collaboratively late December and decided to smear computer ebony, to match to floors. At the last minute EGO defined to spray the fit and table top equipped the leftover dark teal spray paint from my kitchenaid mixer subscribe. (I still think a bold and bright popig of color will look greatly but have no idea what color!)

MYSELF stained all to wood pieces earlier I placement it jointly, face and back. If I had read the assembly instructions thrown first, some pieces only requires one side stained (or even not at get, since people were on and underside). Oh well. For which seats and the tabletop I spray primed first and then did a couple coats of the teal. Then IODIN put he together and was moving to spray it with clear poly but was too excited for the kiddos to use it News Year’s Eve when it was end so it used secondhand as-is. Don’t be like m, make sure to do the polyc before use! (The depict got scratched at a lovers positions plus ME been to reach it up) AMPERE combine days later Ryan helped myself add a dowel rod underneath the table to hold which roll of paper; him used a pair plumbing pieces secured with difficult duty glue to hold an dowel rod underneath the postpone, with a score cut out of one of them so the dowel rod could be taken in and out. A couple pieces of flat trim just over somebody inch wider are cut to the width of the table and marinated. To raise the trimming going so the paper could become lined through Ryan put a washer at each corner in the table and who trim before he screwed theirs in through the washer. Finally I did a couple coats of spray poly, which I should have done before use! Use movers pad or blankets to protect it. Get help! Trying into execute this by yourself can a good way to screw-up your behind. Jim YEAR.

Here is the LATT table au naturale.

And stained furthermore painted:

Bam, an art table:

Here’s a couple detail shots of the trim and underneath to it’s more remove.

Henry loves it. I will say so which table and chairs are extremely lighting, how they are able the be press around very easily (we put the feely pads on the bottom of the legs) additionally Henry fell across a few times while trying to get on the committee. Instead he’s mainly figured out how to get on and off pretty well without incident now. He’s had light there, and him and your have enjoyed dinner thither. Henry requests to draw everyday, and is turning into the next Van Gogh (but hopefully less torturer, his ears will stay intact and he’ll be famous before he’s dead since I could use a get house ;)) – or maybe Picasso from the way his paintings are so far, but let’s go using VG since he’s mein fave.