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  • Kitchen Lighting Options from Making it Lovely (Love these!)

    Kitchen Lighting Options

    The ceiling in the kitchen is 7'10" high. The light that's in the room now has three fluorescent bulbs, hangs…
  • Black and White for the Kitchen

    Black and White Wall Art for the Kitchen

    I didn't like the white walls in the kitchen until I added our big black and white print. Now the…
  • All-White Kitchen

    Falling for My White Kitchen

    I painted the door to the bathroom white this weekend, along with the door between the kitchen and dining room.…
  • Sky Blue and Olive Green Kitchen

    Blue and Green Kitchen

    I found this image on my hard drive that I had saved in 2009. Oh, the era before Pinterest! Oh,…
  • All White Now

    It had been a while since I'd made a major mistake in my decorating (although I'm fully aware that you…
  • White Walls? Paint the Cabinets?

    I've been thinking more about the kitchen and bathroom. All of you seem to be leaning toward dark or mid-gray…
  • Kitchen

    Falling for My White Kitchen

    All-White Kitchen

    I painted the door to the bathroom white this weekend, along with the door between the kitchen and dining room. I cleaned the bare wood,…

    February 11, 2013152 comments
  • Kitchen, Painting

    All White Now

    It had been a while since I’d made a major mistake in my decorating (although I’m fully aware that you may feel differently!). I’m feeling…

    January 7, 201388 comments
  • Bathrooms, Kitchen, Painting

    White Walls? Paint the Cabinets?

    I’ve been thinking more about the kitchen and bathroom. All of you seem to be leaning toward dark or mid-gray walls, where I’m looking at…

    January 3, 201362 comments
  • Kitchen, Painting

    Playing with Paint Colors

    I write for My Colortopia, and they’ve just launched a new online tool: Color My Room. You can upload your own photo, or choose from…

    January 3, 201327 comments
  • Kitchen

    It’s Coming Together

    The details for the kitchen update are starting to come together. I still haven’t picked a paint color, but I have everything else down. The…

    October 23, 201232 comments
  • Kitchen, Laundry Room, Organization

    Put the Kitchen Door to Work

    Back of the Kitchen Door Storage Ideas

    This post is sponsored by Method. Here’s a little storage trick that works for us. I added hooks to the back of our kitchen door…

    September 27, 201224 comments
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