Posts tagged ‘storage’
- The built-in blitz continues…dining room edition part II on March 7th, 2013
After a week straight of nonstop work the dining room built-in is finished. And this time, since it’s been so long since part one and you’ve all waited patiently (all ten of you), let’s just reveal the final product here right at the start before picking up where we left off. I couldn’t have gotten [...]
- The built-in blitz continues…dining room edition on March 4th, 2013
Like I said before, one day I’m going to run out of spaces to fill and radiators to cover, and that’s going to be a sad day for me. Because I am really enjoying the built-in bonanza currently underway in the old rowhouse. Though, based on the amount of time and effort these last two [...]
- The flurry of built-ins continue: fireplace edition on February 27th, 2013
One day, I’m going to run out of nooks and radiators and corners to fill or cover with new pieces of built-in furniture, and that, my friends, is going to be a sad day. Because I am on a roll in the house right now creating new built-in furniture, and honestly, I’ve enjoyed this more than [...]
- Testing my skills with some new custom-built furniture, part two on January 30th, 2013
After just about a week of work, the full radiator cover/bookshelf combo is finished and installed. I think I started buying materials last Monday or Tuesday, did a little bit of the work during the week late at night, but did most of it over this last weekend. This post is part two. Click for [...]
- Testing my skills with some new custom-built furniture on January 28th, 2013
“Furniture” is probably too strong of a word for what I spent the last week building: a custom radiator box combined with bookshelves for the guest room. This is the first of two posts; read part two here. This isn’t anything like a fancy chair or a dresser or a chest or any other kind [...]
- Pantry version 2.5 on October 17th, 2012
Our new (2010) kitchen pantry, while a drastic improvement over what we had before we remodeled the kitchen, still left something to be desired. And that something would be “better storage.” Back when we bought the house, the pantry had an angled front wall at the back edge of the kitchen. Though it was physically [...]
- When it’s all over it just begins again: the master bedroom on September 7th, 2012
We always joke that each room renovation in the last 22 months has been done a little better than the last. Which means that once we’re done with everything, we’ll have to start over where we began. Because we learn as we go and our standards and knowledge change as we take on projects. Which [...]
- Get yer basement stairs refreshed, now with more storage! on July 25th, 2012
Our basement stairway has been a sore sight for as long as we’ve owned the house. All the same layers of wallpaper and crappy paint that we scraped off the rest of the house were still on these walls, but with tons of cracking and peeling in addition, probably from the changes in temperature over [...]
- Wrapping up the new closets on May 10th, 2012
Honey needs some closet space! For a year and a half, Rachel’s been using these sad Ikea wardrobes in the sleeping porch for her closet. And the closet in the 2nd bedroom, when not under construction. And I should mention, this porch is blazing hot all summer long and freezing in the winter. I’ve had [...]
- Creating vital new storage in a small rowhouse on April 12th, 2012
Our basement is so full of stuff right now. It’s the one part of the house that’s barely changed since we moved in. It was sort of half finished — really just an ad hoc room in part of the basement added on that someone used at some point, and that’s about it. And we’ve just [...]
