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The Breakfast Nook: One Room Challenge Week 3

Living & Decor, Maintenance, One Room Challenge, Respectful RenovationOctober 19, 2017346Views 0Likes 20Comments

If the six weeks of the One Room Challenge was a complete lifetime, birth to death, week three would be the angsty teen years. This week, I questioned everything about our project. Is it too much for six weeks? Will I finish? When will I find the right color of paint? Everyone is looking at…

The Breakfast Nook: One Room Challenge Week 2

Living & Decor, Maintenance, One Room Challenge, Respectful RenovationOctober 12, 2017297Views 0Likes 20Comments

This week's crisis of faith is brought to you by an on-line paint visualizer. Monday, was all about progress progress progress. I felt fantastic. After a full day of work, I finished priming the walls. I thought to myself; This project is going to be a piece of cake. And the universe smiled, patted me on the…

30 Projects in 30 Days: The Finale

Exterior Projects, MaintenanceOctober 3, 2017396Views 0Likes 16Comments

That's a wrap, folks! The 2017, 30 Projects in 30 Days challenge is over. Here at BHH, it was mostly a success even though we did not get everything marked off the to-do list, and we had to work all the way into the 32nd day of September. How does that poem go? Thirty-two days hath September... Before I…

An Exterior Update

Exterior ProjectsAugust 3, 2017219Views 0Likes 10Comments

Good news! The painters are back. Just to recap, in 2015, we had the upper trim painted. In 2016, we hired the same company to paint the two main sides of the house. Now, they are back to complete the bulk of the remaining work which is on the back of BHH. Although I had grand plans…

House Tour: The Breakfast Nook

Living & DecorJune 15, 2017155Views 0Likes 6Comments

A couple of weeks ago, I nonchalantly tacked onto the end of a post that we just passed the three-year anniversary of living in Blake Hill House. Three years! I asked you, our readers, what you wanted to see here on the blog. We received several answers in the comments section of that article and…

The Library Closet – Before & After

Living & DecorMarch 7, 2017504Views 0Likes 21Comments

This post contains affiliate links. Sometimes the small jobs take much more time than we think they will. Such was the case of the library closet. That said, these little organizational projects often make the greatest impact in our house because finally, everyone knows where items go, and they put them away. The objectives for this…