Category: Renovation

Modern Kitchen Makeover – A few years ago, my brother and sister-in-law and I renovated a dark 80s kitchen into a bright, modern kitchen on a budget.

I shared the remodeling plan and some of the projects along the way, but never shared the last big reveal…until today!

Modern Kitchen Makeover

This kitchen remodel was a major DIY project. We taught my brother-in-law some DIY skills and put in a lot of work to keep the budget low. It took us almost the whole summer to work on weekends.

Before And After: Mid Century Modern Designer Kitchen Redo

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But the end result was creating an amazing kitchen and creating amazing memories along the way with my favorite people!

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Unique Tile And Backsplash Ideas – Do you want to add beauty and modernity to your kitchen? Look no further than glass tiles. Its unique characteristics and great visual appeal give a kitchen backsplash many advantages. From its reflective properties that enhance natural light to its versatility in design, incorporating glass tiles can effortlessly transform your cooking space into an alluring haven of style and sophistication.

Glass backsplash tiles have become popular among designers and homeowners because they are easy to maintain and versatile while providing aesthetic appeal and durability. Its non-porous and stain-resistant properties make it clean and disinfect. Our wide range of colours, patterns and textures offer design flexibility, allowing you to perfectly customize your kitchen’s aesthetic.

Unique Tile And Backsplash Ideas

In addition, glass tiles reflect and amplify light, brightening the space and adding to the appeal of your kitchen. Apart from its beauty, it is also … Read the rest

Mudroom And Entryway Renovations – Thank you very much for visiting! This post contains affiliate links. This means that I may receive a small amount of compensation if you make a purchase from my links. I only link to products I know and love.

There are those rooms in homes that are very well used and often filled with things in life that sometimes we can’t stop to appreciate. In our house, the mudroom is one of those places.

Mudroom And Entryway Renovations

You may remember when I started the Sugar Maple Farmhouse blog a year and a half ago, and when we first moved here, we started renovating two pairs right away. Well, dirt was one of those places that we changed right away.

How To Design A Family Mudroom — The Little Design Corner

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Storefront To Living Space Conversions – Magazine Yes, you can turn vacant retail into housing Rethinking ground-level regulations to include residential uses is a controversial but feasible solution to a lack of housing production and an overabundance of vacant storefronts.

In Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood, this former retail space was transformed into housing without compromising the quality of the pedestrian environment. Photo by Larissa Ortiz.

Storefront To Living Space Conversions

In city centers and central business districts across the country, two disturbing trends are converging – too much vacant retail space and too little housing.

America’s #1 Shipping Container Modifications

Downtowns are facing a confluence of global forces, from online spending to hybrid work, which means fewer dollars are circulating between local businesses. Many retailers have closed, and recent market analysis by Streetsense (my company) found that vacant and inactive storefronts account for 25 to 30 percent of ground floor space, … Read the rest