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Our Breakfast Nook Refresh – Part 1
Happy Sunday Friends! An avid reader, I’ve always loved the idea of a window seat somewhere in our home so that I could enjoy lounging the afternoon away to a good book or cuddling up with one of the dogs as I listen to the rain. When we first toured the house, I couldn’t picture a better place for a built-in than the breakfast nook. From the delightfully over-sized window and its soothing natural light throughout the day, to the sense of seclusion it offers, feeling tucked away within our otherwise open floor plan. It was the perfect spot! Now the challenge… With our humble footprint of a house, everything…
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Planking – what NOT to-do
It is no secret that I am an avid admirer of just how clean planking looks and how it has the power to transform a small misshapen nook of a dining room into a light and open space. Four years ago, we decided to embark upon our first DIY-Planking escapade and two years later, with a lot of breaks in between, we were finally able to enjoy our success. Was it perfect? Far from it but from the picture below, it’s hard to see the imperfections as they just added to the charm. Despite the unexpected issues we came across, after thinking ourselves newfound experts thanks to endless blog tutorials…