Archive for the ‘Decor’ Category
The Office room addition (the completion)
This is the part that stalled me for awhile, but I do like the place it’s at, and it adds a whole other dimension, look where our home used to end. And now… Now its open (somewhat messy) but open! Steph and I sewed the curtains with fabric from Ikea And we made the curtain rods out of Large Anthro knobs and wooden dowels painted white, For one window we used flowered knobs, one yellow and one blue and for the other window we used blue/yellow knobs on each side. Making the curtains was easier than I thought, it’s easy to … Continue reading
The Office room addition (the continuation)
Oh the office, all it’s just hammer, nails, wood and some paint, that’s it right? ;) Nick calls this room “the room that youtube built” its amazing really how many tutorials there are online! Ok so we were at the black waterproofing layer. Next we used special nails that had little buffers built in so there was a gap between the wire and the wall Next we covered the wire with 2 coats of stucco mix (after covering the windows of course) On the inside we covered the walls with drywall Painting around all these little windows was sure fun … Continue reading
The Office room addition (the process)
I’m not gonna lie, this project isn’t new. Its been done for a while but it was a long process and the final room never seemed totally done(decorating wise). It still doesn’t but its pretty darn close. The Before: Hideous! I can’t wait until we can paint the house in general but this room was just terrible, Originally it had screens in the metal frames. Those were way too flimsy so we re-framed, luckily we had the study posts in the corners so we just needed to build in between. Well I guess I “personally” didn’t help frame, but I was … Continue reading
