Transforming a 1920s house into our home in Madison, Wisc.
Over the past year and a half, we’ve been tackling a lot of the household things we could do ourselves like painting, changing light fixtures and outlets, and other small projects. There are a handful of bigger things, though, that are too daunting for our skill set and we’re to the point where we’re ready …
Long before we purchased our house, I had pinned this room as inspiration for a master bedroom. I love the combination of crisp white, emerald and teal jewel tones, natural textures and fabrics, and pattern mixing — and it’s actually a big part of what convinced me to choose a deep color for an accent wall …
Thanks to help from my parents and a few days off from work, we were able to get through a lot of painting before having our floors redone. We painted for five days straight with minimal breaks from Sat., July 1 through Wed., July 5 to get through the following: ceilings, living room, dining room, my walk-in …