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SoPo Cottage: Creating Our Own Dream Kitchen
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5th House - B&A. 6th House - B&A. 7th House - B&A. 8th House - B&A. Wednesday, April 22, 2015. Creating Our Own Dream Kitchen. So, I wanted to do a custom kitchen with custom cabinets. For years, I've lusted over inset cabinet doors - but could never justify the cost. So instead, we had always gone with semi-custom cabinetry in our own remodels. But this wasn't a giant kitchen and this seemed like a great approach for our new house. Inset cabinets are custom made and fit inside the cabinet frame. The...
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SoPo Cottage: Bathrooms Inspired by the Sea - Part 2
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5th House - B&A. 6th House - B&A. 7th House - B&A. 8th House - B&A. Thursday, August 13, 2015. Bathrooms Inspired by the Sea - Part 2. The upstairs bath has an almost identical footprint as the first floor. And we still wanted a style that was connected to the water. But we went for a fun, nautical look in this family bath - with brightly colored stripes and bold accents. Around the tub, we installed white subway with a few rows of cobalt blue glass mosaic. August 13, 2015 at 5:02 PM. But it seems like n...
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SoPo Cottage: An Eyesore No More - The Craftsman Bungalow
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5th House - B&A. 6th House - B&A. 7th House - B&A. 8th House - B&A. Monday, August 4, 2014. An Eyesore No More - The Craftsman Bungalow. Shortly after we started this project, my friend Debra came to take a peek and promptly dubbed the house 'The Eyesore'. At that point, the house had already been demo'd and it was looking pretty rough! But that's all behind us. We turned the keys over to their new owner last week and I thought it might be nice to take a last 'Before and After' look. The whole first floo...
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SoPo Cottage: 1892 New Englander - Before and After
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5th House - B&A. 6th House - B&A. 7th House - B&A. 8th House - B&A. Monday, December 2, 2013. 1892 New Englander - Before and After. As we ready the house for it's new owners, we thought it would be nice to take one last look at the transformation that occurred in the last several months. It was a lot of work, but this house had such fabulous antique details, we loved every minute of it. It was wonderful to highlight the old, while adding some modern amenities. The Exterior Rear -. Rear View - After.
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SoPo Cottage: Bathrooms Inspired by the Sea - Part 1
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5th House - B&A. 6th House - B&A. 7th House - B&A. 8th House - B&A. Tuesday, August 11, 2015. Bathrooms Inspired by the Sea - Part 1. Our bathrooms are in the same location on the first and second floor - but despite their similar floor plan, they look pretty different! Today I'm sharing the first floor bathroom. Later this week I'll share the second floor bath. You may remember our plan. The shutters provide privacy and the roman shade adds color and warmth. We are so pleased with the finished room!
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SoPo Cottage: Master Suite
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5th House - B&A. 6th House - B&A. 7th House - B&A. 8th House - B&A. Monday, July 20, 2015. Of course now that we’ve lived in the house for several years, it’s easy to look back and think about what we would have done differently. What's the saying - hindsight is 20/20? It's easy to think about what you would have done, after it has happened. And at the top of the list is to change the master bedroom. Not that it’s a bad room! That would have given us a bigger closet and a full master bath. I’ve bee...
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SoPo Cottage: Lucky Number 7 -The Duplex Before and After
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5th House - B&A. 6th House - B&A. 7th House - B&A. 8th House - B&A. Wednesday, May 6, 2015. Lucky Number 7 -The Duplex Before and After. I don't think we had any idea what we were getting into when we started on the duplex. It was a foreclosure and I'd like to blame the lack of running water and electricity that kept us from seeing the warning signs! But we certainly learned a lot about what can happen to a building that has been vacant for 4 years. It takes quite a toll! For the rest of the story).
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SoPo Cottage: Just Say 'No' to Matchy Matchy!!
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5th House - B&A. 6th House - B&A. 7th House - B&A. 8th House - B&A. Tuesday, July 14, 2015. Just Say 'No' to Matchy Matchy! I'm always fascinated when people say all the metal finishes need to match in an old house. Think about how an old house evolves. Light fixtures get changed out over the years. Kitchen pulls get changed. Styles change. New trends emerge. An old house always has a mixture of finishes. So, when HGTV published this infographic on Facebook, I was a bit startled. What? Maybe, but I want ...
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SoPo Cottage: And the Surprises Just Kept Coming......Bankruptcy
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5th House - B&A. 6th House - B&A. 7th House - B&A. 8th House - B&A. Tuesday, July 28, 2015. And the Surprises Just Kept Coming.Bankruptcy. As we neared the finish line on our house, we noticed that progress had really stalled. Of course finish work takes a lot of time, so we weren't overly surprised at first. But since we only visited the project on weekends, it started to become obvious that there wasn't a lot of progress. And we were having trouble connecting with our contractor. Well, we knew we took ...
