NewlyWoodwards

an unconventional home

A review: IKEA butcher block countertops and Waterlox finish

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If you have been researching kitchen countertops, it’s likely you’ve come across IKEA butcher block countertops as an option. There are a lot of reasons they could be a great choice – including cost and looks. But there are lots of people who warn against using wood butcher block for counters. And I constantly get questions about how […]

An Easter egg banner and friends weekend

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It’s nearly Easter, and I just barely got my act together to put up and share my Easter decorations. What the wha? How could you have lived without seeing my holiday decor? You couldn’t have. That’s the answer. I had an idea for a few Easter banners for the house and I wanted to bring […]

Easy Easter craft decor for kids

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I planned to post today for kitchen week, but life had other plans. The little Henry-man is sick as can be, which means lots of holding and rocking and soothing. No complaints about the snuggle time. (And just a few complaints about the lack of sleep.) Anyhoo, I’ll try to wrap up the kitchen posts next […]

Why I love my IKEA kitchen cabinets

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Thanks so much for all your kind comments about our kitchen tour yesterday. One of the most-frequent questions I get about our house is how we like our IKEA cabinets. We’ve lived in our kitchen for more than a year, so I thought it was a good time to come back to this question in […]

A full kitchen tour

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It’s the first-ever KITCHEN WEEK at NewlyWoodwards. Are you excited? Why have a kitchen week, you ask? Because people love to ask me questions about our kitchen and I want to answer all those questions for you. I aim to please, friends! So, in the next few days, I’ll be covering IKEA cabinetry and butcher block […]

A dining room tour

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After those yummy cheese bomb biscuits yesterday, I thought it was time to share where we eat – the dining room. I know that some people do not ever use their dining room. At Casa de la Woodward, we eat at the dining room table every night. We don’t have room for a kitchen table, […]