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 […]
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Little updates: Door numbers
We have owned our house for two years and lived in it for a year. And most of that time, we haven’t had proper house numbers. Wait. I guess there were house numbers on the door and mailbox when we bought it. I must have been distracted by all the ugly. We’re lucky that our […]
Pretty painted porch railings
One more check in curb appeal progress. And this is a biggie. I finally painted the railing that Ryan built in May. And boy, oh boy. I’m glad that’s done. And because I never get tired of seeing befores and afters, here’s what the house looked like when we bought it in 2010. You may […]
A little tile project
Our current project has been the fireplace. (And by our, I mean Ryan’s.) After adding the wood-burning insert, we were getting lots of use from the fireplace. It really pumps out lots of heat and helps our energy bills. Now, he’s been working on tiling the area around the fireplace. It would have probably been […]
2011: A year of NewlyWoodwards
2011 was a big year for Ryan and I. And here’s where I tie it up in a nice little bow for you (and me). We finished a huge number of projects on our new home this year, including – Tiling the bathroom and finishing it. Refinishing hardwood floors. Cleaning and painting the basement. Installing […]
Entry update
I gave you the sneak peak of our new entry bench a few weeks ago. And now it’s been stained and painted and I’m in love. It’s positively killing me to wait to fill it up. I stained the corbels and the bench seat in the same stain as the floor and I painted everything […]