NewlyWoodwards

an unconventional home

A simple IKEA Hemnes shoe cabinet hack

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This simple IKEA shoe cabinet hack was born out of necessity. The wall in the mudroom was a few inches too narrow for the shoe cabinet. And that shoe cabinet needed to be installed in the mudroom, like, yesterday. Because the shoes were already out of control. So, we hacked the top with a new barn wood top. […]

DIY screened porch

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There are still a lot of projects to finish inside the house, but once we moved in (and got silly things done like … doorknobs), Ryan turned his sights on one of our favorite features of the new house. Outdoor. Living. Space. This back porch was something Ryan and I were both excited about – […]

Installing kitchen drawers and shelves

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Our kitchen is getting so close to being done. So. Close. I. Can. Taste. It. But I realized that I sort of left you hanging a few months ago – in April, I professed my undying love for our cabinets. And then I just never mentioned the kitchen again. And we are living in our […]

Painting doors (black and white)

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It don’t matter if you’re black or white. In life and when choosing paint colors for doors. This may be a bit anticlimactic because you already saw the doors in our posts last week (about door hardware and our new peg rails in the mudroom). But I had to come back and do another post about the painting doors because it […]

We’re in (and we still have a million things to do)

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My entire body hurts. My mind is racing. But we have officially moved into the new house. To say I’m excited would be the understatement of the century. Ecstatic, giddy and obsessed are three other words. Also tired. And sore. Before you ask, the answer is yes. There are still approximately 1.2 million things to finish at […]

Farmhouse Trim Choices

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If you read our post about floors yesterday, you may have noticed another elephant in the room … all our beautiful trimwork is installed! There are so many farmhouse trim choices, so today I’m sharing all the different trim options we chose for our own farmhouse! Installing base, window and door trim isn’t for the faint of […]