This was our entry when we purchased the Palms home. From left to right, notice the heavy drapes in the front room, the under-sized brass light fixture hanging in front to the arched window (this house and arches!), carpeted oak…
Building a Floating Entertainment Center
We’d been dreaming about replacing our “entertainment center” (and I am being generous — it was just a tv stand), but the ones I’d found online were a little pricey (like over $1,000) and not even for custom ones. So,…
Double-Sided Fireplace Makeover
The fireplace was originally very boring. It was a color I nicknamed ‘super beige’…not in a nice way, either. The tile was old and literally falling off. So much potential though peeps. It was double-sided and begging for us to…
Modernizing the Tired Fence
We hope everyone, especially everyone in Florida, reads this post and takes action. We hope this inexpensive transformation will inspire you to get you out there in your backyards fixing your neglected fences! Tired and rotting fences, like the one…
DIY – Atom Light Fixture
We desperately needed a new light fixture in the entryway. But I soon realized that we had caviar dreams and champagne wishes….but a regular folk budget. Enter our light fixture DIY!!! Materials: Pendant light kit (hardwired) – $12 Metal tube…
Raised Garden Beds
Reclaiming a space, in what was previously a forgotten strip of yard between the pool cage and the fence, we planted raised garden beds at the Palms House. This posts highlights the pitfalls and plentiful harvests from our zone 9…
