Bohemian chic in the winter dining room

I have made a few changes to the dining room for winter and wanted to share the subtle Bohemian Chic vibe this space has taken on.  It all started with the mid-century painting my dad…

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Chestnut wood, apples and old silver

You know how I love my wormy chestnut, and I love using it in different ways.  I found an old board to use as a runner over a striped cotton runner I made. I actually…

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Antique wormy chestnut countertops reveal…

 Oh how very excited I have been to get to this day:-) We went from this… (150-year-old wormy chestnut off my great grandmother’s little guest house) …and this to this:-) It all started when the…

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Countertop progress…really:-)

Try to cut off the water with three children at home and you will know why we waited for the first day of school to put in the countertop.  We started bright and early cutting…

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Making wood countertops…part III

Let me warn you now, this is not going to be pretty. But if you want to learn to make countertops the hard way, this post is for you:-) We started the day with our…

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Countertop making and the ongoing sink saga…

We got a great start preparing the wormy chestnut boards for my countertops today, despite the threat of rain. You can see part one, pulling off the boards, HERE. Luis got everything set up, and…

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Making the cabinet…

 Yesterday I showed the cabinet my husband made for me and how I filled it with family treasures HERE. So today, I wanted to share how he made “something from nothing” using a tree, reclaimed…

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