Project: Hampton House
You guys! After living in this house for TWO years, I finally LOVE our bedroom. Before I started this project, walking into the Master gave me anxiety. It was just so ugly, nothing was put together. There were drywall patches that hadn’t been painted, the walls were a horrible blue, our bedding was 8+ years…
Project: Hampton House
Choosing Your Method To Schmear or not to Schmear? That was my question. There are a lot of ways to do a white fireplace! When I first started planning this project, I couldn’t decide if I wanted to do the German Smear method, or a simple whitewash? I finally made the decision based on the…
Project: Hampton House
Continuing with out grand plans for the staircase makeover – next up after the install of the iron balusters was painting the old oak stair treads and railing black. I would file this overall portion of the project under “easy”, but note that it’s very time consuming and definitely a multi-day project. We had a few…
Project: Hampton House
Changing out your old wooden stair balusters is an easy (and relatively inexpensive) way to update the look of your home. Often the staircase is at the home’s entry, so it’s also a great update to give a little bit of “wow” when you first step inside. We really wanted to do this during our…
Project: Hampton House
We officially moved into Hampton House at the start of the New Year, 2017. Within the first week we had demoed the entire first floor! Destruction is the easy part 😉 We left all of our boxes packed up and lived out of our Holiday suitcases so we weren’t shuffling our stuff around. We needed to…
Project: Hampton House
Before we get into the specifics, I want to touch on some points related to why we chose this house. After looking at over 20 properties (in less than week thanks to our amazing realtor) we jumped on Hampton House for the following reasons: Location – Great neighborhood, centrally located to amenities and easy access to commute. Bones…
Project: Hampton House
This is just a quick post to get me past that overwhelming feeling of “Oh, geez…I have to start writing stuff!” You gotta start somewhere 😉 We just relocated to Fredericksburg, Virginia – after 10 years in San Diego. Despite what you may assume (and most people do) we are super excited to be here!…
We are a couple of DIY-ers who