Our wood grain Shaker cabinet fronts were designed for busy, high-traffic homes like ours. Clad with durable textured thermofoils, this line is compatible with Sektion, Akurum, Godmorgon, and Besta cabinets from IKEA. It's the perfect, practical way to add the warmth of wood to all the rooms of your home.
We have teamed up with Loloi to create a line of rugs that are as affordable as they are beautiful. This collection houses a great mix of traditional and modern rugs, in cottage-y colorways, as well as vintage-inspired beauties that you’ll want to roll out in every room.
We partnered with Stuga on a line of hardwood floors — The Ingrid is really livable, and the color is very neutral. It doesn’t lean warm or cool, it’s that just right in-between. We have really loved putting it everywhere in our house. It’s the best jumping-off point for design, no matter your interior style. In addition to being beautiful, Ingrid is really durable — we have three kids, and we always have a home construction project going on. Ingrid stands up to it all.
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The good thing about really bad befores is really good afters :)
Ha, I like these spam posts above me. I read CLJ for the “quality depending posts and additional data”!
Your bathroom is going to be killer. My parents’ bathroom is sort of similar to the inspo pic: glass shower surround (they took out a tub in their remodel, too – it was a waste of space that they never used), slate floors, dark wood vanity with white counter. It’s gorgeous! Can’t wait to see you tackle this beast.
I also wanted to say how much I love your blog! Your style is very similar to my own, and I appreciate that you keep posts concise and filled with pictures and inspiration, and that you guide us through your design decisions. I’ve been reading you for a long time, and I can easily say you’re my favorite home blog! Keep on keepin’ on :)
Yay for bathroom remodels!!! Good luck :) It’ll be sooo nice when it’s done. Can’t wait to see what you come up with!
I love it…except the location of that window. I’d be hiding in my own shower
Agree with you Jules. I remember moving from Buffalo and the person who bought our house posted tons of before and after pics and I kind of felt like she was saying our house was ugly. I got sad for a second, then I realized that everyone has different styles! I decorate my house for me, not for the next owner. What’s beautiful to one person may not be to the other, and there’s nothing wrong with stating that. You own the house, no one else.
I’m sure hope that in another 15 years when there’s another owner (or two or three later down the line) living with all of your then “dated” design choices they won’t speak of them with the same disdain in which you frequently speak.
Really? I’m sure they will! I mean, we wince at choices we made 2 years ago. Trends and taste change. And while we are aiming to make some classic choices, our style will surely not 100% reflect the style of the next owners or the owners after that. I just hope they have a blog so I can read all about it.
Wow, I can’t decide which is worse – the existing faucet or the light fixture (both of which we had in our last master bathroom – what are these people thinking?!). I am really looking forward to seeing your improvements – I am sure they will be great! p.s. I love a shower without a tub in a master bath!
I can’t wait to see how it turns out! Both of our bathrooms were basic white boxes, and so far all we have done is paint the walls grey and hang some art in one of them.
Your bathroom has great potential!! And it’s funny, that was totally one of my inspiration photos too when I started our (v. low-cost) bathroom renovation last year. Yum! Although now we just finished our tub/tile remodel which I love, so I seriously have to post about that still. Here’s everything except the tub:
http://house-capades.blogspot.com/2012/06/bathroom-reveal.html
LOVE your inspiration photo! It’s going to be gorgeous!! We are currently reno-ing our master bath and it’s finally starting to get to the fun part – decorating and picking final finishes. Resale is top on our priority list as well which makes things harder!
Mmmm… I am liking where you’re going with that inspiration picture! I want that shower!
I’m thinking a little rehab for our master bathroom is in our near future too. The previous owners painted the walls with flat paint and it’s starting to yellow, no bueno.
Eeeks! Some people….
Aahhh I love that inspiration pic! We have a tub in the master bath and I’d like to swap it for a shower. (We also have a dark vanity – the Hemnes from Ikea – and I love it!)
Ainhoa, Funny! Last year, our Ikea was clearancing a bunch of those out (I think it was the Hemnes) and we bought one just because the price was so cheap. It’s been sitting in our garage and we really hope we can fit it in the bathroom.
Love that inspiration photo! Just FYI…for us chica’s with long hair…the rain head shower is lovely, but it’s really difficult to get the shampoo suds out of hair with it. I’d recommend a handheld shower head along with the rain head – best of both words. (plus it makes cleaning a breeze!)
Oooo! Such a good tip! I didn’t even think about that. Thanks, Jennifer!
Ooh yah I was thinking that too. I’ve used a rainshower head at a friend’s house, and although I love its artsy-ness, it definitely increased my shower time. :\ We went instead for a high-s shape arm for a regular/large shower head – perfect for my long hair and tall husband ;)
Super Cool…can’t wait to see how it turns out. I’ll be checking back!
Gimme is right!!!!
It will be all worth it in end. We gutted ours last summer (right before my family was coming to visit for a month) and boy was that a deadline. can’t wait to see yours coming together.
Gosh that bathroom definitely doesn’t fit in with the rest of your madeover home! Haha! Your inspiration photo is GORGEOUS! Eeee! Can’t wait to watch as this progresses!