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Pinch me. This is our closet now. And although this is a before photo, below, it’s not really THE before photo, because this room didn’t exist before! We added a ceiling/floor to a two story space and made it our closet. (Below is the music room for reference). The idea came in as we were […]

We’ve got another master closet update for you! Last week, we built the wardrobes, and this week, we’ve spent a lot of time trimming them out and making them look really custom, solid, and professional: 1. First, we filled all of the holes. IKEA cabinets come with lots of little holes on the sides so […]

Footings, Floors, and an Unplanned, Last Second, Major Switch Up

Y’all have been so great, you deserve to know how progress is coming on the major renovations here. If you’re not caught up, read the last progress report first, but once you get permits things really kick in! Pour Footings – Check We hope one thing that is clear by us sharing this process – […]

I need to be honest–we struggled designing our closet. I think we always assumed once we had squared off corners in an open space (something we did during our bathroom renovation), it would just be easy and everything would come together. But then it didn’t. It could be that my brain from a lot of […]

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