house, kitchen, life, projects, kind-design house … Kitchen Backsplash I was looking for something quick and easy to cover up some holes in the wall where I removed a spice rack from above the stove in the kitchen. I found these large plastic faux tin tiles at Lowe’s that easily affix to…
furniture, life, projects, kind-design furniture … Padding A Chair A bunch of years ago, I purchased 2 folding bar stools from IKEA. I have used them off and on, but they aren’t very comfortable for any length of time since they are wood with no padding. After recovering a friend’s chairs,…
earthFriendly, life, reduce, kind-design earthFriendly … Reduce Adding to my tags… Reduce, Reuse, Recycle… in the spirit of the week of Earth Day. Sometimes cleaning out the house is an easy as finding friends who could use the items you don’t want/need anymore. It isn’t always easy to…
laundry, life, organizing, shelving, storage, kind-design laundry … Laundry Room My laundry room is just big enough for the washer and dryer. I installed some additional shelving over the appliances which works pretty well but it is open and never looks nice. Luckily, I can just close the two folding door that close in…
bedroom, closet, life, organizing, kind-design bedroom … Closet Redesign Back at the end of September 2009, I removed the existing shelving in our guest room closet and replace it with shelving to more suit our needs but make it easy to change as our needs may change. It is amazing how many items…
bathroom, life, kind-design bathroom … Shower Rod & Curtain Installation One more part of the master bathroom accomplished. Once I get the last two things done, lay new flooring and paint sink cabinet, I will have to post before and after pictures. It is already different, but it will be drastically different from top…
life, kind-design life … 2007 Updates I wrote about some of the changes around my house from 2007 and backdated them so they fit in chronological order. Here are the links to the new posts: * Guest Room Flooring (May 31 2007) * Garage Shelving (Sep 19 2007) * Painting the Main Bathroom…
hallway, life, organizing, products, shelving, storage, kind-design hallway … Hallway Organization I was finally able to get the Closetmaid 9 Cube Storage Cabinet after a few months of waiting for it to go on sale. It was easy to put together and took maybe 45 minutes total. In the before picture, I used a shoe…
diningroom, furniture, kitchen, life, projects, kind-design diningroom … Reupholstering Chair Cushins Other than watching TV design shows, I had no other education or real life experience associated with the upholstering of chair cushions – until the last few days! I asked one of my friends if I could upholster her dining room chairs for her. She…
