In this previous post, I showed our new little café curtain installed in our downstairs bathroom. In case you were thinking of doing the same in your home, I wanted to share a few ideas for where to use them.
Category Archives: Finishes
A Simple Curtain
I installed a simple white linen café curtain to our downstairs bathroom this afternoon in between playing tag with Jack and while George was napping. 😀 I’m pleased with how it turned out!
Built-In Cabinet
We have a built-in cabinet in the dining room. It has the original old wavy glass and its shelves are super sturdy. We definitely wanted to preserve it when renovating and I’m glad we did.

Here it is just before demo 2015
Hallway Lights
We recently updated our upstairs hallway sconces.
Rain Gutters
We’ve been living in our house for about two years now without gutters!
When it rains for long periods of time, water often leaks into our basement. We think the lack of gutters directing the water away from the house is contributing to that. Continue reading
Showers
We started tiling the guest bathroom tub enclosure over Christmas break (2017)! After about 4 days of tiling work, Blaine and I finally finished.

Blaine starting to tile the tub-shower surround
I chose a bright white 3×6″ classic subway tile. Bright white tile was chosen to go with the blue-gray shades found in our marble bathroom floors. Continue reading