Happy Friday

I don't know about you, but for me this has been a long week! Something good happened though - we got an amazing new camera at work so I brought it home last night and tried it out on three of my favorite subjects. I still have a lot to learn, but so far am loving the results. Here are a few. Hope they brighten your day!

 

Vintage Doorknob Coat Hanger

With a pile of leftover oak from our remodel in my shop, I've been antsy thinking of the possibilities. Picture frames, a coaster box, and coat hangers have been on my to-make list. I also have a pile of old doorknobs from the kitchen that were saved. Some are brass, other are the glass version.

I saw a cool project once on This Old House, where they made a coat hanger out of trim and old doorknobs, and decided to make one this weekend.

Lastly, my dad got me a sweet finish nailer for Christmas, so this was an excuse to break it out and see if I could figure out how to work it.

Leftover trim moulding from the office

Glueing up the frame

The doorknobs bolts required square holes

A test run

Side view of hanger

We're Back!

Did you miss us? We've been shamefully absent for, oh, about two months now. But I figure we all could use a breath after the big remodel job. We spent the holidays enjoying our newly comfortable home and getting the rest of our house back in order following all the excitement of renovation. I think it's safe to say we're officially settled though, and loving every minute of it.

Over this past weekend, we finally got around to a few overdue final touches in our bathroom. I ordered a custom plantation shutter while we were under construction and it arrived, so we got it installed much to our (and our neighbor's, I'm sure) pleasure.

So, remember this view? Here's what we've been living with (and ducking around - houses in our neighborhood are built in true old style aka close together):

And here's what it looks like now:

And a close-up of the shutter:

It's great to have the room closed off from the outdoors, and we love the dark wood to balance out the dark door and accent the bright white bathroom. And the best part is we still get some nice light in the room. We chose a divided shutter so that we can keep the main part mostly closed and leave the top few slats open, which lets a surprising amount of light in.

And see the shower curtain?

I finally got around to replacing the "don't-let-it-touch-my-skin" polyester shower curtain we hung when the shower was installed. We realized after everything was finished that our tall shower would not work for a standard 72" shower curtain (it didn't even hit the top of the tub) and selection in 84" shower curtains was pathetic - they were all polyester and/or covered with palm trees. No thank you. So we got by with a cheapo polyester one while I figured out a plan.

So here's a photo of the gross shower curtain that catches all your hangnails:

And now, our new and improved, soft and pretty shower curtain:

The new curtain is made from a linen tablecloth that I got on sale ($12!) at Pottery Barn. I added button holes to the top and hemmed the bottom so that it would fit just right. It makes for  a great, clean look and feels great to the touch. What more could you need?

A New Kitchen

A New 1/2 Bath

A Finished Bathroom

Delayed

It's been a while since we've updated, reason being there's not really anything to update. As we've mentioned before we're basically a bathroom door away from completing the remodel. Seems easy right? Apparently not so much. We've been sent the wrong door twice, and the right door is currently on backorder until mid-December. So we're just waiting. And waiting.


Still loving the space though, and it doesn't lack much function for just the two of us. Maybe a bit awkward for company though . . . . . They're going to put up a temporary door to make things at least work while we wait, and hopefully the correct door will arrive as soon as possible so we can get on with things!