If you know me, you know that I love to change the decor in our loft apartment often. This doesn’t always mean buying new, usually just means moving items around that we already have. I’ve… Read More »Canvas Art Before and After
Door hardware update! It’s the little things like this that bring me so much joy. When we moved into our loft apartment we focused on major renovations rather than little details. I reused our old… Read More »Replacing Interior Door Levers with Emtek Helios
This dresser makeover is a bit different than usual, because it’s not 100% my typical choice. This one doesn’t have legs and adding legs sadly was not an option. Initially, I thought I could remove… Read More »Dresser Makeover Using Fusion Mineral Paint Laurentien
It’s been about 5 years since we renovated our loft apartment, specifically the kitchen renovation. I wanted to look back on the process and share with you the things I’d do differently if I could… Read More »Our Kitchen Renovation 5 Years Later and What I’d Do Differently
This narrow plywood and particle board sideboard was the most I have spent on a project, but with the popularity of mid-century modern furniture right now, it’s driving up the prices of everything that looks… Read More »Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboard Before and After
Confession, I usually avoid fixing up high boy dressers because they don’t fit in our vehicle, so they’re a pain to get home, but the owner of this piece wanted it gone so fast that… Read More »Vintage High Boy Dresser Makeover Using Benjamin Moore Paint
In the process of decluttering our loft, I had the urge to replace the 4×4 Ikea Expedit shelf that sits in the middle of our living room. I wanted to find something that didn’t invite clutter.… Read More »White Besta Cabinet Brings Clean Style to Our Loft
I found a very small sideboard a while ago that had good bones. Made from solid plywood and even had glass sliding doors. The base was solid so the first thing I thought of was, yes!… Read More »Painted Vintage Sideboard Before and After
A friend found this small chest of drawers in an alley way and messaged me about it, when I saw the photos I immediately knew there was something beautiful under all the ugly contact paper it was covered in.… Read More »Vintage Chest of Drawers Before and After
Last month I shared with you that our reupholstered mid-century chairs are happening! After a few weeks they were reupholstered and today we brought them home. You have no idea how excited and nervous I was. I have been wanting to get these chairs done for years, I had even blogged about how I wanted them to look after endlessly looking for inspiration on Pinterest, you can read about that over here. I was so scared they wouldn’t look the way I had imagined in my mind, plus I have serious commitment issues, so picking a fabric took forever. Finally going a head with this was frightening, but Luxcious Upholstery on Main Street in Vancouver ended up doing an amazing job, they’re even better than I could have imagined!
Here’s how they looked before, just to refresh your memory. You can see more photos in my previous blog post over here, where you’ll see holes in the seat and other gross details.
Over 3 years ago Andrew and I made the plunge to move in together and move into a loft apartment. It was all very exciting and new. It was also pretty stressful because we did a super rushed renovation before we moved in and I’ll tell you right now, never rush a renovation. The only reason we rushed ours was because of timing and we had the resources because my family works in the renovation business.
Our space is 1,100 sqft with the bedroom and one of the bathrooms upstairs. The ground floor has a kitchen/living room space and a small bathroom. Here’s the floor plan, it’s since changed a bit, but it’ll give you an idea of the space we’re living in.
After a year, we finally felt settled in, but I started to notice some pros and cons of loft living. I’ll start off by saying I love my loft, I love the lifestyle, but there are some things I really had to adjust to, so I thought I’d share them with you incase you’re thinking of moving into one.Read More »The Pros and Cons of Loft Living
It’s finally done! It took a lot longer than expected because life and work got in the way, but I’m excited to share this before and after. The cabinet was in really rough shape. It… Read More »Before and After: Vintage Cabinet