I really had no idea what to name this built, or this IKEA hack for that matter. Honestly, I still don’t. It’s sort of a countertop.. It resembles a farmhouse table.. so I’ll just stick with calling it the farmhouse countertop. If you think of a better name, seriously please comment down below! Once again we are back with another…
This isn’t something I actually planned on writing, but after several requests from readers, here we go! The topic- creating a unique accent wall using painted MDF trim/millwork. Let me start out by saying, thank you to everyone for their immense amount of interest in this project. When I first had the idea, I wasn’t quite sure exactly how it…
What’s going on homestudders! I have finally finished up a project that I have been dying to share- it’s the built-in BILLY bookcase hack. As you may or may not know, we have been hard at work renovating the basement of the Beige Bungalow, and one of the main projects has been a built-in BILLY bookcase. This project has been…
Is it a picture ledge? Or a picture rail? Or maybe it’s a picture shelf? Let’s just go with picture…thingamajigger. Honestly, I have heard these called so many different names, but for this article we are going to stick with picture ledge. What is a picture ledge? If you are here, I’m guessing you already know what a picture ledge…
We are now 20 days into the basement renovation at the Beige Bungalow, and this weeks featured project is updating the interior doors. Currently we have some old hollow core slab style doors, 5 of them to be exact, and they are tired and dated looking. Now we could easily just go pick up new doors at Home Depot or…
What’s up homestuders! Haha I might actually use that from now on 😉 I just realized I never actually told you guys that we are officially starting the basement renovation at the Beige Bungalow. We are going to be updating you guys a little differently this time around. We will still be writing blog posts on the smaller projects within…
“We definitely spent more than planned.” “Our renovation took longer than anticipated.” Why are these the most common statements from people post renovation. It’s usually because they skipped the most important part of the process- creating a renovation plan. Right now I am in the midst of a basement renovation at the Beige Bungalow. Because I am going through this exact…
Too many people consider IKEA to be cheap furniture built for the college kid. While in some cases this may be true, there comes a time at almost any stage of life where we purchase/acquire something from IKEA. In my case- it was the IKEA kallax shelving unit. It seemed to be the perfect coincidence. We were in the midst…
I’ve walked you through our complete kitchen renovation using IKEA kitchen cabinets from design, cabinet installation, to the finishing touches. Now it’s nearly a year later and it’s time to dig into a full review of IKEA kitchens. We have also added some info and tips on this topic with a new blog post all about designing and planning an…