& design

If you have followed along on the shop reveal, you have an idea of how much work went into the transformation. So many people were involved in ultimately bringing this to an "after". Some walked in before any work had been done, surely thinking I had lost my mind. And...

This room was the best, unexpected finish to the project. My initial plan was for this space to simply house incoming packages. I mean, that was the whole purpose behind my desperate cry for help. For years, our house had been overrun with incoming packages and local p...

This is definitely a flex space. With a business like ours, it is a blessing.

After hauling out the excess furniture, our second hand treadmill hung out here for a while (yep, it's in the corner there.) A couple months ago, when I came to my senses and remembered I stil...

Pictures can tell a much better story about the condition of this bathroom than I can.

Initially, I planned to hire someone to just swap out a new toilet. I was nervous about the cost of  re-doing this entire room. Like, who really needs a fancy bathroom in their worksh...

The room that almost wasn't.

The little bedroom in the back was the only room still full of my landlord's things. They asked if I would mind leaving the stuff there and just not use that space. Early on, this entire project was so overwhelming that I did not considering...

January 2017: just got the keys...

Even in this rough state, I could see the potential of this room. I knew this large work table would be a keeper. Both Beverly and Karla used it while running their floral businesses. Knowing that most of my work in this room would be...

This room was reeeeally bad. Yikes! Would you want me to store your stuff in here?! I understand this used to be some sort of cold storage for the flowers. In fact, a large section of the floor was simply plywood. The walls were still the 60's paneling over the origina...

"Some assembly required"...that's what this room is for. It has turned into a bit of a multipurpose room, though. The best part about this room is - waaaaaait for it................................................... .......................................................

Crumbling fireplace, peeling wallpaper border, plug-in garage light and frilly, gold chandelier. Uhhhh. No. Everything must go!

"Paint it all white!" Ok, maybe not everything. During the early stages, I really had no clue what to do with the old VCT floors. My whole go...