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I recently did something I’d never done before. I took myself on a solo trip. It was AMAZING. On that trip, I had a lot of time to dream up my next projects. First on my list was updating my second son’s room. I wanted it to feel like his, while still looking nice with the rest of the house. You know? Let me share with you this modern boy’s bedroom for my son, and my first steps to bringing the vision to life!
I fully believe that everyone deserves to live in a home that they love. Whether you are currently living in your dream home or not, you can still love your space. Here’s how to create a space you love, no matter where you live.
Are you ready for a kitchen cabinet makeover? Life is too short to not create a space you love. So pick up the power tools and let’s do this thing! I recently took on a kitchen renovation (see the final reveal here). It was a lot of work but also SO worth it. I still catch myself staring at it all the time. If you’re ready to give your kitchen a makeover, switching up the cabinets is a great place to start. Here are a few tips to help you along the way. And guess what? You don’t even have to rip everything out. Bonus!
There are so many little details that really brought my kitchen renovation to life (full kitchen reveal here). One of those details was the brass hardware I used. I love the look of aged brass but didn’t want to pay extra to get the look. So instead, I decided to create it. Let me show you how you can do it too with this super easy antique brass hack. Plus, stick around till the end for a few tips on attaching your hardware. Let’s get started!
So, you want to change up your space? Adding a fresh coat of paint is a great way to do that. There’s no need for it to be scary, it’s not. After all, if you don’t like the outcome you can always repaint it. I’ve done that plenty of times! While painting requires zero DIY experience, there are a few tips that make the process a lot easier and the end result seamless. So, let me share with you a few interior painting tips that I’ve picked up along the way.
Not sure what to do with that closet under the stairs? Maybe it’s collecting random boxes and you’d like to turn it into something more magical? I have a few ideas for you. Recently, I transformed the closet in my home into an under the stairs playroom for my kids! Complete with a play kitchen, cute decor, and a giant lite brite. Honestly, I might love this little space even more than my kids do. So if you’re looking for ideas, here’s a breakdown of everything I did and used to remodel this space.
Have you seen scalloped wall designs floating around Pinterest? I sure have, and I think they’re so fun. I’ve seen them done in bedrooms and nurseries and thought the design would be perfect for an under the stairs playroom makeover I did for my kids. When I surprised my kids with the playroom makeover last year, I took my Instagram followers along to show them how I did everything. So it’s about time I share my process with you here so you can recreate it easier. You ready? Let’s do this! Here’s how to paint a scalloped wall.
With the new year fast approaching, I’ve been thinking about the things I want to create in 2022. This last year was full of big, challenging, and fun projects. So I can’t wait to see what the coming year brings. Do you have any big projects planned? Or maybe you’re just hoping to make some simple updates? Either way, I’m here to help. Let me start by sharing 5 easy home project ideas that make a big difference.
What a whirlwind of a week doing this makeover with the DIY Dream Team (Making Pretty Spaces and Frills and Drills) for our favorite couple in Atlanta. I’m so glad that we could do this room for their little miracle baby. It was an absolute honor to creating this beautiful room with these beautiful humans for an amazing couple.
Introducing the Angela Rose cabinet door line with Nieu Cabinets! I am so excited to finally share these doors with you so that YOU ALL can affordably have a custom designer-look kitchen…just by replacing your door fronts! My doors come in custom sizes and come PAINTED in any color (mine is Dream Dusk). Below is an FAQ for everything you need to know!
I’ve been working for months and months designing the perfect cabinet doors for your existing cabinet boxes (or ikea boxes). I designed the Angela Rose Slim Shaker and Angela Rose Slim Shaker Detail doors to take the classic shaker door and update it to mimic the current top designer looks. By slimming the width of the outer rail and slimming the depth, I gave a fresh and custom designer look to the timeless shaker door. It’s your favorite shaker, but elevated and AWESOME! Can’t wait to see you transform your spaces! Stop pinning. Start DOING!
What is refacing?
Refacing is the act of replacing all of your cabinet door and drawer faces with new ones in a fresh style and color. Not to be confused with refinishing, which is the act of having existing doors repainted. Often times, the cost to paint what you already have is more than replacing all the doors, but you’re still stuck with a cabinet door style you don’t LOVE!
When refacing your kitchen, beyond just new doors and drawer faces, you can also order new end panels, trim pieces, light valence, toekick, including new hinges, drawer boxes, and floating shelves!
Why reface?
If you have perfectly great cabinet boxes but your doors just aren’t your style, why would you rip everything out and throw it away just to change your look? Refacing saves you time, money and headache, and you don’t have to eat takeout every day for months without a working kitchen! For many people, refacing is a project that can take a weekend with some help to switch out doors and drawer faces, and apply paint as needed. PLUS, it’s DIY friendly, and typically 50-60% less than ripping out your kitchen and starting over. It also isn’t money spent on painting cabinet doors you don’t like the style of!
Before knowing the steps you’ll need to take to reface your kitchen, you’ll need to determine if you have a framed or a frameless kitchen! Here’s how to tell.
Framed Kitchens
More popular in the US than Canada, face framed kitchens, commonly called “framed” consist of cabinets that have a face frame around the cabinet opening, on which the cabinet door rests when closed. Amongst face framed kitchens there are a variety of hinge overlays – the most common being half or full overlay, or inset doors. The type of hinge overlay used on framed cabinets can also result in different looks of cabinetry as the doors cover up more or less of the frame.
Many kitchens built around the 80s have half overlay hinges. When your doors are closed, a significant portion of the cabinet frame will show around the door. Some folks want a more seamless look in their kitchen, and want to change their doors to a full overlay door to cover up more of the frame and achieve a more modern look.
Not sure which overlay you have? This video will help you determine your existing cabinet door hinge overlay.
Frameless Kitchens
Popular in Canada and Europe, frameless cabinets are often called Euro-Style cabinets. IKEA has made frameless cabinets a hit with DIYers as they are easy to assemble and install in a variety of spaces. Frameless cabinets don’t have a face frame, and use the wall of the cabinet box to mount hinges and drawer slides. A benefit of frameless cabinets is that the full interior of the cabinet is accessible, with no hindrance from a face frame.
How to reface a framed kitchen
The most common way to reface a framed kitchen is to paint the exteriors of the cabinet boxes and face frames with paint to match your Nieu doors. Older framed kitchens may have exposed hinges, but new soft close concealed hinges as well as drawer boxes and accessories can be installed to make your project go one step further! Trim pieces such as toe-kick, filler and panels can be ordered as well. Panels are often used to clad the sides of an island, peninsula or cabinet instead of painting for a factory smooth finish.
The two common door overlays are half or full overlay. To measure for half overlay doors, this video explains the measuring process. Full overlay doors are explained here.
How to reface a frameless kitchen
DIY refacing of frameless cabinets is a straightforward process of replacing doors, drawer fronts, side panels, and toe-kick with custom made to measure materials. Most frameless kitchens use panels screwed on to the sides of those cabinets with exposed sides. By ordering new panels you can simply unscrew the existing panel and replace it with a new one made to match the color of your new doors. Toe-kicks and filler can be ordered to match your doors, and are easy to install. Hinges can be reused to save on cost or new soft-close hinges can be ordered and installed to give your doors a luxury feeling every time you close them. To learn how to measure to reface a frameless video, this video is helpful.
Budgeting for your kitchen refacing project
Nieu offers 16 cabinet door styles and a variety of standard paint colors to suit any design or budget! Having your cabinet doors arrive pre-painted is such a game changer and makes this project much more accessible for DIYers! If you’re looking to save even more, or are an experienced DIYer, you can also order their products raw/unfinished, or primed and finish and paint them yourself! For most DIYers, an at-home paint job won’t have that flawless finish like a cabinetry shop, so I love that the painting can be taken care of for you!