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Sister’s Kitchen Renovation

Hey Friends!

This past weekend I was at my sisters house as she and her husband started renovating their kitchen! We had a great weekend and we lovingly named it #familydemo day. We had a whole crew there. Both sets of parents, sisters, brothers, and some friends. Since it’s a kitchen they were trying to do the renovation as fast as possible so they aren’t out of a kitchen too long.

This was the before of the Kitchen.

And here was the dinning room.

The kitchen was taking out all the cabinets and fully gutting down to fully replace everything. Also in the dinning room the goal was to remove the window and replace with all full sliding glass door to go outside to a new deck! Big project.

Here was my sister’s inspiration board.

We are a ridiculous family – so naturally we were all up by 5:30AM and we had the full kitchen demo’ed by 8:30AM!

And by the end of the day the window was prepped and put in.

Then the next day we got the rest of the cabinets in and my sister and I got the hardware on.

I love the hardware she picked out. It’s so fun!

Stay tuned over the next couple weeks, they still have a bit more to do. Flooring, Deck off the back of the house, backsplash, lighting updates, and of course of a bunch of detailing to do. I was pumped on how much we got done and the whole space is already looking fantastic!

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ORC: Wk 6 Sunroom Reveal!

So I am about 8 hour late in posting, but this is a true testament to the the true spirit of the #oneroomchallenge. We were up late last night framing our pictures, hanging, and finishing cleaning. So we didn’t take pictures till this afternoon and since we work full-time we are just posting now 😉

As a reminder here is our before picture.

As a reminder we have done a lot of work on the room over the last 6 weeks.

Fully painted room, and trim, update track lighting, painted consignment shop chandelier and installed, refinished table, made pillows, reupholstered cornices, husband hand painted pelicans and framed….

The room is odd, because a weird edition of the home made this sunroom our main entry way. So we wanted something that could be hom

ey but also functional. At first I wanted to make the whole space my craft/project room but it is the first room guests see when they get in. So I needed something that was also welcoming. I also love to have great spots to have dinners so we made it into a second dining area. This way I can temporarily set up projects and it won’t be in the way in the house.

We also have a couple craigslist finds in this space. First this console. Isn’t it a great find. It’s more of a buffet, it’s actually slightly taller than the height of an average counter top. Which will be great for entertaining. We had it here for Easter and it worked great. $350 can’t beat it!

I loved the baskets underneath for storage.

Aren’t the pelicans fun? My husband painted them! He is so great  at making fun art in the house.

I loved our little rosemary topiaries too! My husband loves having plants around the house, and with all the sun this room gets it’s a perfect place to have plants.

The second craigslist find was this dinning room table. Funny story. My mother in law was at an estate sale and she texted me this $100 table. and I told her I would take it. Chris and I stripped it down to the raw wood and stained it white. We still need to put a poly coat on it and potentially cover it in a liming wax. That might be TBD, because I am already loving the beautifully graining that we pulled out of this peice

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Green chandelier goodness! I am in love with this piece. When I first told my husband we were painting the gold consignment shop find ($60) lime green he told me I was crazy. But you aren’t putting much on the line at such a price! we just spray painted it and crossed our fingers as we installed it hoping all along it would all work properly. My dad and Chris totally re-did all the electrical in the ceiling. It was ugly track lighting before! Huge improvement.

I am also pumped about the lemon tree! I have always wanted a lemon tree and we finally bought one. Obviously it isn’t bearing fruit yet, but I will keep you posted when we can make our first cocktail with our fresh lemons!

Anyway. I am happy that finally our room isn’t just a dumping space. The room has such great lighting it’s an amazing spot to hang out it!

Don’t forget to check out all the other one room participants during the final stage of this challenge!

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ORC: Sunroom wk 4

Hey friends! can you believe that it’s already week 4 of the One Room Challenge? For those of you that aren’t farmilar, the One Room Challenge is a super fun blogger event sponsored by Linda of Calling it Home. Participants have 6 weeks to totally transform a room.

I have participated in the past. Master Bedroom (which we didn’t finish), and the Guest Bedroom.

So, since last week we have been working on some of the furniture and decor.

Just as a reminder, this is what the room we are working with looks like.

Here is where we were after Easter weekend. Chandelier painted and hung (although not working yet), everything painted white. We also have a rug in there, but I think I need a different one…I’m not liking it. and I found a cute little half circle table to hold all my husbands plants.

Now, in the last week, We have been working on the dinning table.

We are going to do the Oak Cerusing Method I did on the coffee table. So first thing we had to strip the table down. Which is always a process we are probably about half done.

I followed the tutorial in the link above except this time I used a different stripper that was much better. The fumes were much more controlled and it worked better….

So we have a bit more work to do on that, and then next we have to re-stain it and then do the liming wax!

This isn’t the best picture, but check out this abstract pelican!!! i love him, and I love him even more because my husband Chris painted it for me! We have 2 matching birds that we need to frame to put over the console!!

This week, I am waiting for fabric to be delivered so I can upholster the cornices, sew the cushions, get a new rug, wait for the lemon tree to come to plant it, do the electrical work, frame the pictures, accessorize the console!

phew. Wish me luck!

Be sure to follow along with all the other participants here!

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Dinner Party in a Box Giveaway: Glorious Greenery

Can you believe it’s already been a full month since our first #dinnerpartyinabox giveaway???

For those of you that didn’t see, last month I started a monthly giveaway featuring a new table scape every month! I started this because of my huge obsession for throwing dinner parties, and my inability to stop buying random dinnerware that we don’t have room for in our house 🙂

Each month the giveaway will feature different things. plates, glasses, table runners, napkins…..who knows what else! You will have to tune in each month to see what you could win!

But this month I wanted to focus on the color green. I am so happy that spring in here and green is a great color to symbolize that!

As so many of my projects begin it started by the table runner fabric. Isn’t it fun?? I am a sucker for for a floral print that has birds too!!!

I also have had my eye on these fun green stemmed glasses at a local antique shop for a while.

The giveaway will also feature these fun napkins and these clear lucite napkin ring holders! Can you see that they double as a napkin ring holder AND a mini bud vase? We pulled these beautiful little white flowers right from our garden for a cute little touch!

These napkin ring holders were donated to the cause by Alexandra Wood Design, a blogger out of Madison WI. It’s always great to meet a local blogger, check out her portfolio and her shop here.

And if you want to purchase the napkin ring holders you can find them here.

Aren’t the napkin ring holders so cute??

The last piece that brought this table together was a fun and easy bouquet pulled together with hydrangeas and some easy greens!

Pull this look together at home, by adding the giveaway items to your favorite white dishes (or green if you have some!) and some great wine glasses!

The giveaway includes all of the above: 2 table runners, 4 napkins, 4 napkin ring holders, 6 green stemmed glasses

How to enter? To enter all you have to do is comment on this post! Tell me how this inspires you or what your favorite thing about hosting is!

Additional entries may be obtained by doing one of the following (one entry for each item below)

1. sign up for my blog email list to stay up to date on postings!!

2. follow me on instagram: lianna_mke

3. follow my design company on instagram: twohigandtuinstra

4. Follow Alex on Instagram: alexanmdrawooddesign

5. Repost your favorite picture from the post today on instagram and tag me in the post using #dinnerpartyinabox

Good Luck Friends! I hope you make life beautiful this week!

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Easter Table 2017

Hey Friends. As usual I am just now posting my Easter Table. I always have good intentions to try and set the table in advance to a holiday, but alas it sneaks up on me and I end up posting after. That is life!

So this was the first year I had the privilege of hosting my extended family for brunch. So of course I had to set a fun table. I used a mix of vintage and new to create a fun unexpected table.

The table runner I originally made for this years New Year’s Eve to mix with my new Spode Christmas Plates. See that tablescape here.

I used my grandmother’s china dinner plates, mixed with my wedding china tea cups. I love how they compliment each other. I also used some vintage crystal water goblets from Replacements.com

Have you ever been on replacements.com? it’s a great place to fine old stuff either for a real replacement, or buying a whole set. These water goblets I got cost less than buying a new glass at crate and barrel and look how pretty they are!

I was in love with my flowers I pulled together. Flowers in cake platters or footed goblets are my favorite! And I love love filling low profile flowers all the way down the table. That way you can still have great conversation but you get the fullness!

Another great holiday, another great table.

Don’t forget to check back tomorrow for the next round of #dinnerpartyinabox giveaway!!!

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ORC Sunroom Wk 3

Hi Friends! So the last week, we didn’t get as much done as I would hope. We hosted family for Easter. But, we have gotten a lot of the painting done. The painting is taking a long time! The room has a lot of amazing windows, but that means a lot of trim to get painted. We also have a bit of trim fixing to do in one of the windows.

Otherwise I have been ripped apart the cornices….

and finalizing the fabric for both the cornices, and the cushions.


 I’m kinda stumped on the fabric. The original one I liked was spoon flower (not shown) but I would need so many yards, it is getting a big expensive. So I found some other options at Jo Annes, but before I commit want to run to another local fabric store this weekend. But I seriously need to finalize because I need to reupholster the cornices and I need to make all the cushions….this weekend I also need to start stripping the table! I still have a lot to do, so wish me luck!

Don’t forget to check out all the other participants here!