We wrapped up Boyd’s room earlier this year but I’ve been waiting on posting about it because I’m still waiting on one piece of art to finish up the wall you can’t see in these pictures. But truthfully, it may be months or years before I call this room “finished”. I’m always shifting, always searching…but … Continue reading Boyd’s Room| Basic Blue House
Here’s what you’ll need to print and frame a 30×45 print for around $100: 30×45 print (or whatever size you want) $65.47 when full price (they run sales often – I got mine 30% off) 40 x 60 foam core board $12.99 spray adhesive ~$10 L-brackets $9.99 8 foot “corner guard” wood trim for frame … Continue reading How to mount and frame a huge print for $100| Basic Blue House
In early 2019, we decided it was time to update our bedroom. There was a lot of dysfunctional areas of our room but also just a lot of not pretty things. Our furniture was a collection of hand-me downs and things we had bought to fit in our old home. Though it would’ve been nice … Continue reading Main Bedroom Refresh| Basic Blue House
I wanted to pop on here and write a quick post about our kitchen door. This has been a project 3 years in the making and I’m so happy to see this door every day. It feels like it’s been there a lot longer and it’s funny how a small change like this has had … Continue reading Vintage Door for the Kitchen| Basic Blue House
Did you miss how we trimmed out the island? See that post right here. Originally when we built the house I wanted a dark blue island. The day our granite was installed I was super bummed because …| Basic Blue House
Want to see how we trimmed out the island? Want to see how we picked the color to paint the island? No? Just here for some pretty pictures? You’re in the right place. Without further ado&…| Basic Blue House
I’m not sure what happened between when we finished up the dining room and now but it all passed in a blur. There was the craziness of the holidays and then the last 2 mont…| Basic Blue House
Designers will say that a good room may have 1 or 2 moments and that the rest of the design takes a backseat. Well, the dining room has like 8 moments. :) Restraint isn’t exactly my forte …| Basic Blue House
Once the island got painted green our cute green chalkboard mudroom was majorly clashing. Since we had to add new door trim around the pantry after taking off the existing trim to fit our sliding …| Basic Blue House
This post is so long an appeteaser is totally called for. Meet our new pantry doors. Now to get into the details of how these beautiful doors came to be. Spoiler Alert. It wasn’t easy. The …| Basic Blue House