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Long time no see! What's it been, a few years? We never slowed down on our renovating but between 3 kids playing multiple sports and 2 full time jobs, documenting things took a backseat. Nothing like forced social distancing to find some extra time. So what have we been up to? Let's start with one of my all-time favorite transformations. The dining room.| meg & the martin men
Remember last fall when we discovered the leak in the powder room while installing a slider door in our basement? Well that epic scope creep put the basement on hold. Back to our regular intended project. Swapping out a rotted door and window with a 10' slider. The view from the inside before:| meg & the martin men
After wrestling 3 boys into and out of snow suits a dozen times a day for the past few days thanks to the Bizzard of 2016 it became even more apparent that I needed better storage just inside the door. Balaclavas always demand ninja stances.| meg & the martin men
Last time I mentioned that I liked the idea of a floating bench or ledge to maintain some visual real estate. I love all of these:| meg & the martin men
Mudrooms are the things my dreams are made of. I've thought long and hard about how I could create one but based on the way my house is configured it is impossible. We're being overrun with kid coats, sweatshirts, hats, gloves, sporting equipment, etc. While we can't have a mudroom there are still some spaces that could be put to better use.| meg & the martin men
It was a relatively slow renovation year for us. Only a few big projects. I'm hopeful that our renovations are slowing down. Who am I kidding - we're just saving our pennies to tackle the outside. This post will be a quick walk down memory lane. One of the rooms in this post was renovated twice this year. | meg & the martin men
I built a frame. All by myself. Power tools and all. I don't need a man (finger snaps). Scratch that, yes I do.| meg & the martin men
Remember when I showed you the overall idea for the family room? It originally had those blue prints behind the couch.| meg & the martin men
Finally this room is DONE! I knew it was a hard working room but man was that 3x5' space missed!| meg & the martin men
So because we ended up pulling the drywall down it opened up new possibilities for us. I really like wall paper but it is a lot of pressure to get something that is perfect and then I feel like I'm handcuffed into keeping it forever. | meg & the martin men
Well we didn't finish either room in 6 weeks but at least we're close. The family room is done but the couch won't be delivered for another couple of weeks. Probably a blessing in disguise considering my house is covered in a layer of fine spackle dust. Each time I type 'spackle' my computer wants to autocorrect to 'sparkle.' Makes me giggle each time. | meg & the martin men
It feels like we've been talking about this 3x5' floor forever right? I feel ya.| meg & the martin men
Who says you don't need math? There was a lot of math involved in this floor design. Herringbone floors are pretty but I never gave much thought to the actual process of getting it to look pretty. This was our inspiration and look how perfect those tiles look...now we need to get ours looking that way.| meg & the martin men
Hi again. Week 2 of my self-imposed Two Room Challenge (you can check out the other participants here). Head spinning yet? I am. The amount of demolition dust in my house is insane slash totally normal for us. | meg & the martin men
Welcome back. If you're following along, Linda from Calling It Home is hosting the One Room Challenge and because I'm a masochist I'm making it a Two Room Challenge. One intentional (family room) and one unintentional (1st floor powder room). | meg & the martin men
I've got good news and bad news. Good news is I'm back. Bad news is I'm back to share a project we weren't planning on tackling. Time and money we hadn't planned on spending. Good news is I've never liked our powder room floor anyway.| meg & the martin men
99% complete - just ignore the black square hole - that's where the outlet needs to be pulled through. This was the "small" paint job that turned into a massive project but I'm really happy with the end result.| meg & the martin men
So I mentioned previously that I had planned to go with Indigo Batik by Sherwin Williams.| meg & the martin men
Wainscoting has begun. A reminder of what we started with: | meg & the martin men
Remember that time I said I never needed to install wainscoting ever again?| meg & the martin men
Our hallway has been this shade of green for 5 years. That's way overdue for a change in Martin house years. I still like it. Just looking for a change.| meg & the martin men
So no big post here b/c I didn't build anything or really do anything more than punch in my credit card number and open a box :)| meg & the martin men