Remember how I told you that you really, really need to watch the reality show Flipping Out? Did anyone take my advice and catch the episode last night?
Ryan Brown is Jeff Lewis’s calm and level-headed business partner on the show. He does a lot of the design work for the houses we see (they collaborate [...]
Have you got a flat, lifeless, plate-glass type of mirror like this in your bathroom? Have you ever wondered what it would look like with a nicer framed mirror over your sink instead? Then check out these bathroom mirror makeovers, starting with this one. I think you’ll be amazed by what a difference a new [...]
I have to just take this moment to say how amazed I am that after only about 6 weeks in the blogosphere, Hooked on Houses has already attracted nearly 10,000 visitors. Wow. I really thought my mother might be my only reader, so I don’t take a single one of you for granted! I thank you, and [...]
Most home buyers would take one look at this dark brick and paneled family room and run the other way. But John and Sherry at This Young House were not deterred. They bought the 50-year old ranch home and began working their magic on it. When you see what they’ve done with the place, you [...]
Here’s what I should be doing this afternoon: working to meet a deadline for my “real” job. Here’s what I’ve been doing instead: drooling over the photos on a blog called The Nesting Place. This girl (”The Nester”) is talented.
What really wowed me was how she made over the exterior of her house. I could [...]
If you read my last post (”Before & After: Crown Molding Magic”), then you know that we built our house in 2003 and moved into a bunch of cold, white, empty rooms that desperately needed attention. This is another such barren space: my writing study, where I spend most of my day working. Fire up [...]
If you have ever moved into a brand spankin’ new house that feels like a big, uninspiring box of white walls and bare windows, raise your hand.
We did just that in 2003, and it was a daunting task to even know where to begin. All of our walls and baseboards were painted “builder’s white.” We [...]
