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DIY Medicine Cabinet Makeover

francoisetmoiblog@gmail.com — Fri, 15 Feb 2019 18:00:55 +0000

A Medicine Cabinet Makeover: Refresh the spot in your home where you begin and end each day. This post was created in partnership with KILZ®. All thoughts and opinions are my own. It’s a new year, and I’m teaming up with KILZ to give a new look for the spot in our house where we start and end each day: the bathroom medicine cabinet. Since this little spot is so deeply embedded into our everyday routine, I figured it was high time to make it prettier and all around more functional for Ken and me. We’re a one bathroom household, so this area gets a lot of play. We used KILZ Tribute Paint & Primer in here not only because of the durability and coverage, but this bathroom doesn’t have an exhaust fan (old school, right?), so moisture and mildew resistance is also a must. Oh AND I wanted a matte finish, and Tribute is one of the most durable matte finish paints available! Let’s take a look at the cabinet before the makeover… Are those dirty, painted white shelves not the grossest thing you’ve ever seen? This makeover is LONG overdue! My scope was to give the cabinet a […]

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DIY Floating Media Cabinet: Before & After

francoisetmoiblog@gmail.com — Sun, 18 Feb 2018 19:27:45 +0000

As soon as Miss Sylvia made her debut, we knew we needed to address the toy storage (or lack their of!) in our living room. We’re a one-hangout-space-household, so when we hang out as a family it’s in this room. This room is also the first space you walk into from the front foyer, so this area needs places to hide all our crap, I mean…stuff when people come over. Needless to say, this old train cart, though ruggedly handsome, just wasn’t cutting it. I’m a little embarrassed showing you what this used to look like, but here it is! I searched for months for a cool old dresser or Bombay chest that could double as a media console/ toy storage chest, but it always came down to the width not being long enough for this wall, and it just not having enough storage. The more I looked and couldn’t find anything that suited our needs, the more I became excited about the idea of a built-in, floating media cabinet. We decided to design one from modular cabinetry from Ikea. As soon as Miss Sylvia made her debut, we knew we needed to address the toy storage (or lack their […]

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Before & After: Tasha’s Charming Modern Kitchen

francoisetmoiblog@gmail.com — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 17:02:24 +0000

You know it’s going to be a good day when you have a killer Before & After kitchen renovation on your calendar to share. The matte black details in Tasha of Tchotchkes Design Studio’s kitchen are so delicious; you are not going to want to miss this transformation. –Erin Interior designer & vintage curator, Tasha Schultz’s, most recent design project strikes a personal chord with a complete renovation of her own kitchen in the 1942 classic story and a half she shares with her husband, Travis and two Italian greyhounds, Cheeto and Russell in St. Paul, MN. The original kitchen, though charming, was very poorly updated throughout the years. “We had characteristics like original cabinetry, but cheaply updated laminate countertops. We definitely lacked storage and countertop space (which are a necessity in a small kitchen),” explains Tasha. Photo Credit: Tchotchkes Design Studio What was your vision for the redesigned space? “I really wanted our new kitchen to feel like us as a couple. Clean, Modern with vintage charm while still fitting with the period of our home. Inspiration for the cabinetry came from a modern profile I’d seen on a recent trip to Chicago. I knew I had to do […]

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Francois Renovates: 2016 Home Projects (Before & After!)

francoisetmoiblog@gmail.com — Tue, 27 Dec 2016 14:00:29 +0000

With a full year of home projects under our belts (and because I’m pregnant and unapologetically sentimental right now), I decided to take a look back through everything we’ve tackled in this house so far. Seeing it all rounded up in one place, I almost couldn’t believe how far we’ve come since closing in July of 2015. Though much of the main kitchen and the upstairs apartment kitchen renovations (we have an upstairs apartment that we rent out) were tackled at the end of 2015, finishing touches and the actual blog posts went up in 2016, so I decided to include these spaces as well. I’ve linked each before/after pairing back to the original post in case you want to see more or are looking for a product source. I hope you enjoy the walk back through this year’s home projects as much as I did! Main Kitchen Renovation Living Room Makeover Dining Room Makeover Upstairs Apartment Re-design Backyard Re-Design (Apartment Therapy Renovation Diary) Photo Credit: Kory Kevin Studio Guest Room / Office Makeover Think this post is worth a read? Please share! Francois Renovates: 2016 Before & AftersClick To Tweet Follow

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Before & After: Creating a Small-Space Guestroom with method

francoisetmoiblog@gmail.com — Mon, 14 Nov 2016 18:20:20 +0000

See how we created a guestroom within our office using a murphy bed. Click for the full before & after! Baby Girl Francois is well on her way to taking over our current guestroom come February, and with 3 bedrooms in our home: our bedroom, my office/studio, and the soon-to-be-nursery, we had to figure out a way to accommodate overnight guests comfortably without resorting to our living room sofa (our only sofa) as the royal sleeping chambers. After much ‘what-the-heck-are-we-going-to-do-with-our-guest-bed-situation?‘ discussion, Ken and I concluded that our only real option was to add a bed to my current office and turn it into a multi-use space by re-configuring the layout. I tossed in the idea of doing a murphy bed, because I had one in my tiny first apartment post-college, and they’re such a smart space saver. The way it folds up into itself when not in use, giving me nearly the same amount of space in my office to work on large projects as I originally had, was just too tempting to pass up! It’s no secret that big projects like these can get messy: from parts and pieces scattered everywhere throughout the house to fugitive dust bunnies unearthing […]

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Francois Renovates: Living & Dining Room Before & After

francoisetmoiblog@gmail.com — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 16:54:45 +0000

This post is part of a larger series, Francois Renovates. Find the other posts in this series Here, Here & Here. With the Fall hullabaloo of DIY renovating, moving, and then the Holidays, it’s been quite a slow process getting our home set up and settled. To make insult to injury, I can’t just hang something on the wall or go out and buy a piece of furniture because we “need” something there. It has to be the right piece which definitely takes time to find (and drives my husband bonkers!). I’d like to start with the “Before” because who doesn’t love a good Before & After situation? Below are the photos from the listing when we purchased back in July. (Photos courtesy of Zillow.) As you can see, the space is in great shape, but a little gloomy and a few two many competing wood tones for my liking. Living & Dining Room Renovation Reveal: Before & After And now on to the “After.” I snapped all these shots on a whim in late December after I was approached about opening our home for a brand’s photo shoot. I struggle with sharing these just yet, because I don’t feel […]

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