tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78622753921369383072024-03-12T19:25:11.570-04:00The Kieffer CollectiveDesign + LifeKarie Heathcoat-Kiefferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12208316875852916111noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862275392136938307.post-49542128357555508902013-08-18T11:35:00.000-04:002013-08-18T11:35:16.256-04:00Movin' On UpHey there!<br />
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I've said "Seeya Later!" to Blogger and got my very own domain name (oooh fancy!).<br />
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<br />Karie Heathcoat-Kiefferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12208316875852916111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862275392136938307.post-31022797556546492522013-08-15T16:33:00.001-04:002013-08-15T16:33:45.385-04:00Legging Lovin'I don't know who ordered an early Fall for southwest Ohio, but let's just say I'm less than thrilled about it. Didn't Summer just start? Like a month ago? I checked the temperature this morning at 7:45 and it was 48 degrees outside. In mid-August. In the Ohio River valley. UN - HEARD - OF!<br />
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So naturally, I started digging around for long leggings and cardigans and the rest of my Fall wardrobe when I got dressed this morning. I work from home, and we live way out in the sticks (if you're unfamiliar with where "the sticks" are, it just means I live 15 minutes from a city limit in any direction), so I don't always leave the house each day. Or for a few days at a time. <br />
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So my usual outfit in Fall months consists of long leggings, tank tops, and cardigans. And then for Winter, I add boot socks (on the outside, yo - 80's style) and chunky sweaters over the tank top or a long sleeve shirt. I'm weird about sweaters touching my bare skin for some reason, so I always wear a tank underneath.<br />
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I have a total of 10 pair of leggings in my stash, mostly black, but a couple of charcoal grey and navy are in there for some variety. Out of these 10, I have one pair - ONE PAIR - of black ones with cute gold zippers at the ankle, that don't have some sort of paint or bleach on them. So I had to part with a few of the oldest ones this morning, and start looking for their replacements.<br />
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I'd like to get new ones that are suitable for wearing outside of the house, since I tend to wear them out in public even when I'm not working. I mean, who doesn't love a black legging with a riding boot when there's a chill in the air?<br />
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My usual go-to places have been Old Navy (cheap and easily replaceable) or New York & Company (better quality and the sizes just seem to fit me better).<br />
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Forver21's sister brand Love21 is one of my favorite places to visit on the web. I always find cute clothes that are more age-appropriate than what the regular Forever21 line offers, and the prices are just as good. It's either order online or fight the high school girls for a dressing room at the mall's F21 store.<br />
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I found <a href="http://www.forever21.com/Product/Product.aspx?BR=love21&Category=love21_pants&ProductID=2059999860&VariantID=">these</a> this morning and am really coveting them:<br />
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The motorcycle-inspired knee panels and ankle zippers are too good to pass up. Especially at $15.80.<br />
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I've also had good luck with the <a href="http://www.kohls.com/product/prd-339573/simply-vera-vera-wang-solid-leggings.jsp">Simply Vera Vera Wang leggings</a> at Kohl's. The fit is good, with a higher waist than the juniors' sizes that Kohl's carries, and it looks like they've added some fun colors this year. The fabric is also more matte and thicker than what Old Navy carries, so there's no worrying, "Can you see my underwear through these???" Plus, they're on sale for $15.99 right now, so these could be my new go-to everyday "work outfit" leggings. I'm also loving <a href="http://www.kohls.com/product/prd-1327594/simply-vera-vera-wang-floral-leggings.jsp">this pair</a> but I'm not sure if I'm brave enough. Maybe those will be just to wear at home, too.<br />
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I'm also thinking of spicing up my out-of-the-house leggings by adding a pair of faux leather ones. I'm not hardcore enough to rock a full-on leather legging (don't let the nose piercing fool you), so I'm loving the pieced-leather look of <a href="http://www.nyandcompany.com/nyco/prod/Pants/Casual/Elastic-Inset-Seamed-Legging">these</a>:<br />
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They're also from Love21 and are just $19.80. And don't worry, those aren't stirrups at the bottom - I'm not <i>that </i>80's. That's just a poor choice of footwear for the photo shoot, if you ask me.<br />
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And then Express has <a href="http://www.express.com/clothing/scuba+side+panel+legging/pro/9166053/cat290004">these</a>, with a "scuba" faux-leather panel running down the side for a slimming, lengthening effect. They also have them in variations <a href="http://www.express.com/clothing/scuba+front+legging/pro/9165998/cat290004">with the panel on the front</a>, and a <a href="http://www.express.com/clothing/minus+the+leather+ankle+zip+legging/pro/7357712/cat290004">full-on faux leather</a> leg.<br />
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So there you have it, a few of my favorite options for my favorite pants when it gets chilly out. I've got my shopping list ready and am ordering them soon, before I get paint on my last remaining pair.<br />
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<br />Karie Heathcoat-Kiefferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12208316875852916111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862275392136938307.post-51895332427235373882013-08-14T10:31:00.001-04:002013-08-14T10:31:25.437-04:00Barn Quilt UpdateSoooo . . .<br />
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Is it really almost the end of summer? <br />
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It looks like the last time I posted, I was thinking about barn quilt designs. And no, it didn't take me five months to do it, just to write about it.<br />
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I found a website that explains the meaning behind some common barn quilt designs <a href="http://www.remillardsignsandbarnquilts.com/Custom-Barn-Quilt-Patterns.html" target="_blank">here</a>. I made one for our barn, and then another one for our Realtor, who actually just lives up the road from us on a chicken farm. I chose "Hen and Chicks" (see below, left) for hers, and "Prosperity" (see below, right) as our pattern.<br />
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So I went to Lowe's and bought a 4x8 sheet of 3/4" thick plywood and cut it in half, so that I had two 4' x 4' pieces. I started by priming them with two coats of white primer, so that I had a nice primed surface to paint on. Since these are made to be hung outside, I wanted to make sure that the paint would adhere well. I also coated them with a clear, UV-resistant and waterproof acrylic sealant to keep the colors from fading over time, and to keep the wood from getting wet in the rain. <br />
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I laid my patterns out in AutoCAD and then measured how long each line or section would be. Then I got out my pencil, T-square, and ruler and make my marks on the boards for where each line would be. I just used acrylic craft paint to fill in the colors for each section, with two coats total, to cut down on seeing the brush strokes and get even color.<br />
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So here is how ours turned out:<br />
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We did have to put it slightly off-center on the front of the barn, since we wanted to still be able to open the loft door (just to the left in the photo above). Although we don't go up there much, we didn't want to block it in case we needed to use it sometime in the future.<br />
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Patrick climbed up the ladder and steadied it on the top step, while I backed up and made sure it looked straight from the end of the driveway. I think I was more nervous than he was! That puppy's heavy. He mounted it by just driving some long nails right through it - we didn't bother with adding a hanger on the back or mounting a cleat to the barn to hang it on. You can't see the nails at all, since it's up so high.<br />
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We've had several of our neighbors stop and ask about it, and have received lovely compliments from them. I'm so glad that they like it as much as we do! It makes our house easier for people to find, since we can just say, "Look for the big white barn with the blue, green, white and magenta barn quilt!"<br />
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<br />Karie Heathcoat-Kiefferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12208316875852916111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862275392136938307.post-27344162873935854512013-02-12T17:36:00.000-05:002013-02-12T17:36:54.032-05:00Barn Quilt IdeasMr. Kieffer suggested that I make a barn quilt for our white barn a while back, and my first comment was, "What the hell's a barn quilt?"<br />
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This city girl had never heard of one, and then we went up to Columbus a few weeks ago, and saw a couple of them along the highway on people's barns.<br />
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In case you're as lost as I was, here is what he was talking about:<br />
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They're always square, and range in size from 2' x 2' to 8' x 8'. Most have simplified geometric forms, like in a traditional blanket quilt, but some people have gotten really creative with their designs and incorporated hobbies or motifs that say something about their farm or family.<br />
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I like these nature-inspired quilts:<br />
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And some people have made theirs really intricate or brightly colored:<br />
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We decided that the best size for our barn is 4' x 4'. We don't have a huge barn, and that size works out to be half of a sheet of plywood, so it'll be easier to make.<br />
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I started working on designs today and came up with 12 that I like. Some of them are just small tweaks to other designs, and I tried to do a couple (the last 3 on the bottom row below) that have a more modern feel. I was going for a chevron / herringbone pattern. <br />
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Karie Heathcoat-Kiefferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12208316875852916111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862275392136938307.post-80948792018053248722013-02-07T15:15:00.003-05:002013-02-07T15:18:44.035-05:00Welcome Back!Sweet baby Jesus, I didn't realize it's been since November that I've posted. Don't think we've been spending all that time just laying around though. No sir, not us.<br />
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So where did I leave off? Did I even post about <a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-a-Farmhouse-or-Parsons-Style-Table/" target="_blank">building the farmhouse table</a>? I don't think I did. Click the link for Patrick's how-to tutorial on Instructables.com and go make yourself one!<br />
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So here's the table around Thanksgiving time when we finished it.<br />
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And here's another shot with the big cow. Everybody seems to like the big cow. In case you missed it, I posted a tutorial <a href="http://kieffercollective.blogspot.com/2012/09/diy-paint-by-number.html" target="_blank">here</a> on how I did it.</div>
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So that gets us up to Thanksgiving. Between Turkey Day and Christmas, we didn't get much done. Except shopping. We always do all of our shopping starting on Black Friday. It gets expensive, but I'd just rather not worry about it the other 11 months out of the year.</div>
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So we were trying to decide what to do with our long New Year's weekend and I was all, "Hey, let's finish remodeling the dining room finally." So we did.</div>
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We used the same non-beaded beadboard we put on the chalkboard wall in the kitchen. </div>
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HOLD UP! I never even posted finished photos of said chalkboard wall. Let's back it up a bit.</div>
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Before I disappeared for a few months, we left off with the chalkboard wall painted, but not conditioned. Okay, so here's the chalkboard wall progress:</div>
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And here's a link to the wainscot we used from Home Depot. I picked this over the traditional-looking beadboard because it doesn't have the center bead between the wider planky-looking parts. Sorry that's a terrible explanation, but I like what I like and I know it when I see it.</div>
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And here's a photo of it finished up with the chair rail and baseboard added. This is pre-paint on the trim, and once we added 3 coats of paint, you totally can see any of the seams where the 3 pieces of beadboard meet. (Can you find the 2 seams in the photo below? I can!)</div>
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We've had fun doodling on the new wall. Bob likes to admire our handiwork.</div>
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I even doodled our family.</div>
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We used the same Martha Stewart Sharkey Grey paint from Home Depot for the walls and the same Behr Silky White for all the trim. In the photo below, you can still see the original triple bead wood trim in the living room and the brass spotlight. Don't worry, those are gone now.</div>
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And here's what it looks like after we added the furniture back in.</div>
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We built a side table to match the farmhouse table so we could get rid of the old desk we had in there. Here's <a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-a-dining-room-console-table-side-or-serving/" target="_blank">a link to the Instructable</a> on how we did it.</div>
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But wait! Wasn't the big cow on that wall? Don't worry - it's been relocated. More on that in the next post.</div>
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In case you're wondering, the big photo of the stone lion is one I took during a trip to the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC a few years back. The white blob in the bottom of the photo is Bob Barker's tail.</div>
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And I finally got around to hot gluing some picture hangers to Patrick's antlers, so those got hung in the big antique frames. The bench that I bought for the kitchen remodel in the Jasper house now lives in the dining room.</div>
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I used Ook brand hangers since we have plaster walls, and these are the only thing I've found that don't make hanging things a complete nightmare. These are basically just an angled tack on one end with a blunt nail-type part that sticks out so you can hang things on it on the other end.</div>
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Then I hot glued a sawtooth picture hanger across the back of the antlers on the flat side.</div>
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Karie Heathcoat-Kiefferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12208316875852916111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862275392136938307.post-33007522397682185492012-11-14T15:05:00.003-05:002012-11-14T15:06:12.913-05:00Thanksgiving Planning (i.e. Holy Cow - Only 1 Week Left!)I can't believe we are halfway through November already. Just craziness.<br />
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The hubs' parents are coming from Illinois for Thanksgiving this year, so we have exactly one week to finish up all the kitchen projects before we actually have guests over. My sister and her two kiddos will also be joining us, so the chalkboard wall's gotta be ready. Here's where we are and what we've still gotta get crackin' on:<br />
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1. Paneling for the chalkboard wall - We bought the paneling and trim last night and tonight we're putting it on, and then I get to paint it tomorrow night. We have to wait until Friday<a href="http://rustoleum.com/CBGProduct.asp?pid=103" target="_blank"> to condition the chalkboard paint</a> (which is just taking a stick of chalk and rubbing it all over, then erasing it).<br />
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2. Quarter round for the toekick - I got the toekick painted yesterday and the trim bought last night, so we just have to put it on now.<br />
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3. Make a window treatment for the naked window - I decided to make one instead of buying one. I've seen some tutorials on how to do a Roman shade, which I like the look of and seem pretty easy to make myself. Luckily, Sherry from <a href="http://www.younghouselove.com/" target="_blank">Young House Love</a> posted a <a href="http://www.younghouselove.com/2012/11/shady-business/" target="_blank">tutorial on how she made hers</a> just this week.<br />
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Cute, right? And I know I'll never need to use it functionally, since I want to get as much natural light in that room as possible. That and the kitchen faces the pasture, so privacy's not an issue.<br />
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4. Build a farmhouse table - We'll file this under "Patrick's gonna tackle" projects. Tons of people are making their own farmhouse-style tables for around $100 (check out <a href="http://ana-white.com/">ana-white.com</a> for several good plans), so we're totally jumping on that wagon. Here's the look we're going for:<br />
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And here's another view:<br />
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This baby's on sale this week for $1,699.00. A steal, right? We'll be making our own out of furniture-grade poplar. Don't worry, I'll make Patrick write a detailed tutorial so you can make one for yourself. The Pottery Barn version is 42" wide and is adjustable in length from 76" to 122" when fully extended. Now that's a big bad table, and I would love to have one that size, but our dining room just isn't large enough for a table that size. Our version will be 36" wide and 66" in length, which is just enough dining seating for six people.<br />
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5. Cut and stain wall shelves for the dining room - We're making four 30" wide shelves with brackets for the dining room so we can display my ironstone collection on the wall. I was looking for simple black iron brackets, and I found these at Lowes:<br />
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6. Replace the old outlets + switches in the kitchen, mudroom and dining rooms with white ones - Small job, but needs done.<br />
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So that's it for the home improvements that have to be done this week. Thank goodness the hubs has Friday off.<br />
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In other Thanksgiving-related news, over on <a href="http://www.brooklynlimestone.com/" target="_blank">Brooklyn Limestone</a>, Stefanie posted <a href="http://www.brooklynlimestone.com/2012/11/woodsy-thanksgiving-freebie.html" target="_blank">these cute woodland animal labels / tags</a> to use for your Thanksgiving table. <br />
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Just download and print 'em out on cardstock and you're good to go. <br />
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We're not having that many people over, but these were just too cute to not use. That got me thinking about a whole woodland animal theme for our Christmas wrapping this year. I'm going to use these tags and draw a faux bois pattern on brown kraft paper with a silver or a white Sharpie paint pen, similar to this look:<br />
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I'll be sure to post the process and results when I start wrapping presents - after I start buying presents!<br />
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Finally, I printed out two recipes for the Thanksgiving meal this morning, both ones that I've never tried before.<br />
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Alton Brown's <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/best-ever-green-bean-casserole-recipe/index.html" target="_blank">Best Ever Green Bean Casserole</a><br />
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I know AB would never steer me wrong, and green bean casserole can't be all that hard (can you believe I've never made it?). The sweet potato brulee recipe has a couple of bad reviews, but I think that's from people who were thinking it was going to be an actual creme brulee, just made with sweet potatoes, which it is not. It's mashed, creamy sweet potatoes with a brulee top. <a href="http://smoqbbq.com/" target="_blank">Smoq</a>, a local barbeque place here in Cincinnati, does a version which is Just. Pure. Heaven. Can't wait.<br />
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Karie Heathcoat-Kiefferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12208316875852916111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862275392136938307.post-15874335267540282782012-11-12T16:35:00.001-05:002012-11-14T15:06:33.028-05:00DIY-ing Like a BossThanks for that, Andy Samberg.<br />
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The hubs and I have been hammering out projects all around the house over the last week. The best news? The heat, AC and ductwork are finally installed! After 5 full days of having dudes in our house banging, sawing, and crawling around (all while I'm still trying to work at home), we finally have roasty, toasty <a href="http://www.carrier.com/homecomfort/en/us/products/heating-and-cooling/heat-pumps/split-system-heat-pumps/product---split-system-heat-pumps--25hbc5/" target="_blank">16 SEER heat-pump goodness</a> pumping through the house. And take a look at this baby:<br />
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Isn't that sweet? And other than the super-fancy (and super pricey!) <a href="http://www.nest.com/" target="_blank">Nest thermostats</a>, it's just about the schmancey-iest thing in our house now.<br />
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Patrick built a 3' x 3' x 3' composting area so we can have nutrient-rich organic gold for the garden in the springtime. He used 2x4 treated lumber for the corner posts, and wood pallets for the sides.<br />
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The brick building is the little church that's next to our pasture, by the way.<br />
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We've also been sticking it to the kitchen. (If you missed the last post about our kitchen progress, check it out <a href="http://kieffercollective.blogspot.com/2012/11/kitchen-progress.html" target="_blank">here</a>.)<br />
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Here's an update on the progress we've made over the last week.<br />
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With the old boiler heating unit and fuel oil tank gone, we can finally start tearing out the old baseboard registers that are in every room. We've decided that rather than trying to tackle them all at one time, we're just going to go room-by-room and "makeover" the entire room at once and remove them then. They will just hang out and hid the disgusting part of the wall and flooring that's been covered up since 1958. Yuck. We found part of a deck of playing cards (all stuck together in a big playing card amoeba), abaseball card and a rainbow magnet behind the one in the kitchen.<br />
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We bought <a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/00086490/#/40086488" target="_blank">this big Dragor rug</a> from IKEA on Thursday night, thinking that we'd just cover up as much of the ugly faux brick laminate as we could until we do the "real kitchen remodel" down the road. (We bought another one for the mudroom, and you can see it peeking out in the photo below.) And then we told ourselves, "Selves - you could spend a *little* more money and do peel and stick vinyl tiles on the kitchen floor and be way happier." So we did.<br />
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Saturday morning we woke up and started peeling up lineoleum.<br />
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The thing that gets me most about pulling up lineoleum (we've done it before at the Jasper house) is the smell. And thank goodness these people didn't have cats. Gross.<br />
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So we made with the sticky (icky), and after we primed the now-exposed subfloor with <a href="http://www.lowes.com/pd_171526-41173-12237_4294859046__?productId=3774285&Ns=p_product_avg_rating|1" target="_blank">self-stick tile primer</a>, we started laying our tiles down.<br />
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We found it on clearance at Lowe's for $0.98 a square foot. They only have the 18"x18" available online <a href="http://www.lowes.com/pd_356538-84875-SS2781_4294773820__?productId=3386290&Ns=p_product_avg_rating|1&pl=1&currentURL=%3FNs%3Dp_product_avg_rating%7C1&facetInfo=" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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We decided to be extra over-achievers and do grout as well. I never imagined that they made grout for peel-n-stickies, since the whole advantage of peel-n-stickies is ease of installation and why would you want to add an extra step in what's supposed to be a quickie job? Because it looks way nicer than just butting the tiles up against each other.<br />
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Here's a photo of the right side of the kitchen. Please ignore the towels and miscellaneous tools laying out. We're working here, people.<br />
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And here's the left side of the kitchen.<br />
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And here's another one showing the (currently naked!) window and sink area.</div>
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And we hung a new light fixture in here, and one in the dining room. <br />
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Here's the dining room's new fixture:<br />
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It's simple and rustic and I love the way it looks with the big cow painting. <a href="http://www.lowes.com/pd_320602-17771-9016-BK_4294687722__?productId=3239918&Ns=p_product_avg_rating|1" target="_blank">Here's the link</a> to buy it.</div>
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I went with the one I really wanted for the kitchen (see previous post), and it looks FAB-YOU-LESS.<br />
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And here it is in daytime light, not illuminated:<br />
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I still need to put another two coats of ceiling paint on our homemade ceiling medallion (that's on today's to-do list). We had to get creative on how to cover the big 16" x 16" square hole from the old recessed fixture, and I really don't like the look of the ceiling medallions you buy at the store, so we made our own.<br />
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We used 1/2" thick furniture grade plywood and 1/2" beaded quarter round moulding.<br />
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We used four screws to hold the plywood in place on the ceiling, and a pneumatic air nailer to attach the moulding to the plywood.<br />
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I decided to go with the chalkboard wall idea for the weird wall along the right side of the kitchen. Rather than doing a chalkboard all the way to the floor, I decided we should compromise and do paneling along the bottom part of the wall. It will add some much needed architectural interest to the room, as well as helping to break up the big span of black on the wall.<br />
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I used <a href="http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-100141287/h_d2/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10053&langId=-1&keyword=chalkboard+paint&storeId=10051" target="_blank">Rust-Oleum ChalkBoard paint</a> - $9.67 at Home Depot - in the original black finish. They have a tintable version, but I liked the idea of repeating the black from the light fixture in the paint color.<br />
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Since I knew we were doing wainscoting, I measured up 40 1/2" (allowing 1 1/2" for trim for a total of 42" - bar height) on each edge of the wall and drew a line so that I could only paint the area I needed.<br />
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It says to use a roller for best results, and since I always want the best results, I started with a roller. The paint is thinner than regular latex wall paint, and it splattered all over the freshly laid, not even 6-hours old floor. Cue the drop cloth! So I busted out the 4" big boy Purdy brush and used soft, sweeping X-strokes. I actually like the texture better with the sweeping, crossing brushstrokes than what a roller would have produced.<br />
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I used a 1" angle Purdy brush on the edges where the ceiling and perpendicular walls meet the chalkboard wall, since I personally hate taping things off when I don't have to.</div>
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Karie Heathcoat-Kiefferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12208316875852916111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862275392136938307.post-9710088790618511342012-11-05T15:07:00.001-05:002012-11-14T15:06:24.647-05:00Kitchen ProgressWhen we moved in last weekend our kitchen looked like this:<br />
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. . . and today it looks like this:<br />
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A big step in the right direction, that's for sure.<br />
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We spent THE WHOLE WEEKEND sanding, priming, and painting the faceframes and doors to the cabinets.<br />
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I used a combination of oil-based primer and latex interior paint for the cabinets.<br />
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We used a 6" soft roller for the primer and a 2" or 1" Purdy angled brush for the paint. The color I ended up going with for the cabinets was Behr Ultra Premium Plus Silky White UL170-12, because the color I originally selected was a Sherwin-Williams color, and being the total control freak that I am, I don't always trust the color match machine, so I selected the closest color they had.<br />
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Creamy yet true white.<br />
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I decided we were going to paint the soffits above the cabinet the same color, rather than doing a different wall color, to give the illusion of cabinets going to the ceiling. A little trick of the eye to help us out with our low, ranchy-house ceiling.<br />
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Taking out the scalloped valance above the sink really opened that space up, allowing more light to come in. Our old kitchen had one too:<br />
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And just think, those were probably super trendy at one time . . . <br />
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I bought hardware from Home Depot, although we are going to let the doors dry a little bit longer (giving them a full 24 hours to cure) before we put them back on.<br />
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I finally decided to just go with brushed nickel afterall. <br />
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The look is more traditional than I originally thought I was going to go, but I just can't say no to a sparkly crystal knob. I liked the cup pull's shape - not too angular, but not a hemisphere shape like some others I've seen.<br />
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I did find a crystal knob in a really dark oil-rubbed bronze finish, and a cup pull in a matte black finish, but I just didn't want to risk the colors being too far off. Because even though no one else may notice, I'd always know they didn't REALLY match. And then I wouldn't be able to sleep at night.<br />
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We had to fill the holes in the drawer fronts and on the doors, because the previous owners had handle pulls on the doors (there were two holes and we only needed one now) and the new cup pulls are 1/2" smaller than the old ones.<br />
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I've got it down to two choices for the ceiling light fixture. They're both from Home Depot, and both about the same price and size.<br />
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I think I like the top one for the kitchen (I really like the way the shape echoes the crystal knobs), and the bottom one for in the mudroom. I like how they both are semi-chandalier / semi-flushmount styles, and have a bit of Old World, carriage house feeling. Plus, they both go with this chandalier I found for the dining room:<br />
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And thank goodness, they're all affordable options. I can't tell you how disappointing it is to finally find what you're looking for and see that it's going to cost you $300+ to get it.<br />
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I'm still trying to decide what to do on this wall:<br />
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It's only 6 3/4" deep, so I can't really do shelving there. I was thinking about doing my gallery wall with the photo ledges there, but I also keep thinking about how much fun the hubs and I would have with a chalkboard wall.<br />
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Either way, the register and the wood moulding are going to be coming down this week.<br />
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The HVAC guys are here today and tomorrow installing our central heating and A/C. This girl doesn't do window units in the humid southern Ohio summer, plus the old fuel-oil boiler system is loud and costs a fortune to fill the giant tank outside. It'll be nice to get rid of that puppy and not have to look at it sitting out there in the yard.<br />
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I can't wait to get the kitchen finished so I can show you how it turns out!<br />
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Karie Heathcoat-Kiefferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12208316875852916111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862275392136938307.post-82584137221410431802012-10-31T13:28:00.001-04:002012-10-31T13:28:51.481-04:00Happy Howl-oween!Happy Howl-oween from Chuck Taylor and Bob Barker!<br />
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I managed to throw together a Halloween mantel really quickly, in case we get trick or treaters tonight.<br />
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We've had the fake raven for several years, and although the hubs thought I was crazy for buying him (we call him Flappy), I cannot even tell you how many people have these for their Halloween decor now. They're everywhere!</div>
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Karie Heathcoat-Kiefferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12208316875852916111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862275392136938307.post-79201501301015650422012-10-30T17:17:00.001-04:002012-10-30T17:17:28.308-04:00Kitchen Paint Colors: Done!I finally made a decision for the paint colors for the cabinets and walls in the kitchen. Since we're just doing a low-budget remodel for now, I need colors to work with the existing countertop and backsplash. <br />
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I chose Valspar Allen + Roth Sunday Times ar915 for the cabinets and Ultra White 7006-24 for all of the woodwork trim in the house. I wanted a clean white for all of the woodwork and a slightly more yellow-cream white for the cabinets. I've used Sunday Times before for a picture frame project, and it looks really nice when you distress the edges with 220 grit sandpaper to expose the wood underneath. I'm considering doing this technique to the cabinets, but we'll see how ambitious I'm feeling when the time comes.<br />
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For the walls, I swear I tried just about every greyish neutral that Lowes had, and I ended up going with a color that I've loved for a long time, but have yet to use. Home Depot's Martha Stewart line of paints has around 230 colors, but let me tell you, the collection is meticulously curated to only include the best colors. So I'm going with Bedford Gray MSL246 for the walls in the kitchen, and will probably continue the color into the dining and living rooms. I made sure that I liked the color against all of the stonework around the fireplace and the room divider/planter between the living and dining rooms.<br />
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Patrick has all next week off, since he's only taken one vacation day this whole year so far, he needs to use it before the end of December. We're planning to tackle the kitchen then. It will be a low-cost update that I know will make a big impact. <br />
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The only thing I'm held up on is the finish I want to use for the cabinet hardware. I keep getting pulled into the black iron finishes, although I always end up using brushed nickel everywhere. What do you think?<br />
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I went to the grocery store for the first time since moving in, and since we had pretty much nothing in the house to eat, I ended up spending $240+ on groceries. The upside? I won't have to shop for another month, and tonight we're having this:<br />
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Now wipe the drool off and listen up. This is the BEST meatloaf recipe ever. I love all of Tyler Florence's Tyler's Ultimate recipes, but I've made this several times, and it's the only recipe I use now. It's layered in bacon, people. Amazing. Get it <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/tyler-florence/dads-meatloaf-with-tomato-relish-recipe/index.html" target="_blank">here</a>. Thanks, Food Network.<br />
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I also picked up some Starbuck's Mocha Frappucinos while at the grocery store. I've been wanting to try <a href="http://www.juxtapost.com/site/permlink/6d2d93e0-50c2-11e1-974b-01f76d238faa/post/dessert_starbucks_frappuccino_blended_with_ice_and_whipped_cream_vodka_this_reminds_me_of_you_katie_prepjchal_magdziarz_40you_have_the_two_moat_diff/" target="_blank">this recipe</a> ever since <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/26599454020207505/" target="_blank">I pinned it</a> months ago (I've just been waiting for the weather to get colder). Since I don't have the whipped creme vodka, but I do have Peppermint Schnapp's, I made a grown-up Starbuck's Peppermint Mocha. And seeing how I woke up to a light dusting of snow thanks to Sandy, I think it's the perfect time for a fire and a cocktail while making dinner.<br />
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Karie Heathcoat-Kiefferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12208316875852916111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862275392136938307.post-59464528345977809522012-10-29T11:03:00.000-04:002012-10-29T11:03:01.969-04:00All Moved In!Mercy! What a crazy last few days it's been. We closed on the house last Wednesday night, and brought the Jeep and my car full of stuff to the title company, so we could drop it all off immediately after we got the keys. We've been hauling truck and carloads of stuff from the rental house in Milford for four days, and with the help of Patrick's dad and stepmom, we were able to get everything out by 8 p.m. on Saturday night.<br />
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I've slowly been unpacking the garage, which is where we just kind of dumped everything while we were moving things out to the new house. We're definitely talking about a s-l-o-w process.<br />
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After spending the night here on Friday night, we woke up and each took quickie showers Saturday morning. Mine was cold. Buying and installing a new water heater moved to the top of the project list, and we got that taken care of on Sunday. <br />
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Another little task I couldn't wait to get out of the way was taking down the wooden spindle room divider between the living and dining rooms. Remember this?<br />
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Well, Patrick and I wasted no time removing that puppy. It's amazing what a difference it made.<br />
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I also took down the house number and last name of the previous owner that was above the garage door on the barn. Since they've been up so long, I need to touch up the siding with some paint to make the outlines completely disappear, but I don't think it's that noticeable from the road.<br />
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The room with the most progress thus far is the office, which I had to get set up right away so that I could work tomorrow morning. The internet guys came this morning (which is why I'm able to post!).<br />
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Here's how the office looks so far:<br />
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Lots of junk still needing a place to go, but at least I can work. Most of the boxes in this photo are just hanging out in here until I get the other rooms done, since they're full of decorations and "fluffy" things. I just didn't want them in the garage and risk them getting broken.<br />
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And then there's the kitchen. The delivery people from Lowes should be here to drop off our new fridge shortly. Here's what we ended up buying last Saturday:<br />
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It's a Samsung 25.6 cu ft Side-by-Side Stainless Steel Energy Star fridge that is listed for $1,299, but was at the Lowes store for $999. We were shopping Saturday, and Patrick really liked this one (I think the LED interior lights sealed the deal for him), and I liked another one that was $1,299. Luckily we found the same Samsung in the clearance aisle for $799. Someone purchased it and decided they wanted a counter-depth model instead, so they brought it back. We were pretty proud of our find.<br />
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I also picked up about 47 white paint samples from Lowes on Sunday to see which one I want for painting the cabinets. My process goes like this: I fan them all out and eliminate the ones that are too green, too pink, or too yellow. Then I'm taking a few at a time and taping them up so I can see how they look with the existing tile backsplash and woodgrain laminate countertops. <br />
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Then I'll eliminate them one by one until I've got it narrowed down to the white that looks the best with the backsplash, the counter and whatever color I pick for the walls and trim. I'm looking for a pure white for the baseboard and door trim, so I want a slightly creamier white for the cabinets. Once the cabinets are painted, I think it will go a long way to helping the countertop and backsplash look nicer. It won't be fabulous, but at least it will be tolerable until we're able to save up for a total kitchen remodel.<br />
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This afternoon's agenda consists of a BIG trip to IKEA for those things you don't realize you need until you're unpacking and getting everything situated.<br />
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IKEA, my happy place.<br />
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Karie Heathcoat-Kiefferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12208316875852916111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862275392136938307.post-90990087251096916932012-10-09T16:36:00.001-04:002012-10-10T14:43:57.141-04:00(Super) Easy Burlap StockingsIf you're like me, you keep seeing all these cute things you'd like to have, but just can't bring yourself to actually fork over the cash to buy them. In recent times of thrift (like saving for a house), I find myself putting off things I'd like to have more than ever. <br />
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Now, I haven't always been the penny-pinching type, but we didn't always have the money available growing up for some of the things we wanted (i.e. a dress). So, my mom gave me one of the best gifts she could have: she taught me how to sew. This opened a whole new outlet to me - a way to get what I really wanted but couldn't always afford, and allowed me to customize whatever it was that I was sewing for myself. So, when I graduated high school (10 years ago already!) I went to college for Fashion Design. Even though I didn't end up with a degree and a career as a fashion designer, I don't regret taking a whole year of sewing classes one bit (especially since it turned out I'd need those credits later when I got my Interior Design degree!). It's a skill I'll have (and utilize) for the rest of my life.<br />
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And that all leads us up to today's post.<br />
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I was scoping around online this morning and checking out the new Christmas decorations, and saw this stocking on the Ballard Designs website.<br />
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Burlap stockings. Too cute. They go with the whole <a href="http://kieffercollective.blogspot.com/2012/08/shes-gone-country.html" target="_blank">Modern Rustic Vintage theme</a> I've been going for at the new house. The problem? They're *on sale* for $55 a pop. Dang.<br />
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I already needed to go to <a href="http://joann.com/" target="_blank">JoAnn Fabric</a> for some upholstery tacks and another yard of brown fabric for an ongoing re-upholstery job we're doing on a chair, so while I was there, I picked up 2 yards each of ivory muslin and tan burlap for $2.99 a yard.<br />
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I was able to make four stockings out of my four yards of fabric for around $15 (including the thread I bought). And I have enough leftover burlap for another project. I see <a href="http://www.ballarddesigns.com/mr-26-mrs-burlap-pillows/194218?defattrib=&defattribvalue=&listIndex=0" target="_blank">these pillows</a> in my future.<br />
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So here's a quick tutorial on how I made mine.<br />
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1. Lay out the ivory muslin on the floor, folded. Lay a stocking you already have on top and cut around it to make a template.<br />
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2. Lay out the burlap in a single layer and cut around the ivory template you just made. You'll have 2 ivory fabric pieces and 1 burlap piece.<br />
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3. For the cuff, I did a 5" thick band the same width as the ivory stocking piece. You'll only need 1 for the front. You could do another one for the back so that it's cuffed on both sides, but I didn't really see the point.<br />
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4. Press under 1/2" - 5/8" for a seam on the bottom part of the cuff. If you use an iron, you won't need to pin the seam - it's way easier, trust me.<br />
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5. Sew the seam so that you'll have a finished edge. The above photo shows the cuff with the finished edge already sewn. (You're seeing the inside of the fabric, not the outside finished side).<br />
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6. Take one of the ivory muslin pieces and the burlap piece and line them up on top of each other. Luckily, there's no "right" or "wrong" side to either of these fabrics, so that makes things easier. If you're using a fabric that has a definite right and wrong, you'll want to have the "wrong" sides facing each other. These two pieces are going to make up the front piece of the stocking. Since the burlap is holey and see-though, the second piece of ivory muslin is going to act as a lining for the burlap.<br />
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7. Put the raw (not sewn) edge of the cuff (with the sewn under hem on the outside facing up) on top of the other 2 pieces. See below. So you have the table, the burlap piece, the ivory piece, then the ivory cuff on top. <br />
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8. Pin the top so that you can sew the 3 pieces of fabric straight along the edge. You're only sewing the top edge of the stocking at this point.<br />
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9. After you've got the top edge sewn, you'll want to trim that seam down by half, so that you'll eliminate the bulk along the top.<br />
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10. Flip the cuff over so that it's on top of the burlap side, and the finished hem is facing up. Press with the iron along the top seam so that it lays flat. This is where that whole seam-trimming step will help you out. <br />
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Now when you lay it on your table, you'll have the cuff (with the good side facing up, toward you), the burlap piece, then the ivory piece on bottom. <br />
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11. Take the other ivory muslin piece you haven't used yet and follow the same process used in Steps 4 & 5 to make a finished edge for the back piece of the stocking.<br />
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12. Make a little loop to hang your stocking. I used some upholstery binding / edging that I had from another project, but you could use ribbon if you wanted. Make the loop and place a pin so that the raw edges of the ribbon line up with the raw edges of the stocking.<br />
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13. Take the piece you just did the finished edge for and place it with the finished edge facing down, so that you see the raw edge that you sewed under, on top of the other two pieces. Pin around all of the edges, with the heads of the pins facing the center of the stocking. This will keep you from having to scoot the pin heads out of the way of your presser foot as you sew.<br />
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This is what you should see if you look into the stocking. All the "good" sides of the fabric facing the inside, with your pretty finished seam at the top.<br />
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14. I started sewing on the right side, where the loop is, working my way around the stocking, turning as I went, and ending up with the top left of stocking.<br />
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15. Once you're done sewing, you can take your pins out and trim your seam down by half.<br />
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16. Flip 'er right side out and press flat. I only used the iron on the muslin side, since I'd never ironed burlap before and didn't want to risk starting a fire or scorching it. Below is a closeup of what the loop will look like when you turn the stocking inside out. All nice and finished.<br />
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And here's the finished stocking!<br />
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After I finished these, I realized that you could do the cuff an alternate way. To do that, you can skip the step where you sew the bottom hem of the cuff, and just press it under with the iron. Follow the same steps to attach the cuff to the one piece of ivory muslin and burlap, still trimming the seam and folding over. Before you sew the back piece, top stitch straight across the 3 layers of fabric along the ironed-under edge. This will leave you with a finished edge on the bottom of the cuff, but it will be sewn to the front of the stocking.<br />
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I'm going to get a silver paint pen and write all of our names on the cuff before we hang them up after Thanksgiving. I know, a little ahead of schedule, but when you have the time, you take advantage of it.<br />
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<br />Karie Heathcoat-Kiefferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12208316875852916111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862275392136938307.post-23896400106532462462012-10-02T16:04:00.000-04:002012-10-02T16:04:05.260-04:00Making the ListWe had our home inspection yesterday, and everything came out pretty well. Especially when you consider the fact that the house was built in 1958 (making it 54 years old - still newer than the Jasper house, though), and that it hasn't had much in the way of updating.<br />
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The only major issue that came up that may need to be remedied by the seller is that the crawl space has mold in it. We paid an extra $200 or so to have two mold samples taken to determine the type and concentration of the mold we got going down there. If it's at a high level or the bad-bad type of mold (black mold), then it'll cost quite a bit to fix - anywhere from $2,000 - $4,000. We would, of course, make the sellers pay to fix it, since it would have to be fixed before anyone (not just us) could buy the house.<br />
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Even before the inspection (actually even before we had the accepted offer), I started making a list of everything that needed to be done. Some are biggies and are comprised of lots of little projects (i.e. "remodel kitchen"), and some are little jobbers. Of course, I added a few items that were brought to our attention yesterday during the inspection, and I'm sure I'll be adding to the list once we actually move in.<br />
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Here's THE LIST (in order of likeliness of happening):<br />
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- Have the HVAC people do ductwork + install heat pump<br />
- Remove baseboard radiators<br />
- Take down little wooden room divider between living room + dining room<br />
- Take down mirrors in living room<br />
- Remove brass fireplace insert<br />
- Demo shelves in mudroom<br />
- Hang shelves<br />
- Buy rugs<br />
- Install closet organizer in office closet<br />
- Put up gallery wall in hallway<br />
- Replace old / mismatched switchplates with white ones<br />
- Update all lighting fixtures<br />
- Hang shelves<br />
- Replace water heater<br />
- Install garage door opener<br />
- Paint all wood trim white<br />
- Paint kitchen cabinets white<br />
- Get chickens<br />
- Build farmhouse table for dining room<br />
- Build shelves for garage + barn storage<br />
- Fix patio concrete slab<br />
- Replace patio doors<br />
- Fence in backyard<br />
- Add recess lighting to fireplace area<br />
- Paint cabinets + floor in garage<br />
- Replace outlets with GFCIs where applicable<br />
- Renovate Master Bathroom<br />
- Renovate Small Bathroom<br />
- Move W/D to mudroom (add plumbing / electrical) + add cabinets <br />
- Remodel kitchen<br />
- Replace exterior doors (front + mudroom)<br />
- Replace garage door<br />
- Remove giant bushes out front and replace with boxwoods / hydrangeas / anything else<br />
- Finish siding on barn<br />
- Add siding + trim to house<br />
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Mercy, that's a lot of work. Can't wait to tackle it all!<br />
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Karie Heathcoat-Kiefferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12208316875852916111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862275392136938307.post-11187125563717767372012-09-27T18:16:00.001-04:002012-09-27T18:16:20.485-04:00Oh My Word - We're Buying a Farm!I've been away for a while (okay like two weeks or so), because we had a couple of let-downs on the home search road. Oh well. Forget those houses. They just weren't "the right one" I guess.<br />
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But today I'm happy to report that we have an accepted offer (offer, counter offer, counter-counter offer, acceptance) on this little diamond in the rough.<br />
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It's been on the market since late February. And we actually looked at it a long time ago, like right after it was listed. At the time, I wasn't impressed. And then we hunted. And hunted. And hunted. And got out bid. Last week, we began to realize that this house was actually a good bet. It doesn't have vaulted ceilings or a really open floorplan like the<a href="http://kieffercollective.blogspot.com/2012_07_01_archive.html" target="_blank"> house we tried to buy before</a> (twice - ugh), but there is a lot of room for improvement. Which is really what we're after.<br />
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So here are all the dirty details. <br />
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It's in Hamilton Township (near Loveland / Mason area), but not in any city limits, so we can basically do whatever we want. And I don't have to pay local taxes. Yay. The area is really quiet, and the houses are all spaced pretty far apart. You have to have a minimum 2 acre lot to be able to build out there, so we don't have to worry about cul-de-sac subdivision-type houses popping up. It's actually on the same road as the other house (see previous link to "Finding the Prince"), but has a much bigger lot.<br />
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It's on 2.83 acres, with a barn and fenced-in pasture. The people behind us have horses in their pasture, so we can see them from inside the house. I don't think we'll get a horse, though. But I wouldn't mind taking the neighbors' for a ride (once I learn how, that is . . . ).<br />
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It has a really solidly-built barn, which has 2 garage spaces, a workshop, a hay loft, and the covered area (fenced in around back) for a cow. Or sheep. Or chickens. I have a feeling it may get filled up with extra cars. Or a <a href="http://www.westfalia.org/" target="_blank">VW Westfalia</a>.<br />
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Here's the garage, which is on the right side of the house, if you look at it from the street. There's no garage door opener, so that may be one of the first projects. It would be nice to actually park my car in a garage this winter, especially since we'll have the barn for tool / shop / mechanic-y storage. And the treadmill is going to go in the garage. Once I actually get a treadmill, that is.<br />
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And here's a view of the front door / porch area.<br />
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It definitely needs some help. I can't wait to take that terrible screen door off and replace the wood door with something nicer. The porch is actually big enough to put a couple of chairs out there. Maybe that's where these will end up.<br />
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Now for the interior photos . . . <br />
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This is the view of the living room from the hallway. The door next to the fireplace is a coat closet, and the other door is the front entry door. The opening to the left is the dining room, and then through the doorway you can see the spot where the fridge should be in the kitchen. We've got to get a fridge when we move in. Those spindle divider thingies are coming down like, Day 1. The fireplace is woodburning (and it's actually usable - yay!), and that brass insert is coming out as well. Along with the mirror. And the weird wall sconce spotlight thing. <br />
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Here's another view, looking the opposite direction.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Living Room (looking toward hallway)</td></tr>
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What's with all the mirrors, anyway? The room's already 23' long, let's make it look longer! (I hope you can detect my sarcasm).<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is the dining room. The doorway where the lightswitch is on the right leads to the kitchen. The whole back wall is glass sliding patio doors. It's such a shame they have them covered with those terrible curtains. Their coming down immediately, along with the pioneer-style lantern light fixture. Any takers? I'll ship it to you! Free of charge!</span> </div>
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The hardwood floors run throughout the house, except for in the kitchen, bathrooms, and mudroom. They're a bit orange for my taste, but they're in really good condition. I'm sure the boys will have them scratched up in no time, and we'll be sanding them down and staining them darker (though not right away, since there are some more pertinent projects that need our attention).<br />
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Like the kitchen.<br />
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So here's the kitchen, looking back toward the dining room. It's not huge - about 8' x 10' - but we're planning to take down the wall dividing the kitchen and dining room. We'll open it up and make one big kitchen with bar seating. I've already devised a plan from Ikea.<br />
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So with that wall gone, we gain 6" and can extend the countertops out to have an overhang for seating. The backs of the cabinets and range are going to be covered with beadboard and trim to finish everything off without seams. We'll have 2 glass cabinets on the opposite wall, and open shelves to the left of the window. Not a lot of space, but hey, I priced everything out from Ikea and the grand total came to just over $6,000 - including the appliances, hardware and countertop. Not too shabby.<br />
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And through the door next to the fridge is a hallway that leads to the second bathroom, the mudroom and backdoor, and the garage.<br />
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Here is the mudroom. And of course, I've already got a plan for that, too.<br />
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Since the kitchen's not huge, and we need more storage for food and things like that, I wanted to add some big cabinets in here. Also from Ikea. I love Ikea.<br />
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So you may be thinking, "Karie, aren't there heating registers all over the place? You can't put cabinets in front of there." That is the best part about the deal we made with the sellers. Our lovely Realtor got us an estimate for a local company to put in ductwork and a heat pump, so that we can have central heating and A/C. The house currently has fuel oil, which heats a hot water boiler, which then makes heat come out of the baseboard registers. And window A/C in the summer. That was just not going to happen. So when we make it to the closing table, the sellers will have a check written out to the HVAC company for the amount of the estimate, and then we will have them put everything in after we close, but before we move furniture in the house. Amazing.<br />
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So now, on to the bathrooms. They are both blue. Everywhere. I'm guessing nothing in this house has been updated since it was built in 1958. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, because the house has been so lovingly taken care of. And that's reassuring.<br />
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But man, are they blue.<br />
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I've got the same plan for both of these. And it involves a lot of white subway tile. But as we know, I've got mad skills with the subway tile. This is me doing the subway tile backsplash in the kitchen at the <a href="http://kieffercollective.blogspot.com/p/jasper-house.html" target="_blank">Jasper house</a>.<br />
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And here are the bedrooms. Pretty boring. Pretty basic. But decent sizes and they all have fairly large closets.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Master Bedroom, Opposite Corner (looking back into hallway)</td></tr>
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I look at all these photos and keep thinking, "Damn, girl. You've got a lot of trim to paint." I told myself after painting all of the woodwork at the Jasper house, that the next house was going to have all the wood already painted. No such luck.<br />
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So there it is, folks. Our soon-to-be new house. The home inspection is scheduled for Monday (October 1) and we have a tentative closing date of October 26. Hopefully we won't have to pay any rent for November, and we can have everything moved out by then! <br />
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We have a lot of packing to do. Fortunately, we knew we wouldn't be renting for very long, and a lot of our stuff is still in boxes from the move from the Jasper house.<br />
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Wish us luck! We're really excited and can't wait to get our hands on this place! I hope you'll follow along on our journey. I'll be sure to post our progress along the way!<br />
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Karie Heathcoat-Kiefferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12208316875852916111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862275392136938307.post-19418437036828466802012-09-14T15:36:00.002-04:002012-09-14T15:36:50.261-04:00Ikat FeverLast weekend, someone asked me what an ikat pattern was, and I didn't have a really good answer for her. I could easily point one out, but words kinda failed me when I was trying to describe it. I think I ended up saying, "It's kind of a tribal, kind of stylized geometric or floral design. But, like wavy or kinda blurry." <br />
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I tried pulling up a photo of ikat fabric to show her what I was failing to describe accurately, but the Marketplace section of Ikea is a total dead zone for cell phone reception.<br />
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So I looked up "ikat" on <a href="http://dictionary.com/">Dictionary.com</a> and this is what they came up with for me:<br />
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<span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="cursor: default;">a</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="cursor: default;">method</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="cursor: default;">of</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #0055bb; cursor: pointer;">printing</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="cursor: default;">woven</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="cursor: default;">fabric</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">by</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">tie-dyeing</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">the</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">warp</span><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="cursor: default;">yarns</span> </span><span class="secondary-bf" style="display: inline; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="cursor: default;">(warp</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">ikat),</span> </span><span id="hotword"> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">the</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">weft</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="cursor: default;">yarns</span> </span><span class="secondary-bf" style="display: inline; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">(weft</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">ikat),</span> </span><span id="hotword"> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">or</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">both</span></span><span class="secondary-bf" style="display: inline; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">(double</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="cursor: default;">ikat)</span> </span><span id="hotword"> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="cursor: default;">before</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="cursor: default;">weaving.</span></span></div>
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<span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">a</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">fabric</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">made</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">by</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">this</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="cursor: default;">method.</span></span></div>
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Say what? <br />
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And if you don't have a ready knowledge of how fabric is made, (which most people don't) then this definition doesn't do you a darn bit of good. And even if you do, it doesn't translate to the beautiful patterns that the technique creates.<br />
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Here, allow me.<br />
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<a href="http://www.calicocorners.com/category/designer+fabrics+for+the+home/more+fabric+collections/ikat.do" target="_blank">Calico Corners</a>, the venerable fabric super-supplier, has these.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.calicocorners.com/product/designer+fabrics+for+the+home/more+fabric+collections/ikat/khanjali+glacier.do" target="_blank">Source</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.calicocorners.com/product/designer+fabrics+for+the+home/more+fabric+collections/ikat/khandar+jewel.do" target="_blank">Source</a></td></tr>
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Ballard Designs, a site I love, has several ikat prints that are really nice. If you noticed, I used this one in my <a href="http://kieffercollective.blogspot.com/2012/08/inspiration-boards.html" target="_blank">Inspiration Board for the Dining Room</a>.<br />
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I really like that its a subtle print, so it will go with a lot of different accent colors. The best part? It's by Sunbrella, so you can clean it easily without worrying that you'll damage the fabric. Great for a house with kids or dogs. <br />
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This one is a fun punch of color. Great for a bedroom accent chair or pillows. They also have it in grey.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.ballarddesigns.com/malabar-coral-fabric-by-the-yard/fabric-by-the-yard/patterns/195204?defattrib=&defattribvalue=&listIndex=7" target="_blank">Source</a><br /></td></tr>
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<span><span name="hotword" style="cursor: default;"><br /></span></span><span><span name="hotword" style="cursor: default;">Here's one with more of a linear motif.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.ballarddesigns.com/matisse-ikat-fabric-by-the-yard/fabric-by-the-yard/patterns/229666?defattrib=&defattribvalue=&listIndex=16" target="_blank">Source</a></td></tr>
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<span><span name="hotword" style="cursor: default;">And one more from Ballard Designs for good measure. It's a lovely mix of blue, ivory, green, mustard, and rusty-copper.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.ballarddesigns.com/balboa-ikat-fabric-by-the-yard/fabric-by-the-yard/patterns/229673?defattrib=&defattribvalue=&listIndex=22" target="_blank">Source</a></td></tr>
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Ballard offers these fabrics by-the-yard (in case you want to make curtains or upholster your own piece), and also as seating fabric for their Special Order Pick-A-Fabric upholstered pieces. I'm really loving this <a href="http://www.ballarddesigns.com/simone-bench/11721?defattrib=&defattribvalue=&listIndex=1" target="_blank">Simone Bench</a> in the Malabar Coral ikat with the Driftwood finish on the legs.<br />
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The pattern is also popping up in rugs. Here are two from Ballard.<br />
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And if all that wasn't enough, here are some lovely pillows to drool over.<br />
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This one's from Crate and Barrel. <br />
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Here's one from West Elm.<br />
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Happy shopping! I'm going to be on the lookout for more ikat patterns tomorrow at the <a href="http://www.countryliving.com/" target="_blank">Country Living</a> fair in Columbus!<br />
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Lucky for us, we never have plans, so when I asked the hubs if he wanted to go last night, he jokingly said, "I don't know if we'll have time. The only thing I had planned was mowing the yard."<br />
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I'm really excited to get to attend, especially since it's less than a two-hour drive from our house. I can't wait to see what I find to bring home!<br />
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Here's a link to the <a href="http://www.countryliving.com/cl-fair/country-living-fair-columbus-vendor-list" target="_blank">list of the vendors</a> that will be there - there's over 150. It's going to be huge!<br />
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They will also have on-site antiques appraisals by members of the Antiques Roadshow staff, a farmer's market, and cooking demos.<br />
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Here's a link to the <a href="http://www.countryliving.com/cm/countryliving/data/CLFair_Columbus2012_1.pdf" target="_blank">schedule of events</a> for the weekend.<br />
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Tickets are no longer available in advance online, but they are available at the door. It's $16 per person for a one-day pass, and $20 per person for a weekend pass. We're only going the one day - Saturday (I wouldn't put Patrick through that much shopping - poor guy).<br />
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I'll be sure to bring my camera with me to photograph some of the lovely items for sale, and I'll post photos of anything that I get to bring home with me.<br />
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<br />Karie Heathcoat-Kiefferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12208316875852916111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862275392136938307.post-87185095790892509022012-09-12T10:09:00.003-04:002012-09-12T10:10:12.146-04:00. . . Let's Try This AgainLast night, we made another offer on the house we put the offer on back in July. I previously posted about it in <a href="http://kieffercollective.blogspot.com/2012_07_01_archive.html" target="_blank">Finding the Prince</a>.<br />
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We're trying to not get our hopes up again, since we went through all the work before to get the deal done on our end. But our trusty Realtor has ensured us that both of the sellers have agreed to the terms in the contract and we should have both signatures needed by the end of the week.<br />
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<br />Karie Heathcoat-Kiefferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12208316875852916111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862275392136938307.post-24937464313026747412012-09-11T12:42:00.003-04:002012-09-11T12:43:03.672-04:00Home Design / Room Planning SoftwareBack in the good ol' days of design school, there were few options for room planning software, and they were prohibitively expensive. For architects, <a href="http://usa.autodesk.com/autocad-design-suite/" target="_blank">Autodesk's AutoCAD</a> is still the industry standard, but the software takes years to learn and relies exclusively on the user's knowledge of design standards and construction practices in order to come to a finished, workable floorplan. Plus, achieving realistic 3D views takes hours of rendering time.<div>
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<a href="http://www.2020technologies.com/en-us/interior-design/" target="_blank">20/20 Technologies</a> is used commonly by design students, office designers, residential interior designers and kitchen / bath designers in the retail setting. It's a drag-and-drop system of adding cabinets, fixtures, appliances and the like into a floorplan, with 3D renderings generated with a couple of mouse clicks. But the software has its limitations and glitches, and is available only to those in the design profession.</div>
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With the increasing popularity of do-it-yourselfers combined with the sluggish economy, companies have introduced their own versions of FREE software for the general public to use for their own homes. People want to make sure that they can visualize what their new kitchen or couch will look like in their home before they fork over their hard-earned dough. I've been exploring some of these new software options and wanted to share my opinion about them.</div>
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<a href="http://homestyler.com/">Homestyler.com</a> is a web-based software site that is brought to the masses by the good folks at Autodesk (makers of AutoCAD). </div>
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In my opinion, this software site is my favorite for doing a whole home design, because of the photo-realistic rendering capabilities and the many options they have for interior finishes.</div>
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Pretty impressive, huh? There are a lot of really great renderings done by other designers in their Gallery in case you need some inspiration for that project of your own.</div>
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The wall builder tool is easy to use, and dropping in architectural details is simple. You can resize and reposition items easily, as well as copy and paste multiple items in the same room. </div>
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They have generic furniture items, all of which are resizeable so that they'll match the dimensions of your existing items. They also have premium brands featuring each company's most popular items, allowing users to get the exact look of their Caesarstone counter or Circa Lighting ceiling fixture.</div>
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Two more sites that allow users to plan their furniture placement in each room in their home are <a href="http://www.urbanbarn.com/Room-Planner" target="_blank">Urbanbarn.com's Make Room Planner</a> and <a href="http://www.bhg.com/decorating/arrange-a-room/" target="_blank">Better Homes & Gardens' Arrange-A-Room</a>. I played around with both of these planners and find that the ease of use may be a little higher than Homestyler's, but the options are much more limited. Urbanbarn.com's Make Room is less photorealistic and you either have to use the generic symbols or products from their own furniture line. The BHG Arrange-A-Room doesn't have 90 degree snap points for walls or rotating of furniture, which is kind of annoying, because I'm really picky and like to have everything perfectly lined up when drawing out rooms. Also, you have to drag and drop each individual item, rather than doing a quickie copy and paste function for multiple items.</div>
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For kitchen design, I really like <a href="http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_US/rooms_ideas/kitchen_howto/NA/plan_your_kitchen_in_3d.html" target="_blank">Ikea's Home Planner 3D Tool</a>. </div>
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Resizing walls is easy, and changing options on the cabinets is simple. The good thing about this tool is that it allows you to go easily from 2D plan view to 3D. It also has tips for placement that those who are not professional kitchen designers wouldn't know (like leaving at least 1" next to the wall for a filler piece so the door hardware doesn't slam into the wall). However, it can be difficult when trying to reposition a cabinet because of their snap-to-wall function. Also, they only offer cabinets and appliances for kitchens.
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Another kitchen design tool is at Home Depot's website. The <a href="https://virtualkitchenshowroom.homedepot.com/VS/UIConfig/VS_Search/VS_StartPage.htm?" target="_blank">Virtual Kitchen</a> allows users to choose by style, kitchen layout or brand. You can pick from a pre-designed kitchen layout they have available in their library or create their own. Fun fact: I designed the kitchens featured in the Martha Stewart Contemporary Perry Street, Casual Display 1, and Traditional Mount Desert photography sets when I worked at MasterBrand Cabinets in Jasper, Indiana. Good times.</div>
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Lowe's <a href="http://www.lowes.com/cd_virtual+room+designer_189310537_" target="_blank">Virtual Room Designer</a> lets you design a kitchen, bath or a laundry room, either by starting from scratch or by using one of their pre-designed rooms and modifying it to fit your needs and space limitations. You can also design your dream <a href="http://www.lowes.com/cd_Deck+Designer+Planner_733683095_?cm_cr=Outdoor+Living+1.4-_-Web+Activity-_-Outdoor+Living+CR2-_-SC_Outdoor+Living++Recreation_CenterRail_Area2-_-237619_1_cd_Deck+Designer+Planner_733683095_" target="_blank">deck</a>! You can bet I'll be using that before next spring gets here.</div>
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So I hope my research will help you out next time you need to re-arrange your furniture or plan a dream kitchen. Each of these tools takes some patience and some practice, but they're helpful and can save you time and money. I think the time spent learning how to use these is well worth it to make sure that your living room furniture is going to fit BEFORE you have it all delivered to your house!</div>
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Karie Heathcoat-Kiefferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12208316875852916111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862275392136938307.post-14857382292239698112012-09-10T16:17:00.001-04:002012-09-10T16:17:19.118-04:00DIY Paint-By-NumberBack in the good ol' days of college, during my junior year at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (go Dawgs!) I was the undergraduate assistant to the Advanced Painting professor, Najjar Abdul-Mussawir. When the students decided they didn't want to keep their work, he would bring them back to the studio and I would prime over them and he would re-use them for his own work.<br />
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I expressed an interest in keeping one of the pieces - a large 46" x 46" oil painting of green peppers. It wasn't particularly good, but it was big, and when you have literally no money to decorate your apartment and can get a big piece like that for free, you take it anyway.<br />
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That painting made it from my house in Carbondale, to our apartment in Murphysboro, to our apartment in Huntingburg, Indiana to our house in Jasper, to our apartment in Loveland, Ohio and is now at our current rental house here in Milford. Knowing that we would be buying a house (and moving yet again!) in a couple of months, I couldn't stand the thought of moving those ugly peppers one more time.<br />
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The resurgence of vintage paint by numbers is everywhere. I had been stalking some animal portraits on Etsy, and finding that none of them would have the big impact of a large painting for the price I wanted to pay, I decided to do one of my own.<br />
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I'm a sucker for anything with an animal on it, and according to <a href="http://fleamarketstylemag.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Flea Market Style</a> magazine, animals are one of the top trends in collectible items for 2012. Over on my <a href="http://pinterest.com/kariehk/color-inspiration/" target="_blank">Pinterest Color Inspiration board</a>, I've had a photo of this Swiss Brown cow pinned for several weeks, because I love the colors in it (and just look at how beautiful she is!)<br />
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So this is the photo I used to create my own paint-by-number inspired work of art.<br />
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This is how it turned out.<br />
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1. Print out the photo you want to use at full 8.5" x 11" size.<br />
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2. Print a piece of grid paper to use as a guide. I did mine with 1" grid squares. Print the image below at 100% and they should come out to be 1" apart on a full size sheet of paper. Standard grid paper that you buy is at 1/4" squares, so if you use purchased grid paper, mark every fourth line and you'll have 1".<br />
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3. Lay the grid paper on top of your photo and tape together with tape that you can easily remove, like non-permanent satin gift wrap tape.<br />
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4. Tape both pieces of paper onto a sunny window and trace over the image, ignoring the grid lines. Follow the lines of the photo where two colors meet to give a rough shape to the image. Remember, paint-by-numbers are just simple outlines of color boundaries that are painted in with one solid color. Because your photo may have gradual changes in shades, rather than hard edges, you'll have to take a little bit of artistic liberty so that you have clear lines. Don't forget to incorporate the highlights in the photo - that's what gives an image its dimension. You will now have the outline of your photo with the grid going through it, dividing it up into squares.<br />
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5. When you have your photo outlined on the graph paper, you can start to make a corresponding grid on your canvas. To blow my image up from 8.5" x 11" to 46"x46", I multiplied my dimensions by 5.75, so each 1" square on my paper would correspond to 5 3/4" on my canvas. Because I started with a rectangular photo and I was putting it onto a square canvas, I knew that I was only going to use 8" x 8" of the original photo, so part of the top and bottom was cut off.<br />
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6. Take a tape measure and a carpentry square or a T square and measure out your new grid on the canvas. Starting in the upper left corner, use a pencil to make a light mark every 5.75" from left to right along the top edge of the canvas. Repeat along the bottom edge of the canvas, using the square to make sure the lines are perpendicular to the edge. Connect the marks to create the vertical grid lines.<br />
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7. Repeat this step for the horizontal grid lines, starting at the top left corner of the canvas and marking down the edge, then moving to the right side of the canvas and start measuring from the top, marking every 5.75" down to the bottom corner. Connect the marks to create the horizontal grid lines.<br />
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8. Now you should have a grid that corresponds to your photo on the canvas. Starting along the top of the piece of paper, label each horizontal space from left to right with a letter (A, B, C etc). Label each vertical space along the left edge with a number, going down the canvas. Do the same on the canvas.<br />
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9. You will now have a way of quickly referencing a particular area of the photo and matching it to where it corresponds on your canvas.<br />
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10. Use a pencil to fill in the squares on the canvas with the lines from the grid paper. It doesn't have to be perfect, just use the grid as a guide. The lines should flow from one square to the other, so don't worry about getting each individual square exactly as it is on the paper.<br />
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11. Once the image is sketched in on the canvas, you need to select 6-10 colors that you're going to use to fill in the painting. I used 8. The goal of paint-by-numbers is a flat, folk-art look where the paint is consistent from one area to the other, so I used pre-mixed acrylic paints from Hobby Lobby, matching them in the store to my photo as best I could. You will probably only need one of the little bottles per color, but I bought 2 of each since I had such a big canvas.<br />
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12. Label the areas of the painting with a specific number for each of the colors you're using. I labeled the tops of all my bottles with the corresponding number so I could look quickly and see which color I needed.<br />
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13. Begin by filling in all the areas that are labeled 1, then 2, then so on. Pay particular attention to the edges of the color area, and use a fine, tapered tip brush for accuracy. You can fill the larger areas in with a 1/2 - 1" flat edge brush.<br />
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14. Depending on the color, you may need to go back in and put a second (or a third for white) coat once it's all dry. Acrylics dry quickly, so you will probably be able to start the second coat on color #1 by time you've worked your way through all the other colors.<br />
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<br />Karie Heathcoat-Kiefferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12208316875852916111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862275392136938307.post-15385560474567312452012-09-09T18:23:00.001-04:002012-09-09T18:23:49.509-04:00Inspiration Board: Master BathWoohoo! I've finished the master bathroom inspiration board. It turned out to be much more traditional than I was thinking it would, but I'm feeling it. Bathrooms are the second-biggest expense per room (kitchens are #1) when it comes to remodeling a house, so I wanted to make sure that I kept it a neutral palette and didn't veer too far into any one trend, which is how I ended up with a traditional design.<br />
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It will always look good and will never go out of style. This design is the Little Black Dress of bathrooms.<br />
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The sink base and the storage drawers are from <a href="http://www.potterybarn.com/products/classic-turned-leg-single-wide-sink-console/?pkey=cbathroom-vanities" target="_blank">Pottery Barn</a>, as well as the shower curtain, the flowers, the light fixture and the faucet. I'm really in love with that <a href="http://www.potterybarn.com/products/gooseneck-faucet/?pkey=cbath-fixtures" target="_blank">gooseneck faucet</a>.<br />
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I relied heavily on PB for this one, and it didn't start out that way. I was originally thinking that I'd use the <a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S59906048/" target="_blank">Hemnes sink base</a> from Ikea, since the bath adjoins our bedroom and it would just be easy to keep everything coordinated. But testing it out at the store, it just didn't seem like it would hold up very well over time, and I'm okay with that for dressers, but a sink base is a different story. So the PB sink is like ten times the price, but it comes with a honed Carrara marble top and those adorable little bun feet.<br />
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Speaking of marble, I was originally thinking I wanted vintage-looking hexagon tile flooring like this.<br />
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But I decided that a little luxury goes a long way. And there isn't much square footage in a bathroom anyway, so you might as well splurge on what you really want.<br />
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These beautiful babies are 10" x 14", so I won't need to buy very many to cover the floor in the bathrooms. My plan is to do white subway tile from the floor to 4' up the walls and for the tub / shower surround. I love the look of white-white-white in a bathroom - probably because the color has an inherent association with cleanliness.<br />
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For some fun, I can change up the shower curtain and accessories. It's also an inexpensive way to add some color here and there. My only rule about bathroom accessories is that I won't ever do colored towels. I'm a chlorine bleach lovin' girl, and I will only ever have white linens in my house. That goes for sheets as well.<br /><br />
The mirror is from <a href="http://www.homedecorators.com/P/Corbett_Mirror/250/" target="_blank">Home Decorators Collection</a>. I want a single large mirror with a big, chunky frame, and the ones from PB just weren't cutting it for me. I also knew I didn't want a medicine cabinet / mirror, which is another reason the Pottery Barn sink base was more appealing - it has a lot of storage for all of the things I wouldn't be putting in a medicine cabinet.<br />
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Unfortunately for me (or fortunately for the average buyer), the bathrooms in the houses we've been checking out aren't in dire need of remodeling. Yes, they're builder-basic medium oak, boring and utilitarian, but they're not an area of immediate concern. So the bathroom remodels are going to be lower down on the priority list. <br />
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<br />Karie Heathcoat-Kiefferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12208316875852916111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862275392136938307.post-90393910464358176502012-09-07T12:30:00.003-04:002012-09-07T12:31:20.672-04:00Quickie UpdatesWell the pillows stayed perfectly placed for about 20 minutes. I came into the bedroom and saw this:<br />
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Bob Barker really appreciates the new pillows on the bed. I try to keep things looking nice, and this is what happens. <br />
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I asked Patrick if he was surprised to see them when he came home and what he thought. He said, "I was just like, 'Huh. Looks like Karie went shopping.'" Hmph.<br />
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I finished my spraypainting on the two items from the thrift store last Saturday.<br />
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The cow painting reflected in the mirror is one I did a couple of weeks ago. I'll do a post on that sometime, even though I didn't photograph my progress along the way, but I can still explain the process I used. Super simple. <br />
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It's here for now, just because our little rental house is so small there's not a good spot for it here. I'm not sure how Bob Barker feels about this one. (I think he likes the pillows a lot better.) It needs to be on a smaller wall - I'm thinking at the end of a hallway - with a nice deep paint color behind it. I'm really loving this color from <a href="http://www.sherwin-williams.com/architects-specifiers-designers/color/find-and-explore-colors/paint-colors-by-family/SW7048-urbane-bronze/" target="_blank">Sherwin-Williams</a>.</div>
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The owl is done too.<br />
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Well that's it for today. Like I said, just a couple of quickie updates. I'm *really* hoping I have some stellar news on the house search for you on Monday. I haven't blogged about it because I don't want to jinx us.<br />
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Have a fabulous weekend!<br />
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<br />Karie Heathcoat-Kiefferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12208316875852916111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862275392136938307.post-9857438449261120092012-09-05T16:38:00.001-04:002012-09-05T16:38:55.984-04:00New Pillows, New ColorLet me just say that I love Home Depot.<br />
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It is by far my home improvement store of choice, and even though the Big Blue Store is closer to our house, I will drive further just for some Big Orange love.<br />
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I went in today because I'm out of white spray paint and I'm only halfway through transforming my mirror and owl (see previous post - Weekend Thrifting). I already finished checking out and I saw clearance indoor / outdoor pillows on my way out. <br />
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I immediately loved the sky blue ones, because this cheery blue is the perfect shade and will go with a lot of other colors -bright yellow, kelley green, orange or coral. They had coordinating coral ones that tied in the blue in their patterns, but they only had one left of the one I wanted. I bought it anyway. Because you know what? They were $5 a pop. At that price, I should have bought all of them.<br />
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I started with just the 3 from Home Depot, but it looked a little sparse, and I needed a solid color to break up the patterns.<br />
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I've been really wanting to tie in grass green with the new house decor and loved the idea of having these blue and white pillows as an accent. So I stopped by Big Lots on the way home and picked up two grass green pillows for $10 apiece.<br />
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I started with them all lined up in a row, with the colors / patterns working their way toward the middle. But it ended up looking like a pillow parade, or like we were living in a pillow showroom. Good for a furniture store, but not for my life.<br />
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So then I tried them this way.<br />
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When using accessories, odd numbers always work best in groupings. Here, I have an odd number of total pillows (5) and an odd number of colors / patterns (3). Plus, I've broken up the two different patterns with a solid in between them, so you don't have pattern on pattern. <br />
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Not that there's anything wrong with pattern on pattern. The best way to mix patterns is to have one be a smaller scale than the other. In this case, the blue and white pattern is on a much smaller scale than the single coral pillow's pattern, which is why mixing them works. Always go bigger or smaller.<br />
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You can see here that the patterns are different scales, yet go together well.<br />
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I'm happy with my pillow purchases today, and at just $35 total for all five of them, I think it was a great buy! I'll be able to use them again at the new house, either out on the deck, in the living room, or maybe they'll just stay in the bedroom!<br />
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<br />Karie Heathcoat-Kiefferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12208316875852916111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862275392136938307.post-68202526644820615552012-09-03T10:33:00.000-04:002012-09-03T13:55:58.488-04:00Labor Day Weekend Thrifting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This weekend is proving to be a lazy one. With an extra day thrown in.<br />
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Saturday morning we were in Loveland checking out a house, and on our way back to Milford, we passed a shop that I have seen but never had the chance to go in and poke around. So immediately after passing it and seeing their OPEN sign illuminated, I yelled at my lovely husband Patrick to turn around so we could check it out.<br />
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I'm so glad we did!<br />
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This place is a gem. It's called <a href="http://www.vintagemarketandthrift.com/" target="_blank">Vintage Market & Thrift </a> and their sales go to a good cause. They have a huge selection of antiques and thrift items, with a ton of furniture and home goods. I started a pile of things I wanted just a few minutes after getting in the door, and had to ask the nice guy at the counter if they had shopping carts. They do.<br />
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I exercised a bit of restraint and came away with a few goodies, all for just $22.<br />
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I grabbed this mirror for $10. <br />
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It's a nice size and shape - I love the enlongated oval. Not so nice is the 35+ or so years of junk that has collected in all the decorative nooks and crannies.<br />
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But I love all the detail in it. It's going to get cleaned up and spraypainted (white gloss, of course). It's not very big, so I need to find a suitable spot for it - maybe at the end of the hallway.<br />
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I also picked up this little guy for $5:<br />
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I'm not loving the retro gold and black finish, so it's also gonna get some sprayin' love.<br />
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He does have a tiny crack where his ear broke off at some point in the past, but whomever his previous owner was did a good job with the super glue. Once he's painted, you'll never know.<br />
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This is actually my very first owl purchased for our house. I guess I'm a little (okay, a lot) late at jumping on the owl trend, but I'm okay with that. I prefer cuddly animals anyway.<br />
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I grabbed a dozen fake green apples for $7.50.<br />
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These babies are going to help me carry out my green accent for the story boards I've been doing. And since there's twelve of them, I can divide them up if needed and use them in different arrangements or entirely different rooms if I need to. I also grabbed another glass cylinder, which I picked up for $2. I always buy these at thrift stores, since they're so cheap there. It's a great money saver and you can never have too many.<br />
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On Sunday morning, the hubs and I packed up and headed off to the <a href="http://www.queencityshows.com/tristate/index.html" target="_blank">Tri-State Antique Market</a> in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. It's just across the border from Cincinnati, but since we live on the far east side of town, it's a 45 minute drive for us.<br />
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They always hold it on the first Sunday of the month, and October is the last month of the 2012 season for them.<br />
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It's at the Lawrenceburg Fair Grounds, on Route 50, just off of Interstate 275. For just $3 to get in, you can browse the state's largest antique-only show every month. This one is good because it's exclusive to antiques and vintage items. No shady vendors hacking Nascar blankets here.<br />
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Since they hold it at the fairgrounds, there is a ton of space and a lot of vendors. Some of them have to brave the elements out on the lawn, but many of the booths are in covered pavilions. <br />
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Although the skies were ominously dark the whole morning, we only had a few drops here and there. The vendors were breaking out the tarps just in case.<br />
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Since there are so many vendors, and it's a strictly antique and vintage only market, the variety of things for sale is vast.<br />
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They also have a lot of really nice furniture pieces.
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They have some great old industrial worktables that we'd love to buy to use as a kitchen island. Here are some inspiration photos:<br />
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We only brought $40 with us so that we couldn't get into too much trouble. I did pick up a few items, though.</div>
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I purchased this piece of ironstone for just $5.</div>
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I love all of the fine lines showing so many years of use. Although, it will serve a purely decorative function at my house.</div>
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I also bought a couple of antique crystal doorknobs for $20. My goal is to have all of our doorknobs switched out to these one day. One day.</div>
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These will add a little vintage glam to our doors. I can't wait to have a home for them!</div>
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So pictured above is our <a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S99861571/" target="_blank">ASPELUND bed frame</a> and our <a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/00067830/" target="_blank">8-Drawer HEMNES dresser</a>. I love both of these pieces, and knew that they would work with a lot of different design schemes when I bought them. Even though they're not expensive, I still wanted to be able to use them for a long time and not be limited or pigeon-holed into one style or another.<br />
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I'm also planning to use the same walnut-stained wide-plank hardwood flooring throughout the house, also featured in the kitchen, living and dining areas. The <a href="http://www.ballarddesigns.com/ballard-essential-panel/panels-draperies/window-treatments/10330?defattrib=&defattribvalue=&listIndex=17" target="_blank">curtains</a> and the<a href="http://www.ballarddesigns.com/bellesol-mirror/mirrors/all-mirrors/13802?defattrib=&defattribvalue=&listIndex=3" target="_blank"> mirror</a> are both from Ballard Designs. The <a href="http://www.homedecorators.com/P/Tufted_Bench/910/" target="_blank">bench</a> is one that we already have (currently in the living room in our little rental house), and the <a href="http://www.homedecorators.com/P/Industrial_Mansard_End_Table/210/" target="_blank">end table</a> are both from Home Decorators Collection. The <a href="http://www.homedecorators.com/detail.php?parentid=05523&search=05523&suggest=11&sItem=04743" target="_blank">chair</a> is also from Home Decorators, and at just $373 is a total steal. The bedding, wall sconce, lantern and antique drapery hardware are all from <a href="http://www.potterybarn.com/" target="_blank">Pottery Barn</a>. The <a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/70089447/" target="_blank">chandelier</a> is the same one I used in the dining room (A little wacky to use a dining fixture in the bedroom? Maybe, but I'm okay with being wacky!), is also from IKEA. I just love its simplistic design. It really could go anywhere.<br />
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I put the topiary, the milk crate and the antique crystal doorknobs as inspiration for accent pieces, to reinforce my theme of getting back to nature, and to a more simple, rustic way of living. My goal, with whichever house we buy, is to replace all the builder-basic satin nickel or (eek!) brass doorknobs with a crystal antique one. It's just one of those small little details that really adds up to building a house with a little bit of character.<br />
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I also added the French door as a reminder that my goal is to replace a window in the master bedroom with a French door, so that we can expand the deck/patio area and have access directly from the bedroom. I'm just imagining a hot tub on the deck, and the convenience of being able to run from the hot tub to the bedroom (naked, perhaps?). Not to mention the added natural light and letting the dogs out in the middle of the night if needed.<br />
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So there we have it. An overall theme of Modern Rustic Vintage, featuring primarily modern style furniture with clean lines, with natural colors and textures plus timeworn, aged metals, and antiques used as accent pieces throughout. My design plan for a house that flows from one room to the next, with plenty of wiggle room for impulse buys and fun stuff added in along the way. A place to relax, a place to work (especially for me, since I work from home) and a place to enjoy with friends and family. My goal is to create a house that everyone always feels welcome to just drop on in, hang out and relax together.<br />
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<br />Karie Heathcoat-Kiefferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12208316875852916111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862275392136938307.post-83058781010187549432012-08-30T11:50:00.001-04:002012-08-30T11:50:59.676-04:0031 Days: Challenge Accepted!One of my favorite bloggers, <a href="http://www.thenester.com/" target="_blank">The Nester</a>, has been doing a "31 Days" in October for the past 3 years. She posts every day in October around a theme. Past themes have included: <a href="http://www.thenester.com/2011/09/31-days-day-1.html" target="_blank">"31 Days of Lovely Limitations"</a>, <a href="http://www.thenester.com/2010/10/31-days-a-beautiful-mess.html" target="_blank">"31 Days to a Less Messy Nest"</a>, and <a href="http://www.thenester.com/2009/10/31-days-to-a-better-dressed-nest-day-1-give-something-away.html" target="_blank">"31 Days to a Better Dressed Nest"</a>.<br />
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She has thrown out the offer to all of her readers to do their own 31 Days series during the month of October, and I thought it would be a great way to keep me on track to blogging every day.<br />
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We're still hoping to be moving in / closing on a house (any house!) by the end of October, so it should be a challenge to continue to blog daily with everything that has to go on with house hunting / packing / moving into a new house. All of the potential chaos that could come our way during the month of October prompted me to choose the theme:<br />
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I think that it will be a good way to keep my head from exploding - a gentle daily reminder to keep things simple, do my best to eliminate needless chaos and reflect on the things that really matter in my life.</div>
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I want to incorporate a lot of the elements that I love in life:</div>
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I could even break it up and do one week for each category. I need to start thinking ahead and coming up with 31 days' worth of ideas to keep me going!</div>
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If you want to do your own 31 Days challenge, and create your own button, here's a <a href="http://www.thenester.com/2012/08/31-days-buttons.html#more-29860" target="_blank">link</a> to her post.</div>
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