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Featured Customer | Original™ Gooseneck Barn Light Graces Home in Historic Merida, Yucatan

Porches, Garages, & Home Exteriors, Residential Inspiration Betty 4 Comments on Featured Customer | Original™ Gooseneck Barn Light Graces Home in Historic Merida, Yucatan

Like many retirees, Wes Prince was looking for a change of scenery. But unlike those who simply retire to a sunny locale to relax, Wes took on a renovation project that would send most homeowners running for a condo. Wes sold his loft in Atlanta, and, along with his new bride Lola, packed the Jeep with a five-month-old Golden Retriever and a Chihuahua then drove 3,000 miles to Merida, a 500-year-old city on Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula. It was here in this historic city that Wes and Lola tackled the complete renovation of an old ruin that would become their dream home. On his first trip to the area, a friend took him to see the house.
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Featured Customer | All Weather Gooseneck Fixture Delights This Southern Gal

Porches, Garages, & Home Exteriors, Residential Inspiration Betty Leave a Comment on Featured Customer | All Weather Gooseneck Fixture Delights This Southern Gal

Few renovation projects are truly complete the first time around. For Amanda, in Atlanta, Georgia, it took several years, in fact, to get her garage reveal-ready for her blog called Dixie Delights. When she purchased her home, the original garage door was solid wood and 40 years old. She backed into it a couple of years ago knocking it off the track and knocking renovation plans into overdrive.
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Featured Customer | Porcelain Stem Mount Lights Take Starring Role in Kitchen Remodel

Dining Rooms, Kitchens, Residential Inspiration Betty Leave a Comment on Featured Customer | Porcelain Stem Mount Lights Take Starring Role in Kitchen Remodel

If you’re a regular reader of interior design blogs and drool over the professional photos on sites like Houzz and Remodelista, it may seem daunting to remodel your own space without the help of a professional designer. Today’s Featured Customer admits she’s no designer, but when she launched into a complete gutting of her 1991-era kitchen, she followed her heart in picking out new lighting.
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Style Me Sunday: DIY Eclectic Bathroom

Bathrooms, How-To, Style Guides Betty 1 Comment on Style Me Sunday: DIY Eclectic Bathroom

We get excited about seeing your projects — really excited. Last week we received an email from a creative customer whose vintage-inspired bathroom had me itching to take a trip to the nearest antique store to re-do my own front bath. You might remember our featured customer from Friday, Khanh Morales. Khanh was more than helpful with detailing how she took a blank canvas of a studio bath and turned it into a showroom for her antiquing addiction. Read More »

Featured Customer | Vintage Schoolhouse Fixture Completes Art Studio Bath Space

Bathrooms, Residential Inspiration Betty 6 Comments on Featured Customer | Vintage Schoolhouse Fixture Completes Art Studio Bath Space

With a self-professed addiction to flea markets, antique shops, and Craigslist, Santa Ana resident Khanh has accumulated all sorts of vintage treasures throughout the years. Not surprisingly, her home is a 1931 English Tudor. A studio was added in 2004 that matches the home’s style and included a half bath that was never completed by the original owner. Khanh recently tackled the completion of this space to include some vintage schoolhouse lighting.
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Porcelain Pendants, Sconces Brighten Family and Dining Rooms

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When you find a design element you love, you return to it again and again. And so it is with Jana, our Featured Customer whom we visited in a May posting when she revealed the remodeling efforts in her lovely farmhouse kitchen. Jana chose Bomber pendants and Esso sconces for her space and liked the look so much she returned to those two families of lights for her dining and family rooms.

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