When the city of Vancouver recently relaxed its zoning laws to allow infill housing, Bambi jumped at the chance to escape the confines of apartment living. For the price of a small studio, Bambi built a brand new “laneway” house in the back yard of her mother’s 70-year-old home.
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Contrary to millions of Pinterest pins and Houzz ideabooks, you don’t always need a full-blown makeover to change up a room’s look. Accent pieces can make a big impact!
Today’s featured customer, Kelly from Lewes, Delaware, found that adding a floor lamp to her living room not only gave her much-needed reading light, but also gave the space a fresh look!
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Many renovation projects start with a simple idea. Let’s try a different color paint. How about new wall sconces in the hallway? We need a new dishwasher.
And like a stack of dominoes, perched precariously close together, once one item is knocked off the list, a second one suddenly needs attention.
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Many people scour the internet, yard sales, and antique stores looking for vintage barn lights. In a northwest suburb of Chicago, Lori searched for three vintage kitchen lights for her remodeling project but came up empty.
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In Wednesday’s post, we visited with Chuck and Jane who recently moved into their new mountain home in western North Carolina. Jane, an interior designer by trade, used her keen eye to create a rustic home with loads of character but also a sense of elegance. The 3,000-square-foot home is filled with light from windows on all sides. Jane used sign lighting in the living area to illuminate the stunning vaulted ceiling and exposed rafters.
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Wait…sign lighting? In the same sentence with the word elegance? Isn’t sign lighting just a utilitarian fixture meant for shops, gas stations, and restaurants?
With apologies to Lee Corso, not so fast my friend.
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