Category: design

Pearl House Light Fixture Roundup

After a full renovation at the Pearl House, I had a ton of new light fixtures to bedazzle the place with. Here is a roundup of all the light fixtures I used in the house. Since I was flipping this house in a neighborhood that’s still on the fringe, I chose some affordable yet designer […]

ORC Week 3 Pearl House Bath

Week 3 of the One Room Challenge and I feel like I haven’t VISIBLY made progress, but there is a lot happening in the background! Last week I shared on my stories some plans I had for the tile work in the bathroom. I picked a hexagon tile and I tested out two different layouts […]

Small Kitchen Remodel Planning

When my brother was finally moving to the east coast again after years of being stationed in Nevada, he hunkered down in a house in Delaware. The house is a small craftsman with several additions. The homeowner has a detached workshed with a ton of space to work where I imagine he concocted his additions […]

Easy Work From Home Office Desk

It has been SEVEN months since Philadelphia’s non-essential businesses have been under stay at home orders due to the coronavirus pandemic. I truly never thought we would be out of the office for so long, hence why it has taken me so long to improve my work space. If you’re like me and there is […]

We Signed a Lease!

We signed a lease on an apartment and we could not be more excited!! The apartment is in an old warehouse building which our new landlords purchased and renovated 15 years ago. The current tenant is a business which outgrew their current space and will now be moving into a larger unit in the same […]

Low Maintenance Desert Backyard in Vegas

This week I tackled a different kind of project; I drew plans to update a backyard in Las Vegas! The backyard is for a friend of my brother’s. She has a 14′ x 55′ rectangular backyard in the lower desert region of Las Vegas. I live in Philadelphia, where the backyards are also small but […]