Author: Rita Newland

One Room Challenge Kitchen Remodel Initial Plans -Week 2

The Plan

Over the years I have figured out more and more who I am, what I love and what my design style is. Of course it is ever changing and evolving but the foundation has for the most part stayed the same. I favor neutrals but love to add texture, interest, and small pops of muted color with different materials and natural elements.

Our home is very “open concept”. From the front door you are able to see the living room, dining room and kitchen. Having a cohesive space is very important to me especially because it is essentially one giant room.

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One Room Challenge Spring 2020-Week 1

Hi Friends! As many of you know, especially if you have found me via instagram, I have wanted to update my kitchen for quite some time! I thought it would be so much fun to do it with the other guest participants of the One Room Challenge (ORC). We are constantly doing things around the house so this is a fun way for me to document it and take you all along on the journey.

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Mother’s Day Gift Guide

I wanted to put together a list of some of my favorite things that would be great gifts for Mother’s Day. You can even use these gift ideas to hint at your significant other or kids too! Most, if not all of you reading this are probably still quarantined and many brick and mortars aren’t even open, so all of these items I’m sharing are available online. You can shop from the comfort of your own home!

Finishing our Basement: Adding a Fireplace and built-ins

When we built our house one of the items on our list was to be able to entertain our friends and family with lots of space to move around.  Building a ranch style home really allowed for this especially with our ability to have a large open walk-out basement. 

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