One Room Challenge: Guest Bathroom – The Reveal

The full reveal of our renovated guest bathroom!

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One Room Challenge: Guest Bathroom – Week 7

A failure-to-success story + tiling finally begins in the shower!

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One Room Challenge: Guest Bathroom – Week 6

The bathroom gets even more polished + we finally fix our leaky plumbing!

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One Room Challenge: Guest Bathroom – Week 5

Adding wall moulding to the bathroom, new electrical + a vanity makeover.

One Room Challenge: Guest Bathroom – Week 4

The shower gets a custom storage niche and drywall + we start plumbing and waterproofing.

One Room Challenge: Guest Bathroom – Week 3

The bathroom starts to change – with new recessed lighting, wood planked ceiling and a faux beam!

One Room Challenge: Guest Bathroom – Week 2

The bathroom gets demolished and we begin transforming the tub.

One Room Challenge: Guest Bathroom – Week 1

The start of our new 8-week bathroom renovation project.

DIY Built-In Wine Rack: How-To + The Reveal

How we used scraps to customize our kitchen with a built-in wine rack.

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DIY Built-In Wine Rack: The Plan

The plan to make use of the awkward hole above our kitchen cabinets.

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DIY Built-In Bar Storage: The Reveal

The full tour of our completed custom dining room bar, plus our favorite drink recipes, what’s next and how to get your own cabinet.

DIY Built-In Bar Storage Part 4: Concrete Countertops How-To

Creating and sealing our white concrete countertop.

DIY Built-In Bar Storage Part 3: Cabinet Doors How-To

Building 10 custom metal-front cabinet doors for our bar cabinet.

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DIY Built-In Bar Storage Part 2: Cabinet How-To

How we turned 10 inches of wasted space into 20 square feet of storage.

DIY Built-In Bar Storage Part 1: Columns How-To

A custom bar project starts with connecting our dining room and kitchen with floor-to-ceiling columns.