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THE SWEETEST DIGS

Creating a stylish, simple & handmade home.

project bathroom: marble love

As you know from this post about tiling our tub surround, we chose carrara marble for our new floor. I couldn't help it. I love the stuff. Veins of pretty gray on a white background make my heart go pitter patter. Marble is known to be a softer stone (so can get dings and stains more easily -- why a lot of people choose not to go with marble as their kitchen countertops), but since the surface ... View the Post

project bathroom: getting grouty

So after laying the tile last week around our new tub, it was time to get grouting. We couldn't use our shower until we had grouted, so we were itching to move quickly on this step (showering at the gym and friends' houses was not so convenient). Here's the tile how we left off, pre-grout. Time to fill in all of those open gaps. We bought a basic white, unsanded grout from our local ... View the Post

project bathroom: tiling

So after demo'ing the bathroom and installing the tub, next up was tiling the tub surround. Like all of the projects in our casa, we are doing this on a budget. We looked around a bunch at different tile options. I knew carrera marble somewhere in the room (a girl can have a bit of luxury, right?). So after humming and hawing at many different options and laying all kinds of tile out on the ... View the Post

project bathroom: demo

Step one in project bathroom reno? Demolition, baby. We need to still be able to use the bathroom during our re-model (we only have one, after all!), so we didn't rip everything out all at once. We knew the bathtub had to be the first thing to tackle (messiest and biggest job), so that's where we started. Let me tell you, that grimy old tub of ours was cast-iron and reeeeally well installed. It ... View the Post

Bathroom Renovation: The Before

The bathroom. A room in our pad that has been at the top of the "to do" list ever since we moved in. I have showed this shot below of the room in our house tour, but have tried to avoid any other pictures at all costs. Want to see why? This grungy, old, doesn't-get-clean-no-matter-how-much-you-scrub tub is why... Ickity Ick Ick Ick. See why it has been at the top of our list? Not only is ... View the Post

How To Make a Wedding Card Booklet

So if you've gotten married, had a big birthday, or celebrated any other type of occasion, you'll know that you can end up with a stack of cards after the fact. Wondering what to do with them? Since we got married last August, I have been keeping all of our cards in a drawer. In a big messy drawer, and it just wasn't cutting it. The cards are lovely and have such sweet messages, so I wanted ... View the Post