Jeny's Ideas: Buffets

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Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Hutch to Wine Bar Makeover

Anyone have a niche in their house? A recent client has one in their living and decided to use the space to put a wine bar/hutch. We started looking for dressers and cabinets that would fit into the niche and found an old hutch.

I added wine glass hangers, removed the left door and added the criss cross wine storage as well as painted and added new hardware.

Here it is in it's new home.

I love this project. It has been a while since I have painted something other than a dresser and the dark color is gorgeous. This piece started out extremely dated and sad but now it looks modern and fits perfectly in their home.

This client had several other pieces done and I will be sharing those over the next few days. Be sure to check back!

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Wednesday, June 4, 2014

DIY Coffee Bar

I have an obsession with coffee. It could also be called an addiction. An unhealthy dependency. Whatever. Point is, in the mornings, I love drinking coffee.

Its not just about the need for caffeine by 8:30 am or my head will explode and I become a not so nice person. Its about my waking up process. My routine.

The sun is just rising and the house is quiet. The birds aren't making tons of noise yet. The water outside is peaceful. It is my favorite time of day. Just me on the couch, with my coffee and sometimes a dog or two, mentally prepping for the day and slowly waking up.

We bought a Keurig 3 years ago and I love it. The only problem is, ours is one of the bigger models and takes up too much counter space in my small kitchen. I decided to use my grandparents' dresser I refinished as a buffet and coffee bar in our dining area.

It has tons of storage for baking dishes and other pans I don't use often plus our nice utensils and coffee supplies. The refrigerator is just opposite of the buffet so it is not a far reach to get the creamers out.

Many of you saw it in the dining room reveal and saw the buffet but I didn't share any details yet.

Photo Credit: Ever & Anon

This is what my grandparents' dresser used to look like.

I love that I get to see and use this dresser everyday. My grandparents' are my favorite people. Although I lost my grandfather several years ago, I think about him and miss him everyday. I remember this dresser being in their bedroom at the end of the hall on Adams St. I remember my grandmother's jewelry being in the small drawers in the hutch and my grandfather's old police photo being on the shelves. It is crazy how the mind can remember little details like that.

Here are some detailed pictures of it now as our coffee bar and storage.

The glass containers have my coffee, Blittle's coffee, green tea and sweet tea. The fish bowl has sweetener, then we have honey for tea and cream for my coffee.

I love the large canvas. Jessica with Ever & Anon took family pictures of us several months ago. She also took the amazing pictures for the kitchen and dining room reveal. My goal was to get a picture not too posed and natural looking. This was the winner for this spot. If you live in the Houston/Galveston area and are getting married, engaged or need couples pictures taken, consider Ever & Anon. I had been crazy sick, we had to reschedule due to illness and weather, and the wind was blowing 100 mph day of the shoot, and we were trying to make it work with two dogs. On top of that, we are the most un-photogenic people ever. She was able to capture many beautiful pictures of us. That's talent people. Click here to see some of the pictures.

Photo Credit: Ever & Anon

I love the blue shutters. They are from my parents' house they lost to Hurricane Rita. I salvaged them and they have been decor in all 3 of our homes.

Coffee cup storage.

Extra K-cup storage.

Photo Credit: Ever & Anon

On Friday I am flying to New Orleans to refinish a dresser! If you don't follow me on Instagram, please do. Now that I have given in and started an account, I am addicted and I love it. I don't know why I waited so long to get on there. I plan to post lots of pictures of the project and the fun stuff we have planned this weekend. I can't wait!

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Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Dining Room Reveal

The day is finally here. Eleven months after moving in, I am finally showing you our dining area.

Over the past year, y'all have seen most of the room. My DIY lantern, DIY dining table and my grandparents' dresser that I now use as a buffet have all been shown in earlier posts. There have been many sneak peeks in pictures but I have never shown everything.

All of our hard work has paid off and the house has transformed. The sad, dark, orange-y house we bought a year ago is gone. It feels bright and airy and comfortable. We LOVE it!

This is what I started with.

All of these beautiful after shots are the work of Jessica of Ever & Anon Photography. She did an amazing job! Thanks again, Jessica.

And now, this is what my dining room looks like.

Photo credit: Ever & Anon Photography

The details:

Entire house has new flooring. This is the only thing we did not do ourselves. - MetroFlor Konecto Engage in Woodland Oak was installed by Floors for Living
Added crown molding
Painted the walls, ceiling, and trim
New lighting

DIY Lantern - Read about here

Furniture

DIY Dining Table - Read about here
Grandparents' Dresser - Read about here
Chairs & Bench - Homegoods and World Market

Decor

Shutters - Salvaged from my parents' house they lost to Hurricane Rita
Lamps - Homegoods
Canvas - Picture taken by Ever & Anon, canvas ordered from Canvas on Demand
Bay Window Curtain Rod - I had to make this special (tutorial coming soon)
Curtains - Sarah Richardson Fabric in Errington Lake. Lining in ivory. I did all the sewing.

Tableware

Plates - Fire King/Anchor Hocking Alice in Vitrock and Blue - Set of 8 plates, cups, & saucers were given to me for my high school graduation present from my family. It all started so long ago.
Bowls - U.S. Navy China - I have plates, cups, saucers and larger bowls. My mom has been collecting these for years and I have been eyeing them from day one. She finally passed them down to me. Thanks mom!
Silverware - Onieda from when we got married
Linens - Pier 1
Platter on table - Target

The splurge in the space was the curtain fabric....by A LOT! I searched high and low for something similar and cheaper but I never found anything I loved as much. And lets be honest, sometimes when you know, you know. The first time I saw this fabric I knew it was the one. Then the sample came in and the colors were perfect. It helped me tie in the robin's egg and navy blues from the living room and the green shades from the kitchen all in one place. I replaced the curtains I had originally put in the kitchen with this fabric. It brought in some more blue shades into the space which I love. It allowed me to mix my tableware like I wanted to. After 2 months of ordering more samples and checking out fabric stores in the Houston area, I decided I had wasted enough time and splurged on the Sarah Richardson fabric. I found it half off on a different site than her design site. Still a little expensive but worth every penny.

Overall, I am so happy with the space. Everything has come together and it truly is our home now.

Click here to tour more of our home, including our beautiful DIYed kitchen.

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