Latest Blog Posts for House Pretty

• Half bath: Demo Day and Tiling Progress
  on Dec 6, 2016 in Bathroom DIY my house new house
  I posted my plans for our main floor half bath more than three months ago, and then things went quiet. We had a busy Fall, and a hard time finding back-to-back weekends that we could devote to working on the bathroom.Thankfully, Demo Day is finally h...
• Main Bath: Phase 1 Update
  on Sep 5, 2016 in Bathroom DIY mood board my house new house
  In my last post, I shared a few "before" photos of our home's main bath. We've already started on some inexpensive updates that will make the room more liveable while we save for a major reno, but mood boards help me visualize where I'm going and kee...
• Main Bath: Before
  on Aug 29, 2016 in Bathroom before DIY my house new house
  Welcome to our main bath:It's pretty special :)Not surprisingly, we'd like to gut this space and start over. It's a decent-sized bathroom, but the layout is all wrong.  If we move things around, and steal some space from the guest room next door...
• Get the Look: Half Bath
  on Aug 24, 2016 in Bathroom mood board my house new house
  1/2/3/4/5/6/7High on my list of new home requirements was a second bathroom. We ended up with 2.5 and I couldn't be happier. The bathroom above was designed by Natalie Myers, whose work I love and drool over on Instagram, and my plan was to straight...
• A Week in Williamsburg
  on Aug 22, 2016 in my life travel vacation
  I'm a bit behind on my travel posts, but I wanted to make sure I captured our trip to Brooklyn earlier this year. Adam spent five weeks in Brooklyn over April and May, so Hannah and I flew down for a week in the middle to help break up his time away.
• Half bath: Before
  on Aug 17, 2016 in Bathroom before my house new house
  ,A main floor powder room was on my wish list for the new house, and this is what I got - ha! So far the only thing I've done is upgrade the light switch to an occupancy sensor (life-changing if your child can't yet reach the light switch), but we've...
• Hacking IKEA's HYLLIS Shelves
  on Aug 15, 2016 in DIY Ikea living room my house new house
  spotted hereWhen we bought this house, I was 100% convinced that we'd install shelves like the ones in Isaac Mizrahi's NYC apartment (pictured above). Our big plan was to open up the wall between our dining and living spaces, leaving a shallow sectio...
• New dining chairs
  on Aug 8, 2016 in dining room my house new house
  Our new dining chairs finally arrived! The chairs are from Structube, and while they weren't in-store yet when I visited, I decided to take a chance and order them anyway, and I'm so glad I did. They're comfortable, they look great, and the price ($7...
• Whales, Icebergs & Caribou: L'Anse aux Meadows and St. Anthony
  on Aug 7, 2016 in my life travel vacation
  When we decided to visit Gros Morne National Park, we knew we'd make the drive to L'Anse aux Meadows. After all, how could we come this far and not visit the only confirmed Viking settlement in North America? The drive was fairly uneventful...
• Gros Morne: Arches Provincial Park & Broom Point
  on Aug 5, 2016 in my life travel vacation
  We started our first full day in Cow Head with a visit to Arches Provincial Park. The arches have been gradually carved out of the limestone by the surf and are even more spectacular in person.We had a great time exploring the rocks and throwing ston...

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