Thursday, July 28, 2011

If a woodchuck would chuck wood

I love our adorable old house. I love how big it is and how there are no hallways and the extra farmer's sink and all the other quirky old-house things about it. However, I have never really been completely in love with the all wood paneled kitchen. And since we are just renting the house we can't exactly rip it out or paint over it or anything drastic like that. So we've tried to disguise it with big pictures or large wall fixtures but there's really no hiding that it is covered in wood. So I had a bright idea awhile ago that we should at least take care of the wood-slatted doors that hide our washer and dryer in the kitchen. It would at least break up the solid wood-ness of the kitchen a little. So we reused the head table runner fabric from our wedding and created a covering for it. Adam was such a sport in helping me with it, he even crawled behind the doors and squeezed between the doors and the washer and dryer. Anyway, we loved it when we were done and felt very proud of ourselves. Its so refreshing to look at really. Now we feel like DIY pro's and are hoping we get our own show or something. Ok, well not really. But we were super happy. One small victory for the Coxes, one giant leap for old-house owners everywhere.
Here's the before and after pics!


The lovely wood covered before pic


Yay!!! So much better!

3 comments:

  1. The doors look lovely. You did a good job. Love you bunches

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  2. That was a good use of the table runner from your reception.

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