The Samsung American Showcase Fridge Freezer. We’re a bit in love.
We were recently asked to review the samsung American Showcase Fridge Freezer for ao.com – and actually we had to think long and hard before we said yes. Because this is one HUGE fridge – and having it in our kitchen meant a total redesign of our space! In the ned we opted to place it in our utility room – although it’s not as convenient as having the fridge right in the kitchen, it is only 10 steps away (and...
The Tiny Bedroom Makeover – it’s the Grand Reveal!
As regular readers know, we’ve been hard at work the last week on our Tiny Bedroom Makeover, creating a total transformation in our 7yr old daughters’ L-shaped tiny shoebox bedroom. You can follow all the Tiny Bedroom Makeover posts here, but this is the end result. And we’re a bit pleased with how it finally turned out… Remember – this is where we began. Green walls, still in her cotbed, no storage,...
Missing a finishing touch to the makeover – and wall stickers were IT! #TinyRoomMakeover
So having decided on the plain walls, and properly loving their simple plain-ness, we wavered once the room started to be filled. The entrance ‘leg’ by the door was just a little too plain. Her easel had been broken down, and the chalk and white boards were mounted on the right, but on the left we had nothing. The husband picked up a cute little photo frame, but it was too small to fill the wide stretch of wall that first...
Solving the impossible; which bed fits a kid’s tiny bedroom? #TinyRoomMakeover
So the room is now all set and ready to be refilled. We’d upcycled some furniture, we’d painted new shelves, we’d thought about storage.But how to choose the bed… When we started the whole room, this is where we began the design process. The room is so very tiny that the bed had to the main feature.We’d tried all sorts of options on paper.We decided the best option was definitely to lift the bed off...
The one where she chose PURPLE carpet #TinyRoomMakeover
When you’ve lived for a very long time with very old carpet, you simply cease to notice it. Like you don’t notice your nose. It’s just there, doing it’s job; your eyes can see it but your brain chooses to ignore it. Same thing with old carpet – you’re so used to it, you simply stop seeing and feeling it. Stop noticing how horrible it is. Ripping out that skanky old 1980’s peach carpet was...
Made-To-Measure blinds for a kids room. Result! #TinyRoomMakeover
So we had new walls, and before we had a new floor we wanted to get as much of the messy work done as we could. But we couldn’t do the shelves util the bed was up and we saw how they’d fit around it. And we couldn’t do the bed till we had the carpet… so we got on with upcycling the rest of the furniture, painting the shelves in readiness, and realised we could fit the blind too. Previously she’d had big...