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The Rough Ranch Reveal

August 29, 2022 · 2 Comments

It’s here! One of my favorite parts of flipping… being able to walk through the house when it’s all done and ready for its first potential buyers. Others may have thought we were crazy to get this one, but I am so happy with the results. Exterior This poor little house just needed some love…

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Filed In: Bath, Dining, Flip Houses, Home Decor, House & Home, Kitchen, Project Homes, The Rough Ranch / Tagged: cabinets, diy, flip, kitchen, neutral, renovation, unfinished

Experimenting with Wax

February 24, 2020 · 36 Comments

I love getting messages from readers that they have been inspired and totally changed course on a kitchen renovation after seeing how I’ve updated oak kitchens. I love being able to save someone money and headaches! Out of those messages and my own curiosity I tried liming wax recently with not so great results :(….

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Filed In: House & Home, Kitchen, Projects, Tips and Tutorials / Tagged: briwax, cabinets, kitchen, liming, oak, refresh, update, wax

Flippin’ Friday: Work Stoppage

October 4, 2019 · 3 Comments

I know I’ve been MIA, but I’ve had good reason. Unfortunately, work has come to a bit of a screeching halt over at the Plain Jane. Our contractor who is putting in the flooring had some personal things to take care of, and the floors still haven’t been started. Island I’m eager to get the…

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Filed In: Flip Houses, House & Home, Plain Jane, Projects / Tagged: cabinets, flip house, flipping, paint, patterned, Plain Jane, tile

Beautiful Cane Cabinets

April 6, 2019 · 2 Comments

Beautiful, airy cane cabinets

Filed In: Home Decor, House & Home / Tagged: accent, cabinets, cane, furniture, library, media

Flippin’ Friday (on a Saturday!)

October 12, 2018 · Leave a Comment

I know it’s been a few weeks since my last update, but things are starting to get exciting! The cabinets were delivered and I got to work getting them assembled. Say what you will about IKEA stuff, but one thing they really have down is the assembly process. The slight imperfections of other RTA pieces…

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Filed In: Flip Houses, House & Home, Kitchen, The Angler / Tagged: angler, cabinets, kitchen, paint, rta

Flippin’ Friday: Kitchen Time!

September 21, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Happy Friday folks. How can it be Friday already? I don’t know where this week has gone. But being busy sure does make time fly! I’m in my first month of all my children being in school, and time has only sped up more. How can that be? I promised you last week I would…

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Filed In: House & Home, Kitchen, The Angler / Tagged: angler, backsplash, cabinets, design, flip, gray, inspiration, kitchen, reno, update, wood

Flip House Friday: Kitchen Plans & Paint!

June 2, 2017 · 8 Comments

So this was my office yesterday along with one of my more lazy co-workers… no complaints here!  I’m working on the kitchen cabinet doors for the skinny house – more on that below! But we have paint! Paint is really the first thing that goes in where you start to see that shift from demolition…

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Filed In: Flip Houses, House & Home, The Skinny House / Tagged: briwax, cabinets, flip, house, kitchen, oak

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Welcome all! In between the chaos of being a scatterbrained mom of 3 and a real estate investor, I love trying new things with my saw, paint brush, camera… I’m a Jane of all trades but master of none. Join me and we can learn together!

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