The Anatomy of a Good Furniture Flip

When we moved into the house one of the big debates was about the dining area and table. I knew I wanted to be able to sit more people than the 4 seater at the previous house. I thought the way to go would be a round table that seats 4 with a leaf to extend it to seat 6....

5 Things To Know Before Taking Up Tile

So, you have old, outdated tile and you've been drooling over new hardwood floors. Maybe you've even seen some tutorials on installing and thought it was something you could tackle! Awesome. But first things first. If you want to do it right, ya gotta take up the old stuff.

What's In A Name

Everyone knows any self respecting farmhouse needs one important thing... A name! So we set out to name our darling new slice of earth!

Welp, we moved!

So it seemed that as soon I started up The Half Finished House, I took a hiatus. If you recall my very first post about our massive brick fireplace feature wall, I went on about how were weren't moving in the foreseeable future. How ironic is that? Well we actually moved. I honestly still can't believe it. 

Barn Doors without the "Barn door"

Let me preface this post with the fact that I always forget to take before pictures. I'm so excited to get started on something that I just WHAM dive right in only to later think... darn it, I forgot to take a before picture again! Any others diyers like this or just me? Well this project was no different. 

How to Decorate to Include Your Man

Okay so when Adam and I got married and moved into our first house, there was a challenge I didn't anticipate. Did y'all see that recent episode of The Big Bang Theory where Penny re-decorated Leonard's room to look more girly? Leonard tells Penny she can decorate anyway she wanted; that she should make it her own and feel comfortable. 

Farmhouse Pantry Door

So one thing that I wanted to make my own was the pantry door. Like so many of you, we have builder grade, 6 panel, interior doors. Now, theres nothing inherently wrong with these doors but theres not much you can do with them. You know the ones... Aside from flat slab doors, these are the most basic builder grade, non-farmhouse doors known to man. Boring...