Fratt House

The GREEN kitchen of my dreams for this 1963 ranch.

We couldn't just paint the cabinets in our 1963 ranch kitchen, so here's what we did instead.

Southwest design for the win! We transformed my dad's guest room in just three days.

Here is the reveal of the bunk room we did in my In Laws mountain home. I'll get right to the pictures This is a strange angle, but the only way to see the whole room. Piece by piece, here are the before and after shots. Before the bunk beds were for sure functional, but they were bigger than we needed them to be. I like the IKEA bunk beds because the overall frame is smaller. Those are the same mattresses that were in here before, just the frame allowed us to have the dres

I have been using IKEA furniture most of my entire life. I have put together more dressers, beds, bookcases, desks...you name it, I've tried to put it together. Then I got married to a very handy man, and I realized he could put it together while I watched (TV) or was somehow helpful in some other way. I have done this long enough, though, that when it was just my mom and I putting everything together, I was surprised at how good I was at it. My mom and I left for Thanksgi

The design plan was pretty simple...work with what you've got (space wise), and make it feel like it belongs. When we were done, this space could sleep 5, most likely 5 girls. At any given time, if all the cousins were there, or if just one of the families came and brought some friends, it would be a full house. And since there were two bunks, it would feel a little bit like camp. So that's what we went with. Here is the design plan. Does anyone remember this awesome bed