The Bungalow Archives - It's So Very Cheri http://itssoverycheri.com decorating, craft projects, DIY, thrifty, recycle Fri, 02 Sep 2016 13:13:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.3 Fall Is In The Air at the Bungalow http://itssoverycheri.com/2016/09/02/fall-is-in-the-air-at-the-bungalow/ http://itssoverycheri.com/2016/09/02/fall-is-in-the-air-at-the-bungalow/#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2016 13:13:55 +0000 http://itssoverycheri.com/?p=20150 I’ve started working on my hearth room fireplace. I don’t know if I have ever shared this with you but we have 4 fireplaces at the Bungalow. This one, there is one in the kitchen, one in the Master Bedroom and one in the in-law quarters. It’s not done but it’s a start. I pulled […]

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]]> http://itssoverycheri.com/2016/09/02/fall-is-in-the-air-at-the-bungalow/feed/ 1 The Coffee Bar Part 1 http://itssoverycheri.com/2016/08/28/the-coffee-bar-part-1/ http://itssoverycheri.com/2016/08/28/the-coffee-bar-part-1/#respond Sun, 28 Aug 2016 17:20:42 +0000 http://itssoverycheri.com/?p=20136 The Coffee Bar In the hearth room there is/was a wet bar. My sister had the fabulous idea to make it into a coffee bar. You can see the bar to the right of the fireplace. I started by painting the back wall in chalkboard paint and the other walls white. You can click to […]

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]]> http://itssoverycheri.com/2016/08/28/the-coffee-bar-part-1/feed/ 0 Coffee Bar- Part 1 http://itssoverycheri.com/2016/08/14/coffee-bar-part-1/ http://itssoverycheri.com/2016/08/14/coffee-bar-part-1/#respond Sun, 14 Aug 2016 18:20:21 +0000 http://itssoverycheri.com/?p=20130 I mentioned our coffee bar HERE. This house was build in the 70’s and they had a wet bar in the hearth room. My sister brought up a great idea– make it into a coffee bar and that is where the inspiration began. You can see the hearth bar in the photos when I was […]

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]]> http://itssoverycheri.com/2016/08/14/coffee-bar-part-1/feed/ 0 The Bungalow Kitchen Update 2-before, during and now http://itssoverycheri.com/2016/08/13/the-bungalow-kitchen-update-2-before-during-and-now/ http://itssoverycheri.com/2016/08/13/the-bungalow-kitchen-update-2-before-during-and-now/#comments Sat, 13 Aug 2016 15:02:18 +0000 http://itssoverycheri.com/?p=20125 It feels so good to finally have the top cabinets done and installed again. One good thing with our OPEN CONCEPT, for the last 2 1/2 months of working on the kitchen, is that everyone got familiar with where we had things. Last night the kids were saying “I think I liked the open concept […]

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]]> http://itssoverycheri.com/2016/08/13/the-bungalow-kitchen-update-2-before-during-and-now/feed/ 2 The BUNGALOW -Our Kitchen Update- Before, During and NOW http://itssoverycheri.com/2016/07/03/the-bungalow-kitchen-update-before-during-and-now/ http://itssoverycheri.com/2016/07/03/the-bungalow-kitchen-update-before-during-and-now/#respond Sun, 03 Jul 2016 23:00:52 +0000 http://itssoverycheri.com/?p=20017 It isn’t going to be a before and after because we are still in the process and need to do a few more things but you can see where we are for now. Let’s start with a NOW and then we will get into the BEFORE, During and more NOW photos. Welcome to our Kitchen. […]

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]]> http://itssoverycheri.com/2016/07/03/the-bungalow-kitchen-update-before-during-and-now/feed/ 0 This Is For The Birds http://itssoverycheri.com/2016/07/01/this-is-for-the-birds/ http://itssoverycheri.com/2016/07/01/this-is-for-the-birds/#respond Fri, 01 Jul 2016 19:43:47 +0000 http://itssoverycheri.com/?p=20000 When we moved in to the new house there were 4 barn swallow nests on the house.  3 were on the back covered porch and one on the front covered porch. (We had a dead bird on the back patio and one of the nest had eggs that never made it.  A second nest was […]

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]]> http://itssoverycheri.com/2016/07/01/this-is-for-the-birds/feed/ 0 Rehab – The Good – The Bad – The Ugly http://itssoverycheri.com/2016/06/16/rehab-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/ http://itssoverycheri.com/2016/06/16/rehab-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/#respond Thu, 16 Jun 2016 14:23:05 +0000 http://itssoverycheri.com/?p=19982 Rehab- Everyone wants that Fixer Upper- Chip and Joanna Gaines remodel and the opportunity to flip a house and make money. If you have a TEAM to work on a house it can be done in a few months.  If you are doing most of it yourself, then you may be working at it for […]

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]]> http://itssoverycheri.com/2016/05/30/kitchen-sneak-peek/feed/ 0 Plum, Purple, Orchad and Navy http://itssoverycheri.com/2016/05/25/plum-purple-orchad-and-navy/ http://itssoverycheri.com/2016/05/25/plum-purple-orchad-and-navy/#respond Wed, 25 May 2016 11:00:53 +0000 http://itssoverycheri.com/?p=19948 What do you do 62 hours before you close on your house? Ummm– work on new pillows for your daughters room. She picked a new color scheme for her room- TODAY! Plum, Purple, Orchad and Navy. I needed to pick paint colors so I figured I might as well get started.

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]]> http://itssoverycheri.com/2016/05/25/plum-purple-orchad-and-navy/feed/ 0 Welcome to the Bungalow http://itssoverycheri.com/2016/05/20/19926/ http://itssoverycheri.com/2016/05/20/19926/#respond Fri, 20 May 2016 17:02:09 +0000 http://itssoverycheri.com/?p=19926 A couple of months ago my parents put their house on the market and had 2 cash offers the first week. They called and had us start looking for houses for them. The housing market is moving VERY FAST. No sooner would something come on the market and it had an offer that day.   […]

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