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Dark wood cabinets filled this bungalow kitchen from the countertop to the ceiling, with flat slab doors and small round knobs keeping the fronts plain. Yellow walls, patterned square backsplash tile, white laminate counters, and white appliances added several more finishes to the compact room. @hierathc Courtney Hierath wanted a new look without replacing cabinets that were still in good condition. She removed the hardware, filled the old holes, and used pine trim to turn the flat doors into Shaker-style fronts. Two doors beneath the sink went in another direction, with diagonal strips forming a chevron pattern across both fronts. Green and white paint completed the change. Behr Eastern Bamboo went across the base cabinets, white covered the uppers, and long black pulls replaced the small knobs. She completed the DIY renovation for around $500, though the countertops and floors were still on her future project list when she shared the kitchen. Flat slab doors gave the cabinets fe...

When Maudie Francek and her husband, Ronnie, started work on the living room of their 1928 Milwaukee bungalow, beige covered the walls and brick fireplace. Even the patterned tile at the hearth struggled to stand out against the brown-beige surround. @r.m.hammer and @eveningcue The couple wanted to keep the home’s original details rather than replace them. After cleaning the hearth, they found green-brown tones within the old tile pattern. Those small squares became the reference point for a much bigger color decision. Instead of stripping the already-painted brick, Maudie and Ronnie painted the fireplace Sherwin-Williams Andiron, a deep green that can read close to black. Photographer Travis Frangie of Evening Cue captured the finished home, while Maudie shared the project through r.m.hammer . Beige covered the fireplace and much of the room @r.m.hammer and @eveningcue Before work began, beige brick surrounded the firebox, with a lighter border around the opening and a wood ma...

Thanksgiving cactus can spend most of the year as a mass of green segments, then cover itself with flowers as the holidays approach. Kerstin Servedio shared photos of hers as orange buds opened across the plant, drawing questions from other growers about what could produce such a heavy bloom. She keeps it in an east-facing window, top-waters once a week, and uses liquid fertilizer about once a month. With October about to begin, another part of the plant’s environment becomes important, and it has little to do with adding more water or fertilizer. Days outside are getting shorter, but a Thanksgiving cactus sitting in a living room may not experience that same seasonal change once lamps and overhead lights come on after sunset. Long, uninterrupted nights are one of the cues associated with bud formation, which makes darkness the October condition many indoor plants may be missing. Growers who get heavy blooms have also noticed what happens when nighttime artificial light change...

Moving a kitchen into another part of the house can solve layout problems that new cabinets and finishes cannot. In this home, the kitchen and dining area occupied adjoining spaces, but a load-bearing wall, large peninsula, and separate floor zones kept the two areas divided. u/No-Statistician6977 Reddit user u/No-Statistician6977 moved the kitchen into the former dining area and opened the wall between the spaces. Her husband, a contractor and project manager, handled much of the work, while a kitchen company built the new cabinetry. The finished plan places the sink beneath the windows, adds a long peninsula with seating, and turns part of the former kitchen into a wine and coffee bar. The renovation cost about $75,000 CAD for the entire area, including structural work, plumbing, electrical, insulation, cabinetry, counters, and the other changes required to move the kitchen. Dining Room and Kitchen Started as Separate Zones u/No-Statistician6977 The original dining table sat b...