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Hey Y’all – I’m Tonya and welcome to my brand new blog about home!
So last year I bought myself a project. Technically it was a house, but it seems I buy on potential and what it could be so it’s definitely a project. My friend Sylvia suggested I share my projects with the world so here we are. With this Blog + Instagram + YouTube channels, I’ll be sharing my design ideas, diy projects, decorate with me, and a few recipes thrown in for good measure. Thanks for stopping by!
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One the game changers for my projects has been using my graphic design skills to create floorplans, mockups, and vision boards. It was especially helpful when working with contractors. Just verballing describing what I want leaves the possibility that what I’m thinking and what they’re thinking are not the same thing.
If you have a project and would like to visualize it to help your decision process or communicate your vision to others, I would be glad to assist you.
Latest Stories…
- Kitchen Demolition
Now that I have a clear plan for the new kitchen, have sourced all the materials, it’s DEMO time! I rely admire #TeamDOItYourself but for me and heavy duty construction, I’m #HireHelp. You see I hail from a family of all girls. My father is deceased, both of my grandfathers died before I was born,… Read More »Kitchen Demolition - Finding Cabinets – Part 2 – Facebook Marketplace
Over the last year Facebook Marketplace had become my first stop when looking for anything for the house. I’d used it to find lighting, furniture, and decor items thus far. Not being 100% satisfied with the unfinished wood option, I decided to see what Facebook Marketplace had to offer in the kitchen cabinets. If I… Read More »Finding Cabinets – Part 2 – Facebook Marketplace - Finding Cabinets – Part 1
Now that I have a general idea of what I wanted to do in the kitchen in adding a new wall of cabinets where the previous owner had a table, the next challenge was to finding cabinets. Cabinets are one of the largest costs for redoing a kitchen. New wood cabinets for an average-size kitchen… Read More »Finding Cabinets – Part 1 - Crafting a Plan for the Kitchen
Visit my YouTube channel to see more details about how I designed the new kitchen – Watch on YouTube The next step in the process was coming up with a plan for how to get more storage in the kitchen. The first step was the measure everything – walls, windows, doorways, ceilings, cabinets, appliances, etc.… Read More »Crafting a Plan for the Kitchen - Kitchen Problems
I’m a kitchen person. One of the things I loved about my previous home was the kitchen. I built it and paid extra to get the maple cabinets which came with pullout trays on the bottom, crown molding, and fluted molding on either side of the range hood. The new kitchen had oak cabinets of… Read More »Kitchen Problems - My Design Vision
I had a clear vision of what I wanted this house to be – calm, peaceful, high style, and understated elegance with slick maximalist tendencies. The big plan is to layer onto each room over time. This time I’m in no rush to get everything done quickly. I enjoy the process and all the iterative… Read More »My Design Vision