Category Archives: My First House

Ikea did it again (and again and again). This weekend Eric and I decided to take the three hour trip to Ikea in Charlotte. We actually like the road trip. It’s a long day but fun. It is good quality time in the car together, then a delicious meal in the Ikea cafeteria, and then…

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After glitter painting explosions episodes and many tin upcycles (both popcorn and coffee to be exact), I am back with the final reveal of the Mego Cave Closet. This has been a closet makeover two weeks in the making. Geez! I have decided to take my time on projects and do it right the first…

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Yeah, that title is a Lou Bega reference. Deal with it. You gotta do something to pump you up while organizing pretty much all weekend long. It all started last weekend when I painted the Mego Cave closet (with glitter paint!). The reason behind it (other than just making it super fly pretty) was to make…

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I don’t think I have ever really shared an indoor/outdoor room that we have, fondly called our sunroom/screened in porch. It is built off the Mego Cave right on the deck. This is how it is just hanging out right now, with some a table and chairs and rocker. Warning: this are the real life…

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Well, I had thought that I had covered almost every wall in the house of this point and was pretty much done with painting…until I decided to paint my closet in the Mego Cave. Now I am a huge fan of painting closets! Check out what the closet was looking like pre-painting and pre-organization (although…

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