Where to?

Where To?

charlottehouserevival

I thought I was making an upholstery protector rev

I thought I was making an upholstery protector review, but apparently it's a video about coffee & cocktails 🤷‍♀️ What can I say, we do what needs done to survive 5 kids

Whatever you want to call it, we shot this a few weeks back when we were choosing fabrics for our soon-to-arrive living room furniture from @roomandboard. You can get tons of their amazing upholstery samples for FREE to see how you like them, and maybe even toss a few beverages on 'em to see how they hold up

Want to find out how our two fabric sprays fared against martinis, red wine, and minestrone soup? Head to the blog for the full video, where you can also find links to the products we used AND my cute champagne coupe 🍸

Part two will be here hopefully before the furniture arrives (😬) where you'll see how well each swatch cleaned up and hear our final thoughts

Don't forget to follow along @charlottehouserevival !
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#homeimprovement #sofas #furniture #homerenovation #livingroom #livingroommakeover #largefamilylife

Round One Complete! We've got the first set of ori

Round One Complete! We've got the first set of original interior wood shutters back in their home, and dayyyyumn do they look good

There are a couple water-damaged panels we'll probably need to refinish in place, but it feels very cool to reassemble a bit of Ms. Charlotte's fine jewelry

We still need to do the bay window shutters, so hopefully we can scrounge up enough functioning hinges to install what we have this weekend

We're also still short two shutters, but we're going to leave a gap for now and try to kick the can down the road a smidge before we try to get new ones made

Rome wasn't built in a day, they say; nor was an old Fraternity House reassembled 🤷‍♀️

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#homerenovation #oldhouserenovation #oldhomelove #livingroom #woodwork #historichomes

We're thinking subtle walls, maybe a fancy ceiling

We're thinking subtle walls, maybe a fancy ceiling? The furniture is coming in a few weeks from @roomandboard, so it's time to nail down our plan for the walls

Sharing more details about today's wallpaper samples in our Stories, and we'll try some limewash colors next

If I feel strongly about our top pick, I'll try to get the walls finished up first, but part of me also wants to wait until the big stuff is here so we can make sure we like it together?

Which do you do first in your rooms?
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#homerenovation #livingroom #roommakeover #oldhomelove #oldhouserenovation #historichomes #woodwork

Omelette maker, book reader, hole digger, cart pus

Omelette maker, book reader, hole digger, cart pusher, tear wiper, cake cutter, baby hauler, and handsomest hug-giver in town 💕

There's never a shortage of things to do around Charlotte House, and we're all glad we get to do it with this fine Papa right here

Happy Father's Day to Jim & all the Papas making a difference out there 🙌 🍻

All it took was a little rain dance from the kids

All it took was a little rain dance from the kids today to really get to test out this French drain ☔

Initial reports are VERY promising: the brick patio area that's normally underwater by several inches is still visible & walkable after some heavy rain

There's also almost no standing water where we regraded, and the side of the house is super dry where we hooked the downspout into the underground drain.

Funnily enough, the only place I could find any significant pooling was literally RIGHT at the edge of the area we leveled and the area we didn't... (You can see in the pic with the chair where the hay "ends") Looks like we might need to continue up along the side of the whole house ? 😭

But later. We've got work to do inside!!
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#backyardrenovation #backyardgoals #urbangarden #yardwork #backyardproject #raindance

We found a stack of painted interior shutters in t

We found a stack of painted interior shutters in the attic, but are they the right size to replace the ones we're missing for the living room... 🤔

Moving on to Plan C, what would you do?
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#homerenovation #oldhouserenovation #oldhomelove #historichomes #woodshutters #woodwork

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