Breakfast nook bench

I'm not sure exactly when my affinity for window seats began, but I can remember loving them even as a little girl. In college, I begged my dad to drive up 5 hours from Virginia

Take measurements of the potential seating area. Take note of any obstacles you may need to work around. Here we had an A/C vent to redirect. We decided to take off the old baseboards, and repurpose them to use for the front trim of the seating area.

To me, a bare wall is a real eyesore, but it does get me excited because it serves as a massive blank canvas for some creative and fun designing. The best way to decorate walls

Make these awesome outdoor bench projects for your backyard, porch or deck! Celebrate your garden in style with a DIY bench!

Design projects seem to come in waves...we won't have anything to reveal for months and then they ALL finish up at once! That seems to be the case recently, and I am loving that we finally get to share some of what we've been working on!

Building a house is a lot like building a relationship: you start out by making tentative plans, figuring out what you like and what you’d change. You make compromises, sometimes even cosmetic adjustments. Eventually you start to picture what your life together might look like. Then, if all goes well and enough time has passed,…

It's more than just a breakfast nook.

An 1890s farmhouse on two-plus acres gets a brand new look.

Adding more seating in our dining room was a must. I love having parties and get-togethers, but chairs are really expensive. I did buy 8 dining chairs for our table (at $100 a pop was a bit of a shock for this budget shopper), but when we have people over, we need more than 8 chairs. This beautiful built in bench was a perfect solution. Our bench sits on the wall away from the table and acts as a sofa most of the time. A place to sit with your coffee in the morning, a comfy seat to p…

I cannot get enough of Cape Cod’s Casabella Home Furnishings and Interiors! The Casabella interior design studio is the talent behind this gorgeous South Harwich, Massachusetts home, photogra…

Lately I’ve been daydreaming of my most recent obsession: Sunny breakfast nooks with bench seating. Yes, you read that right. I’ve been obsessing over breakfast nooks. And bench seating. It’s what I do… my mind is constantly changing, organizing or decorating something. You’d think that I would get tired of it. Actually, it’s the exact... Read more