Hi, I'm Gina... Welcome to The Shabby Creek Cottage!We began our journey of remodeling my childhood home in early 2009. We lived here for nearly 5 years before we finally got down to ripping out walls and installing floors. It's been quite a journey, but it's long from over! My husband, Mr. SCC, and I have two girls, Lala and Bre. We enjoy our creekside life in our shabby little cottage. Our home is a calm, sweet place to be, wellll... unless there are skill saws buzzing during ... continue reading...
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DIY wood floors (and an upcoming project sneak peek!)
Working on my home has been a serious priority this year, which is kinda obvious since I've basically finished up six spaces in the last six month. Holy cow... did I just say six in six? Yeah, I guess I did. Anywho, I'm on track to do seven in seven, because we just started our master bedroom makeover. I'll tell you more about it all next week, but we've gotta start at the bottom and do everything from scratch, so why not start with the floors? All throughout our house the floors have ... continue reading...
Small Hallway Makeover Reveal
I think I've been talking about finishing this space for about 3 years, which is a long wait if you've been reading my blog that long. I know, I know, I know - sometimes I move like a moth in mud. I have no idea what took me so long, since it really didn't take that long when you look at the actual amount of time that we spent working on it. I think we could have pulled it off in a couple of days, but we mostly made it work with scraps and leftovers from other projects. After finishing out the ... continue reading...
how we install bead board walls
Since the first day I started blogging, the most frequently asked question is “What kind of bead board do you use?” closely followed by “What kind of bead board should I use?” I know there are a bajillion products out there to give you the look of bead board, but the time has finally come for me to share how we hang our bead board walls. We use a product called Ply Bead, which we can always find at Home Depot or Lowe’s in the same aisle with the plywood & MDF. It varies a little, but ... continue reading...
Make Your Own Flooring with 1×8 pine
Wood Floors - they're the corner stone of a custom built, beautiful home. As lovely as they may be, doing them on a budget isn't quite so easy, so we figured out how to get great wood floors on a small budget. This post was shared almost five years ago, and I still get emails nearly every week about how to do these, if they’ve held up, do I still love them, etc. The short answer is yes. They have held up amazingly well with lots of daily traffic (and probably not cleaned ... continue reading...