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 construction! We ... continue reading...
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15 farmhouse style decorating ideas
Love farmhouse style decorating ideas? Me, too! So today's post is all about getting the worn, warm, feeling of a farmhouse - on a budget of course. And because we all love to DIY - all of these decorating ideas are all about brining the look into your home on a budget. FARMHOUSE STYLE DECORATING IDEAS Unless you're lucky enough to live in an older home, you probably wish you had more of the farmhouse feel to the house itself. This is where adding architectural interest comes in. With a ... continue reading...
Small Kitchen Makeover on a Budget
If the old saying "the kitchen is the heart of the home" is true, then it bleeds over to my blog. I started this blog during the original kitchen makeover we did five years ago. It was our very first big DIY job, and although there were parts of it that we loved, we also noticed tons of mistakes. Plus somewhere along the way I finally figured out what we truly love and stopped letting the rest of the world dictate what I thought I should be doing. I quit asking for advice from everyone under the ... continue reading...
DIY wood countertops
In between working on my bedroom, building a porch & all the other 89 projects I have going on around here, I'm slowly working on sprucing up my kitchen a bit by adding some new DIY wood countertops. When we first remodeled our kitchen nearly 5 years ago, it was our initial decent into major DIY. We'd always fixed things around our own home, but that project was where we cut our teeth on ripping out walls, taking out floors, and even building our own cabinets. Start small? Not us. Full ... continue reading...