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Lunes, Pebrero 22, 2016

Beautiful Bamboo in the Bathroom

While wood is commonplace in many (if not most) bathrooms, bamboo is one of the rarer woods used. Its an unfortunate omission: bamboo is a hardy, affordable, and attractive wood (technically its grass, but we digress) that can be used Continued

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Freestanding Kitchen Islands and Carts

Barrelson Kitchen Island With Marble Top - Williams Sonoma Beautiful kitchen and freestanding island fromWilliams Sonoma Greetings, friends! Hope you all had a great weekend!I really enjoyedsharing my floor plan ideas last week and dreaming with you about the possibilities for our kitchen layout! I willbe back to sharea few additional and updatedideas for other partsof ourfloor plan(including answering the big question of where []

A Modern Man Cave Mood Board

Mancave MB Pinnable Image

Hello again! Dawn here, fromDesigningDawn.com, back with another mood board for your decoration inspiration. This month, I wanted to try something a little different, and decided that a modern man cave moodboard would be a fun challenge. I like the idea of working up a space that a guy would dig but that wouldnt make his wife cringe.

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Milan headquarter of RAI (former EIAR). Designed in 1939 by architect Gio Ponti and engineer Nino Bertolaia

Sabado, Pebrero 20, 2016

DIY Stair Slide, or How to Add a Slide to Your Stairs

There are so many ways to update stairs -- take up the carpet, use a runner, paint, restain, replace the railing, build a new banister/newel post, add fabric, to name a few -- but not all of them are FUN like Erin's stairs are now. For kids or kids at heart... just add a slide to your stairs!

Read below for the details of Erin's simple DIY stair slide, and consider adding these other kid-fun features to your home too... they're only little for a little while, so make it FUN!

bunkbed playhouse, Remodelaholic

kids playing in the indoor treehouse loft, I Am Hardware featured on Remodelaholic

indoor treehouse play loft, I Am Hardware on Remodelaholic

playhouse under the stairs, Joy2Journey on Remodelaholic

DIY indoor swing, The Rozy Home for Remodelaholic

See more fun basement rec room and play room ideas here -- and here's Erin with the details of her stair slide:

DIY Stair Slide

by Erin of Decor Allure

Note from Remodelaholic: As with any tutorial here on Remodelaholic, this post is for entertainment purposes only. All projects performed following instructions on this site are done at your own risk. Please consult a professional before attempting any project of which you are unsure. Take all necessary safety precautions. Neither Remodelaholic nor Decor Allure are responsible for any injury or damage sustained while attempting to duplicate projects or tutorials. So remember: be smart, be safe!

Hello, DIYers! My name is Erin from Decor Allure. I'm a full-time mom of six kids, active in my church's women's group, avid decorator and world's worst blogger ( I really just do it to share our projects with friends, family and any curious diy-ers like us.) My amazing and handy engineer husband loves to help me find ways to make our home beautiful, but totally unique.

One of the fun projects we did together in our last house in Chicago, was finishing our basement (with a crazy tube slide) HERE. We also recently finished off an attic space in our current Houston home that includes a two-story climbing passage HERE. We also added a built-in bench in our eating nook HERE that I've always wanted to do on one of our homes and this one was the perfect set up for one!

Today, I want to share how we added a slide to our stairs (since everyone was so sad to leave the slide in our last house!) It was actually a pretty easy project. We dreamed up all kinds of different ways we could do it, but ended up with just doing a fairly simple, but sturdy design. Our stairs were wider than usual so we knew we had room to add the slide and still have room to walk up and down the stairs (there is still 27? next to the slide.) We also didn't have a wall right in front of you when you get to the bottom of the stairs (we have 5 feet of space before that corner! There is more space for landing than the pictures show.) Finally, we wanted it to be easily removable for when we needed to move furniture.

I need this in my house for sure! DIY stair slide, with a super easy tutorial, plus the slide is easy to remove if needed for moving furniture up the stairs, etc. DecorAllure on Remodelaholic.com

DIY indoor stair slide, with a super easy tutorial, plus the slide is easy to remove if needed for moving furniture up the stairs, etc. DecorAllure on Remodelaholic.com

Amazing!! Add a kids slide to your existing stairs by Decor Allure featured on @Remodelaholic

DIY indoor removable slide over existing stairs by Decor Allure featured on @Remodelaholic

How We Made Our Stair Slide:

1. After we decided on a width of 18? for our slide, we cut 3/4? sanded plywood into 2 lengths. We needed almost 9 feet in length. Plywood is only 8feett long, so ours required a seam.

Tutorial for indoor slide installed over existing stairs and completely removable by Decor Allure featured on @Remodelaholic

2. We attached the two lengths with 3 metal mending plates. The seam was placed between two stairs, about a 1/4 of the way down, so that the plates didn't make the slide sit up on the stair edges (you want all of the slide to sit on the stair edges to give it support all the way down.)

3. We sanded not only the seam smooth, but the beginning and end edges to get rid of any sharp edges (it also makes it lower-profile to prevent tripping.) The triangular supports were also sanded smooth so it didn't cut into the carpet much.

7 Step by Step instructions for stair slide by Decor Allure featured on @Remodelaholic

4. Triangular supports were cut to the depth and height or our stairs and attached in four places on each side by screws from the top and L brackets underneath.

8 How to support a kids slide installed over existing stairs by Decor Allure featured on @Remodelaholic

5. From underneath, we screwed on a low-profile handrail (similar to this) directly on the top of the right side of the slide.

6. Flush mounting brackets (we got larger ones from Rockler Woodworking) were attached on the wall and the triangular supports. We ended up only using two sets to make it easier to align when taking on and off. They're really only needed to assure that the slide doesn't move forward as the kids go down (all the weight is on the stair edges and the supports.) These mountings allow for the slide to be right up to the wall, not leaving a gap where little fingers could be caught.

9 Interlocking brackets for preventing a gap between shelf and wall by Decor Allure featured on @Remodelaholic

7. Finally, we painted with a good enamel paint (I used Sherwin Williams) in a gloss finish and white to match our home's molding. The slide was super fast without the paint, so I'm glad the paint slowed it down. I still insist on a cushion at the bottom.

10 Kids stair slide, DIY Tutorial by Decor Allure featured on @Remodelaholic

11 Add fun to your home with a stair slide for your kids, complete tutorial by Decor Allure featured on @Remodelaholic

12 Removable stair slide DIY project by Decor Allure featured on @Remodelaholic

It is an absolute hit with both the kids and the adults! We're so glad we did it! Thanks for letting us share it with you!

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Erin, this is SO fun! Thank you so much for sharing!

Remodelaholics, Erin might call herself the world's worst blogger, but I guarantee you are going to want to check out her stuff at Decor Allure! Amazing projects, like her previous basement remodel with the other slide she mentioned, plus this cool built-in bookshelf and a swing! And this attic playroom which has a climbing platform tower to get to it -- enclosed in an empty wall in the entryway. Seriously so cool!

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Biyernes, Pebrero 19, 2016

Our Remodel Floor Plan {Part Two}

Kitchen with a View by Reef Cape Cods Home Builder Reef Cape Cod's Home Builder Thank you all for your enthusiasm and for putting your thinking caps on as we are planning out our remodel! I read each idea you have and run right over to look and see if it would work :) so it's like you are right here with me! If looking at before [...]

25+ Brilliant In-Wall Storage Ideas For Every Room In Your Home

25+ In-Wall Storage Ideas via Remodelaholic.com

In-Wall Storage Ideas

Storage is such a luxury, especially in small spaces. A great way to squeeze in more storage to a tiny room or home is to add it in-between the studs. Recessed or in-wall storage ideas are so useful. These ideas add space to bathrooms, kitchens and just about any other nook and cranny you can find in your home. Tap into that unused space between the studs and add some in-wall storage.

Bathroom In-Wall Storage Ideas