Building Modern Blog
New House, New Videos!
By Anna
Hey Everyone!
We’re so excited that you found our site!! We wanted to let you know that we’ve started making YouTube Videos again! We hope to see you there! We’re working on gardening, landscaping, and modern builds! We’ll be reviewing some of our older projects like a modern planter bed & modern primary bathroom renovation, as well as new projects!
We can’t wait to see you there! Please leave a comment and say hello on our YouTube Channel! Thanks!
Kitchen: the final reveal!
After a bunch of various blog posts on our kitchen remodel, I thought I would give a more extensive tour of our finished kitchen… as well as some Before & After photos. Our kitchen original 80’s finishes included: standard cabinets, linoleum sheet flooring (two layers!), stippled ceiling, laminate countertops, and stained baseboards. We renovated with: […]
Kitchen: diy concrete countertops – making island waterfall sides
After a nice hiatus from countertops, we still had to finish up the entire project by making matching concrete waterfall sides for our kitchen island. The waterfall sides are made the exact same way as the other concrete countertops… but there is one exception: they will have a portion of their backsides finished as well. […]
Staining our front stair railings
Continuing with our exterior railing project! We left off with our railings completely constructed, but left unstained. In order to stain our updated exterior railings, we needed to wait and allow time for the pressure treated lumber to dry out. Sometimes I have purchased PT lumber where it is decently dry (and comparatively light) and sometimes it is […]
Modern Atlanta Home Tour 2015: Alaska Residence
The Modern Atlanta Home Tour is a two day self-guided tour of homes in Atlanta. The architecture tour is mostly private residences, but occasionally a few commercial buildings are featured. It is usually held on a weekend in mid June – MA was founded in 2007. The tour is the finale of “Design is Human Week” – a […]