10 Day Kitchen Renovation REVEAL!!

By Mandi | 06/24/2019 | 28 Comments

HOLY. We survived!! A complete kitchen renovation (including wall removal and construction!) in 10 days. I’ve never been more elated to share a project with you guys! We partnered with Samsung to launch their latest appliance color Tuscan Stainless Steel and overhauled the kitchen at our family cabin. Are you ready to see how it turned out!? (You can read all where we started here!)

Technically this is where we started when we bought the cabin 5 years ago.

Grody.

The Complete Guide To Caring for A Fiddle Leaf Fig

By Mandi | 06/11/2019 | 12 Comments

If you want screaming success with your fiddle leaf fig, read on my friend! This guide is sure to give you all the info you need to see your indoor fiddle leaf fig THRIVE!

Fiddle Leaf Fig in entryway with Orange Wallpaper

Here’s What You’ll Learn in this Post:

  • Fiddle Leaf Figs LOVE bright indirect light. The more the better!.
  • Deeply water your fig tree when the top 1/4 of soil is dry.
  • Fiddle Leaf Figs are prone to root rot, so a proper watering technique is crucial
  • Browning leaves can mean a number of things, diagnose yours with the pictures in this post!
  • Control the size of the fiddle leaf fig with pruning.
  • The best fertilizer for lush giant leaves

National Painting Week 2019

A Reception Area You’ll Want to Live In | Charity Room Makeover

By Mandi | 06/03/2019 | 13 Comments

This post is sponsored by Sherwin-Williams®.

It’s the best time of the year!! No it’s not Christmas, its Sherwin-Williams eighth annual National Painting Week!! For the last 6 years we’ve celebrated with everything from Dylan’s viral Hexagon Room to adorable playhouses for Utah Foster Care.

This year’s deserving nonprofit is one that is making a huge difference in the lives of teenagers in Southern Utah. Youth Futures is a homeless shelter just for teenagers ages 12 to 17. They offer everything from a place to live, to drop in services like laundry, and provide food and clothing. They recently acquired an old dentist office next to the house for intake, counseling, and admin offices and that is where we worked the Vintage Revivals magic!!

A 10-Day (Complete Gut Job) Kitchen Makeover!!

By Mandi | 05/28/2019 | 6 Comments

We are kicking off the summer with a whirlwind kitchen renovation, are you ready to follow along every step of the way?!! We’ve partnered with Samsung to show off their newest Tuscan Stainless appliances and it is one for the history books!!

Court’s family has a cabin in the mountains just north of the Merc and it has been our escape from the heat of the Southern Utah summer for the last few years. It is our FAVORITE place to hang out as an extended family and can get pretty crazy when everyone is there. When we bought it a few years ago it was exactly what you’d expect from a cabin built in the late 90’s. Oak builder grade grossness with appliances that have surely seen better days. We did a quick paint job on the cabinets and changed out the flooring when we added on last year but it still needs some serious TLC. 

Why We Still DIY Everything

By Mandi | 05/20/2019 | 49 Comments

I got the most interesting comment on Instagram this week while I was in the midst of installing pavers. The comment said “Surely you make enough money to hire this job out!” I dont know if it’s because I had time to chew on it while I was working, or if this feeling has been bubbling just under the surface for a while, but I want to share with you guys why we still DIY. 

When Things Get Significantly Worse Before They Get Better

By Mandi | 05/13/2019 | 6 Comments

Hey hey!! Oh my gosh, can we have a heart to heart? Ok good.

You know when you start a project only to find out that it needs WAY more attention/work/money/time/marriage favors than you originally thought!? That is what we’re going through right now!!

We’ve partnered with our favorite store in all the land The Home Depot and Pavestone on an outdoor paver project. I mean, we have SO MANY AREAS that need so much work, it was the perfect overhaul.

This is what the space looked like just a few weeks ago before everything turned green. The old pavers were a hodge podge. Uneven and mismatched. (The Merc is the building with the mural on it)

Transitioning Your Indoor Plants Outside for the Summer!

By Mandi | 05/10/2019 | Leave a Comment

Today we’re talking about how to transition your indoor houseplant outside for the summer! I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve had a guest poster on Vintage Revivals, but I just HAVE TO introduce you to my friend Amy. She is a plant guru and I begged her to share some of her plant knowledge with you!

Hello Vintage Revivals readers! I’m Amy from Delineate Your Dwelling, a lifestyle, home decor + craft blog. I was a landscape architect for 8 years before starting a creative blog and my passion for all things green runs DEEP. And I’m excited to share a little bit of plant knowledge with you all today.

As the weather becomes warm and the sun stays out a little bit longer each day, all I want to do is spend my time outdoors. Other than grabbing a good book and sipping on a delicious glass of lemonade, I love tending and caring for my outdoor plants. But are you ready for this?? You can move many of your indoor plants outside for the summer months! It’s so exciting to know that with a few key steps, those sweet little green babies can soak up that summer sun right along with you.