Yep, I am a few months behind with updates, but I am finally starting to catch up! We were never fully in love with our kitchen and bathroom cabinets. I kicked myself for choosing such a dark stain. I was constantly getting clothing stuck on the handles as well. So rather than getting an entire […]
Author: Michelle
Welcome to The Napa Project, where I write about our five year remodel of a mid century home in Napa, California.
The Shoffice
The term ‘shoffice’ appears to be the new buzzword as many homeowners turn their sheds into home offices and that is exactly what we did. Or should I say ‘Shawffice’ – since it is Shawn’s office? In the last year we finished things off as I will show below. The shed was originally brown like […]
The Many Lives of the Master Bedroom Closet
This master closet has had a few incarnations over the past 4 years. It was initially 2 dark closets with built in drawers. I can’t find a picture of the built ins, but you can get an idea of how dark the closets were. The hole in the wall was for a giant tube TV. No […]
The New Old Door
Over the last 4 years, we had the front door painted a bright red. But we always wanted to do something more ‘MCM’ with it. We thought we would be replacing it eventually, but our contractor warned us that the measurements were odd and he would have a tough time fitting in a brand new […]
Monty, the earthquake kitty!
I have neglected to mention our newest member of the family. This little guy showed up in our courtyard about a week after the earthquake that struck last August. I still don’t know how Shawn heard him because we were in the living room watching TV. All of a sudden Shawn mutes the TV and […]