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I love this makeover...much like others here.
I have a totally unrelated comment. I love this blog as well. However, I wish bloggers would not use the shadow lines on the sides of the pages. It makes the page move oh so slowly. I don't even read blogs that use them cause I can't stand it, even if they have great content. At least I can still get the best projects on AT.
If any bloggers should read this, also please stop using the word "goodness" over and over again. It was only cute for awhile.
I know it is free for me, but as we have seen it is benficial to both reader and blogger (ads and such). Thus, I felt like throwing that out there.
Still a great project and hope she reads this and removes those lines so I can read her blog...please!!!

The mirror in the 3rd picture you can pick up on Ebay for less than $10. It is a cheap 80's production. I know this because I picked one from an auction. I thought I did so well, only to find out it worthless and plentiful.

I like this version way better than the Lettered Cottage..and I adore them for the record. Anyone who has a child with a daybed knows they are a nightmare to keep made. Also, I think full size beds are great for kids...good for sleepovers and such. In addition, kids don't need a lot of space in their rooms, as they don't spend as much time in them thanks to the addition of Family Rooms.

I love how unrefined it is, yet it is still so elegant. I wish I had this sort of knack. Well done!

I love YHL and read them every day. How many other design blogs have such a regonizable acronym? They are funny, nice, and seem very much in love.
That being said, I think they are trying to go a new direction and it is not working. Their first home worked so well because it was a formula many readers could follow (EVERYTHING neutral with a few colorful pillows), it was very effective.
This house they are trying some new things, but their plans seemed clouded by nagging leanings towards their true aesthetic. The only room that works is the one they really went for, the guest room.
I hate this project, the color they painted their beams, the new rug, and the oh so skimpy window panels (they are half the width of a normal panel on huge sliders).
I am so sorry YHL, but I hope you take this in the spirit it is delivered. Go back to what you do better than anyone. Your are DIY gods...as for decorating-go back to the formula.

I know what her MIL is thinking...she is wondering why her offspring and his betrothed are ruining completely good kitchen cabinets, only to replace them with low-grade stock cabinets. Especially since the said cabinets are in the Shaker style so many others are pining for, and she is only going to install the lesser cabinets in the same layout. She also thinking about how they are vintage and probably made of solid wood. Then she is remembering back to some really cool design blogs she saw, full of endless ideas to renew old kitchens with a $25 can of paint. Finally she is wondering what landfill this sensless waste will fill, so she can retrieve them when they run out of funds for her MIL suite.