The Drop Cloth

From our families to yours .... 🎄

10 months in the making! To see the full project step by step check out the highlight of BJ's Kitchen

Happy Memorial Day! Thank you to all who have served our country and made the ultimate sacrifice. 🇺🇲❤️

It doesn’t look like much right now, but in a few weeks this will be one fancy fireplace!

So much more work goes into what is behind the walls vs what we see, and we tackled a lot of that this weekend!

Highlights:
- Cut out the rug 😳
- Built the base frames
- Installed both cabinets
- Painted the giant wall ( Duration Extra White, flat)
- Framed up the header for the soon-to-be barn door
- Set all the measurements for that fancy new fireplace insert!

Thanks to all of our supplies were delivered mid-week and saved us from a haul in the rain this weekend!

Stay tuned for next weekend when we REALLY make some progress!!

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It hasn’t been the most productive weekend, but I ended up doing way more than planned!

My only noticeable accomplishment are these adorable planters.

Swipe to see some of the major purchases we secured from

The next two weeks should be busy ones!

Well folks, we’ve got ourselves a PLAN!

I’ve spent two weeks thinking through and mapping out how to being a fireplace to life in the office/guest suite. After a trial run today with furniture borrowed from the man cave, we officially can start the shopping list!

Stay tuned over the next few weekends as the office becomes a total and complete mess before it is transformed into 3-purpose space.
1. Office with perfect L-Shaped desk in the corner
2. Sitting room with cozy fireplace
3. Full-Blown guest suite with a full-sized bed and plenty of storage

Drop a DM for any last minute ideas before we load up the shopping cart!!

The storage room is DONE!!

It has been 4 weekends of major DIY. Swipe to check out the journey! Or check out our highlights!

I am genuinely shocked with how much more room I have now. I also have an awesome little workshop space.

Our faves from this project:
- because we were there 27 times!
- for the custom hue (Succulent @ 50%)
- because cabinets cannot be made without them!
- for those awesome heavy duty peg boards
- because, we’ll, look at the wall
- for being the best SIL and DIY buddy ever
- .bertges because The Drop Cloth is always a team effort
- chalky paint for that floor!

We will be posting walk through a and close ups this week. Stay tuned!

The storage room is SO CLOSE to being done. Now we get to focus on all of the details.

Swipe for more photos - and a special appearance 🙃

- We finished painting
- Installed all of the shelves
- Finished the countertop
- Painted the floor

Up next:
- Seal the floor
- Install lights under the upper shelf
- Organize the boards
- Load up the storage shelves

This room has been so much fun to design and build. I can’t wait to wrap up the finishing touches.

.bertges

The storage room came to life this weekend!

We painted the cabinets, finished the edges of all of the shelves and dry fit them, hung the peg board, mounted the overhead shelf brackets, and purchased the rest of the supplies needed to call this project DONE.

Next weekend we should be able to land the finishing touches and call this room DONE!

Our favorites from this weekend were:
- Emerald Urethane in Succulent @ 50%
- Bonding Primer
- cordless hammer drill and multi-tool
- circular saw jig
- because we’ve been there twice in 3 days 🤪
- for the clutch Sunday night help!

If you are just joining our journey check out our Storage Room stories highlights and stayed tuned for next weekend!

It has been a whirlwind of a weekend, but the cabinets for our storage room are built, installed, and primed!
bertges and I spent all day Saturday assembling and installing cabinet boxes. Huge shout out to for ripping the plywood sheets to size for us.

Everything from here is MUCH easier. Although our to-do list is still pretty long.

Here are some of our favorites for this project so far:
- pocket hole jig and circular saw jig
- cordless tools, especially the hammer drill and multi-tool
- bonding primer
- Emerald Urethane (Succulent in 50%)

Stay tuned as we turn this storage room into a storage area + mini workshop!

It's been another busy week for TDC!

Last weekend we tore down this cluttered and outdated storage space in preparation for a one of a kind remodel to hold all of our supplies.

If you followed our stories you've seen the progress, if you haven't here's the skinny...

▪︎ planned a new layout
▪︎ measured twice then headed to to have our lumber cut
▪︎ primed and painted with some of our faves from

♡Trim: Emerald Urethane Trim Paint in High Hide White Semi-Gloss
♡ Paint: Duration in Silverpointe Matte

Stay tuned next weekend as Michelle and BJ and hopefully "the boss" begin construction!

We've officially got a clean slate for our next major project!

For those who have been following our stories you know how this room started. For those who haven't.....you've missed all the fun and an obnoxious number of paint cans🤣

With the wire shelving and all of our supplies out of the way we can really dig into the design of the space and get our true measurements.

HERE'S THE MOST FUN PART .... WE WANT YOUR INPUT ALONG THE WAY! As always, we will document our progress, but we will have our followers voting on function, color choices and more!