April
We’ve been in the house for 1 1/2 weeks now. The rental house was cleaned and ready to go a week ahead of schedule and our deposit already refunded. So far the two of us have added lighting to the garage, … Continue reading
Our Lighting Picks
All of the schoolhouse lights (World Imports Luray 1-Light Oil-Rubbed Bronze Semi-Flush Mount, Home Decorators Collection 1-Light Ceiling White Opal Pendant, and Hampton Bay Esdale 1-Light Ceiling Oil Rubbed Bronze Flushmount) were from Home Depot~about $200 for 5 … Continue reading
Our Picks For The Basement Bathroom
1) Ikea Grundtal Mirror $35 (but I found mine for $10 at a garage sale) 2) 2 Gatco Latitude II Single Sconce Light in Satin Nickel (I actually had to replace a broken one but 3 of the “replacement’ lights arrived … Continue reading
Our Closet, New Window Treatments, New Attic Entry and a Nursery Dresser
The current client dresser-going to a nursery for twins-is moving along. Being able to use power tools once again, having a heated workshop and running water nearby for clean up plus light for work in the dark, winter evenings makes … Continue reading
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We're Annie and Greg Witkamp (aka the Wits, aka Em & Wit Design). We salvage, refurbish and design furniture and homes. We're taking a break from an online & social media presence (for the most part). Our time on the blog was memorable and fun, but we're off to other projects and opportunities. Most derived from our shenanigans here. We'll drop in once in a while, but just know we're off chasing our dreams, tackling goals and living a life we enjoy.
Our specialty is wood furniture in rough shape that we come across on craigslist, at estate sales, on the curb, in a barn, you get it. Those pieces are cleaned, repaired, refurbished and good to go for years to come. Sometimes we design our own pieces.
As of spring 2016, we decided to make this website, the Wits, about our remodeling homes and emandwit.com about the furniture. You can shop there, ask us questions, see our newly finished pieces and portfolio.
We sold our second remodeled home near Seattle in August 2018 and moved to Richmond, Virginia. Getting to Washington was a goal that took years to achieve, but we had an opportunity come up and we grabbed hold (again)!
You can watch our journey right here, there, and/or through Instagram.
-To see the projects we did to our first home, check out the home improvement page. To see our current home projects, scroll through the most recent posts. (I need to update that....)
