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 Picks For The Upstairs Bathroom and How We Get Great Deals
1) Pottery Barn Vintage Recessed Medicine Cabinet $235.88 (nearly $50 off with promo) 2) 2 Kovacs Brushed Nickel Wall Sconces $121.60 3) Toto Promenade Sink (to be purchased) 4) Moen 90 degree Moentrol tub/shower system $162.04 5) Bianco White Carrara … Continue reading
Camera Apps and Project Updates
With all the happenings going on in the world I can’t recall the order in which the below photos occurred. They were definitely from the past week/weekend. Guess you could say this is our life according to Instagram my iphone camera … Continue reading
Satin Nickel Unicorn and Other Things For Our Renos
As I said on our facebook page not much is being accomplished recently (except for cooking some awesome/easy/no-knead bread). Well, that’s not true. Things are happenin’ but it’s the kind of work that will be better shown when completely finished. … Continue reading
Flooring Hell
Intsead of showing you the new credenza (we are keeping it for ourselves-it’s absolutely perfect for our space, needs some work but who cares) we picked up from some of my favorite people at Find Furnish (have been following them … Continue reading
Renovations
1) Matte white subway tile from Lowes for the tub shower 2) Fresca Versa faucet in brushed nickel 3) 2 Gatco wall sconces 4) Pottery Barn vintage recessed medicine cabinet 5) Talleviken sink from Ikea 6) Mohawk Brookedale engineered hardwood flooring in natural … 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....)
