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Home Design · June 14, 2020

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Hi there, my name is Sam and I am the owner, designer, and self-proclaimed problem solver behind worthington grey. worthington grey began as a love child when I was looking for a creative outlet and we were trying to figure out how we fit into our own home. My plan is to share the designs for our home, home tricks, and ideas for working in smaller and older homes. Eventually I hope to grow so that I can assist you in your home using e-design services.

Our little house after we added a fence, a little paint, and a new house number.

As anyone in an older home understands, sometimes it is about working with what is already there.

My significant other and I have a small house built in 1935 in coastal North Carolina. One of the most attractive features for us was the small footprint and huge yard (for a city anyway!) The property was owned by one family for a majority of its life and the woman who lived here until she was elderly had amazing gardens, flowers, and trees. Although the yard was allowed to become overgrown with huge vines for about a decade, our mission has been to bring it back to life. We have uncovered a pear tree, fig tree, and we have a magnolia tree that is over 100 years old.

Our sweet southern magnolia covered in brush and vines!

We fancy ourselves mini urban homesteaders and are slowly growing our vegetable garden. We hope to add some chicks and a green house in the near future (and will take you along for the ups and downs).

We were lucky in that our house had a “soft flip” before we bought it so the heavy lifting in the bathroom and kitchen were done [bless]. But this house still has a long way to go. Some plans we have: adding fencing around the whole property (expensive), creating two rooms from one large room (shocking, I know), solidifying a plan for the awkward room between our kitchen and living room, adding built-ins to our kitchen nook, adding a big pantry, adding a back porch, and my ABSOLUTE FAVE: redoing the laundry room (hint at the fun times ahead—it used to be a back porch).

Laundry room pre-drywall. Still have those same old floors though!

I have a background in law and that comes in handy because I can research very dense topics (law books on Constitutional law are 4 inches thick y’all) and boil it down into easy to digest pieces.

One of my absolute favorite skills is problem solving. Older and smaller houses need weird storage, sometimes dual spaces, and extra creativity sometimes. If you need help with something specific, shoot me an email or drop a comment, I love helping people think of answers to their home problems.

Our little kitchen nook with a few camellia blooms and fresh rosemary rolls.

Sam

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Welcome to worthingtongrey - your source for design inspiration, diys, and tackling problems to maximize the look and functionality of your home. My name is Sam and I love old houses and smaller spaces. I love a good home design problem and all things patterned. The coast of North Carolina is home.

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    Going for it with painted floors! Never thought I Going for it with painted floors! Never thought I would see the day, but I’m now a believer. This room used to be a porch that the prior owner converted into an addition. From what we can tell that was probably 30 or so years ago. The floor was probably last touched around then...we needed an inexpensive option to get us through a few years before we can put something more sturdy in. I’m painting these then going to put a stencil design throughout. Can’t wait to see how it turns out, but I’m loving it already!
    Getting started this week on our full revamp of th Getting started this week on our full revamp of the laundry room/mud room/doggo room. This was by far the worst room in our house when we bought it. You can see the drywall is yuck, and the floor had been fifty shades of ick. Keep up with me in the stories as we transform this space!
    Testing out this beautiful paper from @rockymounta Testing out this beautiful paper from @rockymountaindecals to see if it will stick to these 1945  textured plaster walls! Check the blog linked in the bio for the verdict! I’ll also convince you why you need to decorate small spaces with wallpaper! #smallhouse
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