WAYS TO COMBINE NEW ELEMENTS WITH CLASSIC CHARACTERTHE ESSENTIAL CHECKLIST FOR A STRESS-FREE HOME RENOVATION 31

It started small — a shelf. Or maybe not even a shelf — more like the suggestion of one. My partner said we needed “a better place for the keys,” and instead of buying a bowl, I decided I'd go big. Wall-mounted. Minimalist. Elegant. Or whatever people call it when they're about to drill blindly.I marked the spot above the radiator, took one