True story - I would have to get out of the car before Andrew pulled into his side of the garage because the space was so tight you couldn't open the car door. When we first moved into our house the garage was the last thing we thought about. We just threw things up on… Continue reading a giant peg board & now finished garage
If you've been following us, you know that we are not DIYers and we don't pretend to be either. It comes with good reason. We bought our house ten years ago, tried all of that in year one and two and soon realized that it was SO much easier for us to save up and… Continue reading laundry room plans (& mood board)
We bought the wool plaid area rug in our family room last year and it was E X P E N S I V E. As should be, it's a high quality wool from New Zealand. One of my design professors would have said it came from 'happy' sheep. Wool rugs are great for your… Continue reading a simple trick that will save your rugs
Sometimes you just have to work with what you have. A lesson I've learned over and over with our house. As you may know our house was not pretty when we bought it. It was in okay shape - the bones were good, but it really needed a massive overhaul cosmetically, on top of things… Continue reading bookshelves reno
I will be completely honest with you. This post is more for me than anyone. I am notorious for not remembering the paint colors in our house and when I'm asked for a name of a paint color that we used I usually have to run downstairs and search through the dozens of a paint… Continue reading all the paint colors in our house
WE ARE MAKING P R O G R E S S! Feels good to say that! Last week we ... ordered this couch (WHAT? You actually made up your mind?)met with our wood friend, Jim to get the new baseboards going (and some extra work on the bookshelves in the family room) picked out a… Continue reading living room update
I like a doormat that talks. I think it definitely lets others know what type of house (and humor) they are walking into and Etsy has some really fun ones. Plus you are supporting a small business or a maker when you buy from them. Below is a round up of fun doormats for every… Continue reading fun doormats from etsy
Consider this list the equivalent of our New Year's resolution for house projects. These are the things we are hoping to accomplish in 2020, but should we fail we will not hold ourselves accountable - much like any resolution we've ever made (ha!)! Living Room: Get the room D O N E! It's been almost… Continue reading 2020 projects
I love to decorate our Christmas tree. We usually have two in our house, a pretty one in the living room and one that is a little more fun in the family room. An easy way to help your tree look full is to add garland. I have a ton of options in our Christmas… Continue reading trimming the tree
Last year we went on vacation for a week and a half starting on Thanksgiving day, which only left three weeks before Christmas to get a tree and decorate the house. It didn't feel like enough time. I came home from vacation super sick so that delayed things even more and then we decided to… Continue reading almost friday: our weekend decorating plans
