DIY
Stairwell Lighting : Drum Vs. Cube
DIY
January 14, 2015
Stairwell Lighting : Drum Vs. Cube
Ah, I am coming up for air after a bout of food poisoning. Glad to be on the mend! During my down time, I think I finally nailed down a fixture for our stairwell. Well, top two at least. We have been on the hunt for the past 3 months and I wasn't in a […]
January 14, 2015
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Lifestyle
Some Holiday Highlights | 2015
Lifestyle
January 9, 2015
Some Holiday Highlights | 2015
I hope you don't mind if I step away from our usual talking points today to share with you some highlights from our holiday in a mostly picturesque way with some disjointed text thrown in for memories' sake. It was Faye's first Christmas and she spent most of the morning just observing, as she normally […]
January 9, 2015
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Recipes
Light, Flavorful, Comforting. Let's Make Some Pho.
Recipes
January 8, 2015
Light, Flavorful, Comforting. Let's Make Some Pho.
So it's a new year, and a fairly standard resolution is to eat healthier. That goes good for a few days, but pretty soon we remember that it's still the middle of freaking winter and we need warm, comforting foods for crying out loud. Well I can give you at least one option. It's called […]
January 8, 2015
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Decor
Molded Plastic Chairs for Every Style and Budget (and In Our Dining Room, Too!)
Decor
January 7, 2015
Molded Plastic Chairs for Every Style and Budget (and In Our Dining Room, Too!)
Over the holiday break, we got new dining room chairs! We were hosting my whole family on the 26th and our old dining set we bought when we got married was in rough shape. The table has scratches and paint on it, but even worse, the chairs were starting to break and a couple cross […]
January 7, 2015
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DIY
The BIG Projects Comin' Atcha | 2015
DIY
January 5, 2015
The BIG Projects Comin' Atcha | 2015
I hope you all had a great holiday. Ours was truly amazing. We unplugged and spent time with family and now reality is hitting me like a ton of bricks this morning. I must do a recap on the highlights later this week--Friday? Friday. We have a couple updates to share with you this week […]
January 5, 2015
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DIY
The Most Popular Project from Each Month | 2014
DIY
December 31, 2014
The Most Popular Project from Each Month | 2014
Happy New Year! When I think about 2014, I get overwhelmed. It was a good year and a hard year, too. We couldn't feel more grateful to be on this end of it. I plan on diving back into another VERY FULL year of renovating and blogging--ohhhh I can't wait to share with you what […]
December 31, 2014
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Lifestyle
And Now, Our 2014 Christmas Card
Lifestyle
December 22, 2014
And Now, Our 2014 Christmas Card
We are taking this week to spend time with our families from all over the world (okay, Mexico, Pittsburgh and Utah) that are in town for Christmas! With all 4 of my sisters here, there will surely be too many pictures posted to Instagram, so you can catch us there if you're interested. But before […]
December 22, 2014
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DIY
Yearly Report Card: 2014
DIY
December 19, 2014
Yearly Report Card: 2014
We have made it a tradition around here to make a post in the first week of the year about what projects we'd like to get done over the course of the year. They are our very favorite to look back on (and sometimes laugh about) because although we have a general plan and timeline […]
December 19, 2014
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Recipes
The Perfect, Traditional Pot Roast
Recipes
December 17, 2014
The Perfect, Traditional Pot Roast
I think every home cook goes through a period of complexity. I partly blame Pinterest, but I'm sure there's something deeper, too - superiority complex or need for change or something like that. I've gone through my own period of complexity, thinking that every dish needed to be new or different. And don't get me […]
December 17, 2014
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Art
Free Printable! | Blank Family Tree
Art
December 16, 2014
Free Printable! | Blank Family Tree
Last year at this time I posted about a family tree I made as a DIY gift idea. You can see the whole post here. I just used black india ink to script the tree: And then filled in my family members' names with a black gel pen. The wood frame (from Target!) really makes […]
December 16, 2014
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DIY
A DIY Baby Gate
DIY
December 15, 2014
A DIY Baby Gate
When we moved into our first home, Greta was about 14 months old and we used one of those cheap baby gates for a brief period of time--maybe a month?--before she got the hang of the stairs. I was so happy to put that thing away! Now, Faye is 8 months old and getting very […]
December 15, 2014
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DIY
Painting The Stairwell + Plans
DIY
December 11, 2014
Painting The Stairwell + Plans
Even when we painted the great room the first time around, we never painted the stairwell for some reason. Well, actually, the reason is probably that it required major ladder acrobatics and I'm not too keen on heights. I guess it all worked out because we ended up repainting the great room and now that […]
December 11, 2014
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Decor
Quick Tip: Remove Your Jackets!
Decor
December 10, 2014
Quick Tip: Remove Your Jackets!
File this under: Something you could do right now that would instantly update your shelves. I was reloading the shelves in the reading room after Halloween--truthfully, Thanksgiving day--and it was all looking so busy. I didn't have the energy or time to really redecorate the shelves that day, but I did something simple that changed […]
December 10, 2014
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DIY
New Knobs + A Tip for Always Finding the Best Price
DIY
December 9, 2014
New Knobs + A Tip for Always Finding the Best Price
The new hardware for our doors arrived over the weekend and so this little makeover chapter has come to a close. A beautiful, fresh close. Here's a reminder of how our doors were looking before we dove into spraying them with a coat of white paint: And now, new knobs, too! We went with a […]
December 9, 2014
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Decor
Video Tour! | Winter 2014
Decor
December 5, 2014
Video Tour! | Winter 2014
Hey, we have a video tour for you today! In the past month we have been asked to do a tour several times (welcome to all of our new readers!) and I finally had a few minutes with the house to myself yesterday when Chris took the the girls to lunch. The downside is it […]
December 5, 2014
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Decor
Pantone's Color of the year, Marsala, for your Interior: I'm a Fan.
Decor
December 4, 2014
Pantone's Color of the year, Marsala, for your Interior: I'm a Fan.
Pantone announced their color of the year for 2015 and a whole bunch of house-fanatics lost it. "I would never use this color in my home." "The 90s want their color back." You get the idea. It is a departure from the bright hues that have been thrown at us the past few years. Purple! […]
December 4, 2014
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Recipes
Meatballs, Sauce, and a Little Something Called the Meatball Hoagie
Recipes
December 4, 2014
Meatballs, Sauce, and a Little Something Called the Meatball Hoagie
Jules shared a pic on Instagram of some meatball hoagies I made a couple weeks ago. At least two of you requested the recipe, so... I'm gonna share it... Pardon the crappy pics, I wasn't planning on posting about this so they're just from my phone. This post is really three parts. The first part […]
December 4, 2014
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DIY
Our Might-As-Well-Be-New Doors
DIY
December 3, 2014
Our Might-As-Well-Be-New Doors
We don't want to start any huge projects before Christmas because we'll be hosting a bunch of gatherings in the next few weeks and the last thing we want is our guests to be walking into a construction zone. They half expect it from us, but we'll just say that's part of our present to […]
December 3, 2014
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DIY
PSA: Instantly Fix Your Burnt Out Christmas Lights
DIY
December 2, 2014
PSA: Instantly Fix Your Burnt Out Christmas Lights
We put up our Christmas tree over the weekend, which isn't really news. I think most people did, right? It's not really even "blog worthy." We used silver and gold bulbs we had sprinkled with sentimental ornaments we've collected over the years. But, this post is about how every year our pre-lit tree sends us […]
December 2, 2014
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Gift Guides!
A Gift Guide for the Dogs
Gift Guides!
December 1, 2014
A Gift Guide for the Dogs
Dogs are simple, really. They love to be walked and fed and if your dog is anything like our Charly, they like to sleep and snore like a freight train all day long, too. But here's a few ideas that could make their holiday a little merrier--they're a part of the family too! 1. A […]
December 1, 2014
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