DIY
Installing Baseboards in the Nursery
DIY
April 7, 2014
Installing Baseboards in the Nursery
Are we behind on the nursery? Ha! With Greta, we had her nursery ready with 2 months to spare. We're down to a week over here and we still haven't put the crib back together since moving our furniture back up last week. We're buckling down this week to get it done hopefully before she arrives. First on […]
April 7, 2014
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Decor
Big, New, and Blue in the Living Room
Decor
April 3, 2014
Big, New, and Blue in the Living Room
Earlier this week, the new area rug for our living room arrived. You can read more about our decision making process here, but ultimately we went with the 10x14 Baxter area rug from Crate and Barrel in Indigo. And, whew, it has made a really big difference. Here's how things were looking right before we […]
April 3, 2014
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DIY
Reconfiguring the Kitchen
DIY
April 2, 2014
Reconfiguring the Kitchen
Prior to tackling the floors, our kitchen extended into the dining area. It was always a little puzzling to us why the pantry was in the dining "room" when there was a blank wall in the kitchen. The only answer we could come up with was that 20+ years ago the builder accidentally made the […]
April 2, 2014
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DIY
Removing Grout Haze the Easy Way
DIY
April 1, 2014
Removing Grout Haze the Easy Way
Although we showed you the "finished" floors in yesterday's post, there is one part of the process that we haven't covered--grout! In my post about Tips for Achieving Realistic Faux Wood Tile, I mentioned that "opting for a grout color a shade darker than our tile will keep things looking more natural." Our grout lines were the […]
April 1, 2014
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DIY
Faux Wood Tile: The After Photos!
DIY
March 31, 2014
Faux Wood Tile: The After Photos!
We're so excited to share with you our finished floors today! Replacing almost all of the flooring on our main floor (we opted out of doing our master bath since we'll be tackling a full renovation in there next year) was daunting beforehand, a lot of work during, but now we're on the other side […]
March 31, 2014
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Toolbox
Tools For Making Tiling More Bearable
Toolbox
March 28, 2014
Tools For Making Tiling More Bearable
Chris and I just keep looking at each other in disbelief. The floors are done and it is unbelievable!! It has been an incredibly long 6 weeks. While we are so happy we were able to save the thousands of dollars on installation doing it ourselves (we were originally quoted 17K, but since we decided […]
March 28, 2014
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Decor
Measuring For A New Area Rug
Decor
March 25, 2014
Measuring For A New Area Rug
If you caught yesterday's post, you already know we're wrapping up the floors this week and moving all of our furniture back upstairs on Saturday and we can barely wait! The floors are looking beautiful and are a great launching pad for a lot of the other improvements we want to make in the house […]
March 25, 2014
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DIY
Slow and Steady Lays the Tile
DIY
March 24, 2014
Slow and Steady Lays the Tile
Y'all wanna know what I've been working on lately? Shhh... it's a secret... Psyche. Not a secret. Everyone knows. Floors. Floors, floors, and more floors. As you can see from the above photo, Saturday we made serious progress in the great room. But, here's how my daily schedule breaks down: 7am: Wake up, get ready […]
March 24, 2014
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Art
Painting of the Week | 08 April Showers
Art
March 20, 2014
Painting of the Week | 08 April Showers
I know it is still March, but it's the first day of Spring and I am exhaling all the winter heaviness. This painting is inspired by our grass that is still sleeping and mostly brown, but all the snow has melted. And those rain showers we have been getting instead of snow! And those flowers […]
March 20, 2014
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Inspiration
Have you Found a House Twin?
Inspiration
March 19, 2014
Have you Found a House Twin?
My pinboards are filled with inspiration from textiles to paint colors to just the way a room feels. But sometimes, it's difficult to see that beautiful room on your favorite blogs or Pinterest with high ceilings and lots of windows and implement the same ideas into your own space. Or maybe you have, and it […]
March 19, 2014
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DIY
Tips for Achieving Realistic Faux Wood Tile
DIY
March 17, 2014
Tips for Achieving Realistic Faux Wood Tile
This weekend, with the help of a few friends, we started laying our faux-wood tile floors and made some real progress, extending from the entry into the nursery, half bath and starting in the master bedroom. The process is slow, but exciting! Now that we can see the actual end product, our spirits are definitely […]
March 17, 2014
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DIY
Things We've Done besides Work on the Floors this Week
DIY
March 14, 2014
Things We've Done besides Work on the Floors this Week
I know, I know. We're a broken record over here lately talking about our flooring project. The project has consumed our lives in almost every way. The goal was always to have the project done before the end of March, and I am happy to say--right now, I think we're on track to do that. […]
March 14, 2014
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Decor
A Flowery Light for the Nursery
Decor
March 12, 2014
A Flowery Light for the Nursery
We took a one day break from the floors to recoup, raise morale, and catch our breath. Even though the knee-pads had a rest, the light for baby Lemon (Greta's name for her little sister) arrived and we were anxious to get it up and get this tinged glass boob light outta there. You may […]
March 12, 2014
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DIY
Tilemageddon and the Point of No Return
DIY
March 11, 2014
Tilemageddon and the Point of No Return
Right now we're in the "what were we thinking?!" phase with this project. We just started week 4 of what we're calling "tilemageddon" and we haven't even started laying tile yet. We finished up laying a second subfloor of OSB last week, and this week the concrete board is going down. It's a back-breaking long […]
March 11, 2014
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Art
Painting of the Week | 07 Moody
Art
March 7, 2014
Painting of the Week | 07 Moody
As I mentioned in yesterday's post, these pregnancy hormones have me swinging from mood to mood with hardly any notice. It seems like I experience absolute joy, anger, frustration, heart-breaking sadness, peace--everything--every day! Since my paintings are inspired by my life that week, I put all of those feelings in one chaotic (but thoughtful) painting--which […]
March 7, 2014
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Lifestyle
Pregnancy Update: 34 weeks
Lifestyle
March 6, 2014
Pregnancy Update: 34 weeks
The last time I gave a pregnancy update on the blog was when I was a mere 16 weeks. Still puking daily. Still wearing all of my pre-pregnancy clothes. Sigh. It feels like so long ago. While this pregnancy has definitely flown by, when I think back through all of the events that have taken place […]
March 6, 2014
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DIY
A Glider and a Revamped Ottoman
DIY
March 5, 2014
A Glider and a Revamped Ottoman
Last week our glider for the nursery arrived! I shared several I was deciding between here and ended up going with one I didn't list--the Graham glider from West Elm. I almost went with the Sweep Swivel chair that I depicted, but after learning it just swiveled and didn't glide, I decided on the Graham […]
March 5, 2014
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Toolbox
Our Latest Indispensable Find + $100 Ace Giveaway
Toolbox
March 4, 2014
Our Latest Indispensable Find + $100 Ace Giveaway
Chris and I have always been very selective about the sponsors and partners we work with. Our main goal of our blog is to document our home renovation and to share a little peek into our lives occasionally. We look at it as a story and we like our simple story. We pass on a […]
March 4, 2014
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DIY
A Sneak Peek at the Floors
DIY
February 28, 2014
A Sneak Peek at the Floors
It's been a really hectic week over here. I thought I could get a painting in, but I am glad I didn't push it. I haven't been feeling the best (pregnancy-wise) and Greta, Charly and I were stuck in the basement all week while the particle board sub-floors covered in mortar were being torn up […]
February 28, 2014
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DIY
Upgrading the Boob Light
DIY
February 27, 2014
Upgrading the Boob Light
Our home has standard height ceilings. We have looked into having the great room vaulted, but at a staggering cost of no less than $30K due to the way our roof is supported, our 8' ceilings are suddenly looking a-okay. But the boob fixtures, you know the ones, are not okay and we have them everywhere. Chances are, you […]
February 27, 2014
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