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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DIY
Snowballing Projects
DIY
February 26, 2014
Snowballing Projects
Last week, in this comments portion of this post, reader Jacqueline wrote: In a similar vein to your post about painting the ceiling, do you think now would be the time to paint the cabinets too (if you’re planning on doing that as an interim step to replacing them eventually)? Or is that just tackling […]
February 26, 2014
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DIY
Why Particle Board Subfloors Are Bad
DIY
February 24, 2014
Why Particle Board Subfloors Are Bad
Let me first preface this post by saying, DIYers sometimes get a bad rap. But honestly, sometimes we earn it. We cut corners, we find shortcuts, we think to ourselves "Oh this is good enough. You aren't going to see this or that." Even Jules and I have been guilty of this in the past. Nothing that […]
February 24, 2014
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Art
Painting of the Week | 06 Swept Away
Art
February 21, 2014
Painting of the Week | 06 Swept Away
Despite the dusty conditions surrounding me, I managed to lock myself in a room (keep Greta busy) and painted until I was swept away to another place. I almost took a break this week, because things are so crazy right now, but I am glad I pushed forward and went through with this painting--and a […]
February 21, 2014
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DIY
Tilemageddon: The Removal
DIY
February 20, 2014
Tilemageddon: The Removal
Monday we were able to get all the carpet torn out of the main floor and the tack strips up and last night tile demo started. When I say "we" unfortunately I am excluded from all the fun while trying to keep this baby of ours in and Greta downstairs. But I did peek up […]
February 20, 2014
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DIY
On Painting (and paying attention to) Ceilings
DIY
February 19, 2014
On Painting (and paying attention to) Ceilings
Two days ago, I had the realization that now would be the ideal time to paint the ceilings on the main floor of our home. It was one of those circumstances where I almost chose to ignore the aha moment because painting 1700 square ft of ceiling sounds about as fun as...what is the least […]
February 19, 2014
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DIY
The Beginning: Demo Day 1!
DIY
February 17, 2014
The Beginning: Demo Day 1!
Our day started early on Saturday, waking up in our bedroom to our normal house that we've lived in for the past six months. But the difference was, Saturday was the beginning of demo to prep for our new floors. As I mentioned in this post, we are replacing all the flooring on our main […]
February 17, 2014
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Art
Painting of the Week | 05 Sprung
Art
February 14, 2014
Painting of the Week | 05 Sprung
Up to this point, I've always shot the weekly paintings in our green reading room, but this week's looked so perfect against the backdrop of the Hale Navy walls in the hall bath. The addition of gold this week helped this whole painting come together. I bought four or five different metallic gold paints to […]
February 14, 2014
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Chris Cooks
4 Courses to Love - Homemade Vanilla Bean Ice Cream with Raspberry + Mint
Chris Cooks
February 13, 2014
4 Courses to Love - Homemade Vanilla Bean Ice Cream with Raspberry + Mint
So today we're wrapping up our 4 Courses to Love meal with a tasty ice cream dessert with fruit sauce, and hopefully you've found something useful along the way. And there's one thing I just want to make clear - you don't have to make all four courses! I posted each recipe separately so you could make […]
February 13, 2014
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DIY
A Heated Flooring Update
DIY
February 12, 2014
A Heated Flooring Update
It has been an intense 3 weeks since we pulled the trigger on going for faux wood tile for our first floor instead of hardwood (as well as a few other options we looked at). A few of you asked how the process was going, so while we are technically still in the same place--womp […]
February 12, 2014
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