Even though we have been in a little online mini series for the past few months, we are no movie stars--unless you count Chris's painfully late (the movie came out it 2008!) and overdone (not by Chris, but by everyone) impression of Heath Ledger's Joker in our outtake reel. Basically we are grateful for digital […]
Back in September, we started turning this former tortured teen's room into a guest room and office. Last week, we put the finishing touches on it and today--we're turning it loose to all of you. Of course, we are still dreaming of a bookcase and some cozy desk chairs (right now we are just […]
Dried navy beans and my Sharpies playing nice. Here's a little glimpse at my side of the desk as we're all waiting patiently for the big reveal tomorrow (Me? Not-so-patiently) In other news, another big reveal has been made. Pantone announced the color of the year for 2012: Tangerine Tango. Which fits in pretty nicely […]
We already have received a few little gifts from our neighbors and they are cute! Just the other day there was a knock at the door, and a neighbor boy handed us a roll of wrapping paper with a sweet note attached from his family. Wrapping paper! How practical. How timely. I love it. Chris […]
We'll get back to paint colors, kitchen plans and art work tomorrow. In fact, I had every intention to write a gift guide for a 22 month old today. But then this morning, during Greta's nap, I came across a blog so inspiring I have to (HAVE to) share it with you. I haven't ever […]
This weekend, we took some time and finished getting up all of our Christmas decor. I would describe our Christmas decor style as ...simple. Our home's decor is pretty clean-lined, so it makes sense that when we put up our Christmas decorations, they are no-fuss, too. But also, we don't have a ton of Christmas […]
Wow. We are done with the guest room and office. We are done. We are done. We are done! We had a very late night last night furnishing and decorating our basement, that would have been a whole lot later without Brandon and Stephanie's help (thanks x infinity, guys!). It pangs me to not be […]
This month I was inspired by chalkboard lettering artist, Dana Tanamachi. She is incredible and inspiring. This was my first try at chalkboard lettering. It was challenging. It took me a long time, but I am happy with the results and I definitely will try again in future months. I chose a quote from […]
Today is a pretty monumental day here at Casa Marcum. It is the day where we finally get to (and have to--because our deadline is Friday morning) buy all of the furniture, bedding, art and accessories to make our guest bedroom and office more than just an empty room. The swell people at True […]
Last night with the help of Chris's brother, Cam, and his wife Kasey (yes, the one that's 9 months pregnant--check out the baby shower we threw for them a couple weeks ago here) we got a LOT done in our guest room. We are so grateful for their help! Before our work party--"party" because there […]
Yesterday, I blew out eight candles because I turned 26 and 2+6 is eight. I have had the same Cinnamon-Pistachio Bundt Cake for my birthday since I can remember and I just scarfed down the last slice right after snapping a picture: It tasted just as good as previous years and twenty-six feels just as […]
We are enjoying all the food, family and late night board games that are associated with Thanksgiving. But I wanted to stop in and let you know how grateful we are for the opportunity to virtually meet so many new people this year. Chris, Greta and I have had a jam-packed year and it has […]
It's crunch time over here. Yesterday, I received a friendly reminder email from the people in charge of this True Value series we are in: "Happy Monday – hope you had a nice weekend! Realizing that it is (somehow) already Thanksgiving (where does the time go?!), we wanted to reach out to all of our […]
Friday afternoon, Greta and I took a quick trip to Ikea just because. I promised myself I would stick to the As-Is section and see how many deals I could score. The answer is a lot. But then I also splurged on this $30 bowl: I have been wanting it for awhile and I could […]
Because our last try at Christmas pictures via the camera timer were such a bust, we decided to recruit somebody to work the camera this time around. Our nephew was the lucky guy (Chris is the youngest of eight siblings so our nephew is a whopping 22--just 4 years younger than me). He stayed at […]
Woot hoot. Our next video in our online mini series went live this morning. And this time we are spilling all the details on how we installed recessed lighting in our guest room (we teased before and after pictures in this post). Watch the video here (Greta makes a cute little appearance in a onesie at […]
Last night we took a family trip to get new shatterproof ornaments and some more Christmas decor to outfit our first home for the season. When our shopping spree ended we came home with outdoor lights, around 75 new ornaments, a tree topper (we never had one!), some red ribbon and 5 wreaths to […]
I am not a party planner, but I do like to party--so putting on a baby shower for Chris's brother Cam and his wife, Kasey was a no-brainer. We had to do it. Yes, we. Cam was way too excited to have his first child that I couldn't fathom leaving him out of the baby […]
We have talked about having a few friends over for a holiday kick-off at the beginning of December, which would fit in nicely with our decorate-the-day-after-Thanksgiving tradition. Except, we have a deadline for our basement project just a couple days after Thanksgiving. So now, it's about finding any smidgen of time to squeeze in and […]
We have found another thing we probably shouldn't attempt to DIY: Our family Christmas photo. We took over 70 pictures with the self-timer on our camera against a wall in our home and only one we were all clear and looking at the camera. One. Unfortunately, that one also left a lot to be desired. […]
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