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. […]
Yesterday was a pretty monumental day for our guest room and office space in the basement. We replaced the two outdated lights (that left a lot of dark spots in the room) with five pot lights. It has made such a difference: Don't mind our dusty floor--lots of ceiling debris that still needs to get […]
According to our poll yesterday, most of our readers wait until after Thanksgiving to decorate for Christmas (currently around 72% of you!)--but surely you think about Christmas cards before then. Right? I know I do. In my jumble of junk emails this morning, I came across a deal for Pear Tree Greetings that I couldn't […]
My bff, Meagan, announced on her blog that she is decorating for Christmas this weekend. My oldest sister, Krissy, has already started to slowly decorate her house to enjoy the process and relieve stress of getting it all up quickly. There are Christmas decoration ideas floating around everywhere and the music of the season has […]
Three years ago today, Chris and I got married. We pretty much celebrate our marriage every day, but today is extra special. He did have to work from home this morning, but this afternoon and evening we are hitting the tizown. Because his birthday was last month, mine is later this month and next month […]
Our bedroom projects have been on hold for a month (I can't believe it has been a whole month) while we met deadlines for our basement project and hosted our first annual Costume party--which lead to revamping the laundry room. And now that all of that dust has cleared, we are back to putting our […]
When our basement flooded, we ended up renting (and filling!) a U-haul to bring all of the stuff that got wet, moldy and ruined to the dump: Chris (far right) throwing around a football with some neighborhood children. Greta is on the farthest left playing around, too. We love our neighborhood: During our laundry room […]
When we make any home decor or design choice, we weigh the aesthetics and function heavily. Chris is definitely the voice of function and comfort and I put my two ten cents in for looks. In the end, we're all happy. That being said, Greta's room has a new addition and it isn't pretty. […]
As soon as we started the guest room/office, I started brainstorming what to do about the floors. And then the room across the hall flooded and that sealed our idea to rip up the old blue carpet and stain the concrete floor. I was lucky to find this awesome site that gave us a big […]
Recap: Chris built be a very large chalkboard (3'x5'6") in our laundry room so I would have a canvas for revolving art--drawing, painting, etc. is a pretty big passion of mine. Every month I will be doing a new drawing. It was hard to say goodbye to ol' Skully after just a few days of […]
We are excited to put Greta to bed early tonight and pass out candy to all of the cute trick-or-treaters in the neighborhood. We all dressed up for our party on Friday night--Chris was a hobo clown, Greta was a mime and I was a jester. The party was a blast and a success. It […]
This past week we said goodbye to our Acura (we sold it ourselves online in less than 6 hours!) and we traded in my Ford Focus that I have had since I was 16 years old. Chris and I have decided to become a one-car family for now. After lots of research and patience, waiting […]
Chris built me a very large chalkboard (3'x5'6") in our laundry room so I would have a large canvas for revolving art--drawing, painting, etc. is a pretty big passion of mine. Every month I will be doing a new drawing. Even if October is almost over, I didn't want the chance to pass me by […]
This is the official "House Tour" before picture of our laundry room. It was taken before I got my new camera with a wider lense, so you can't really see the whole room--but all you are missing are stacks of boxes on the left side of the room. Here's a wider semi-before shot. […]
Our little laundry room makeover is almost complete and we can't wait to let you all take a peak. We are just waiting on a few final details to come together and paint to dry. I had a small, white frame from Ikea that I wanted to set on the back of the toilet paired […]
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