Giveaway is now closed. Thanks for all those who entered. And congrats to Meagan for winning. See you all next time for another fabulous giveaway....we promise. It's time to share the love. April was a really big month for us (read: we moved into our first house and it has been a whirlwind ever since!) […]
Greta-girl goes down for a nap around 11 and I can barely get into my paint-splattered yoga pants fast enough. There's a whole list of things I can't do when Greta is awake. Clean up our bedroom. Clean the bathrooms. Paint. Paint the family room. Paint her new room's closet doors. Touch up the trim […]
We entered this little design contest with about 400 other people and, of course, there is a voting round to weed out around 390 of those entries and end up with 10 finalists. Because there is voting involved, not necessarily the best designed rooms, just the rooms that received a higher percentage of thumbs up, […]
Meet the narrow wall between the dining room/kitchen and living room: Chris and I have discussed a few different times what we would like to do here. We messed around with the idea of a chalkboard wall, or simply hanging art, or maybe creating some shelving, nothing felt 100% right. Shelving would be too bulky […]
It took 7+ hours divided between Friday and Saturday night, but we finally finished painting! It required two coats of rolling on Chris's part and facing my greatest fear (heights!) to get all the trim done on my part. Feast your eyes on this! Although there is still a LOT of work to be […]
I am a mom. And today: Greta looked even more beautiful. Young boys raised the flag--for all the moms (some of them in their Christmas jammies) Chris spoiled me with 18 ft of canvas And the best burger I ever had after church. He has been marinating steak all day for my mother's-day-request: fajitas. […]
There are probably 101 different ways to hang a gallery wall, and my way isn't new or innovative--it is just what works for me. In the case of Greta's gallery wall, the circumstance is a little different because there is no furniture in the room to center things over or to gage how high to […]
We've been holding our breath and anxiously awaiting the arrival of Greta's carpet so we can get her moved into her new room. I have since stopped holding my breath and decided to work on the details in the meantime. Details like switching out knobs and hanging art, because pictures on the walls won't interfere […]
When Chris and I made our list of things around the house that we wanted to get done this week, we scheduled the tasks through Wednesday. Some things were projects I could (hopefully) get done during the day, like clearing all the boxes out of our bedroom and bathroom (yes, we still have boxes scattered), […]
I was browsing Pinterest the other day and came upon this: I immediately repinned it to my "home decor" board (I'm talking Pinterest talk....you gotta get on this bandwagon. I'll even send you an invite if you want. It has changed my life.) where I stash all of my inspiration for upcoming projects I feel I […]
Today I got it on with oil rubbed bronze--in a very PG way (I would say G, but maybe you shouldn't be spray painting things without a parent, unless you ARE a parent). I have 13 things on my projects to-do list this week and I knocked 2 of them off today with this Rust-oleum […]
Chris woke up early to go pick up our Bountiful Basket (more on that from Chris later). He is really excited to talk about it and I am anxious to partake. We all had breakfast. Greta had her usual--scrambled eggs and toast, except it was a biscuit this morning instead of toast because Chris […]
I was out my friend's door in Florida yesterday morning at 4:45 am (2:45 am MST) to catch my plane back home to Utah. I had a 2+ hour delay in Atlanta and landed in Salt Lake around 12:30pm. My bag must have been napping in Atlanta because in that whole two hours it had […]
And they'd be Rainbow flip flops slipped onto feet with coral-painted toenails. My friend is a rock star, I knew that much--but I learned so much more on my blink-of-an-eye trip to Tallahassee, Florida. It's hot there. And humid. I felt right at home in the climate, almost as if I had time traveled back […]
I am sitting in the airport waiting to board a plane to see Meagan. EEEeeee!!!! I am so anxious and excited to get to sunny, hot and humid Florida. I already have my flip flops on and I can barely wait to see my bff--but I have already called Chris 3 times this morning to […]
My parents had a bad case of the classic picture sconces. In this case, Jesus sconces. Right when you walk in their front door. Not only did they have small pictures on either side of a huge one, but a weird thermostat and off-centered art all together. To their credit, they did center the art […]
Greta and I made it all the way to Idaho. She didn't nap the whole drive. (!!) After about 2 1/2 hours of talk radio and reaching back and tickling her feet for entertainment, I realized she wasn't even looking tired. My heart was sinking--I guess the Benedryl I gave her for her runny nose […]
It's pretty typical for Greta to get sick or be sick on vacation, but she threw us a fastball and got sick BEFORE we leave tomorrow morning. Gah! I am not sure if it is a full-blown cold or allergies, but either way, being up all night isn't gonna fly. Where are we headed? Well, […]
The ottomans got a makeover. And Chris cleaned out the whole garage and both cars. And I finally got all of our clothes hung and Greta's temporary room in order. And then Greta started joining us at the table for meals. Eating her first hot dog with ketchup And then our friends came […]
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