Toolbox
Our Pressure Washer is Our Best Friend + A Giveaway!!
Toolbox
June 1, 2017
Our Pressure Washer is Our Best Friend + A Giveaway!!
This post and giveaway is sponsored by Briggs and Stratton. Pressure washing is, pretty much, our favorite summer hobby around here. In our most recent podcast, it was only a half-joke when we say we pressure wash every day. So we were very excited when Briggs + Stratton asked if they could send us one of their […]
June 1, 2017
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Decor
A Modern, Kid-Friendly, Family Gallery Wall in the Dining Room
Decor
May 31, 2017
A Modern, Kid-Friendly, Family Gallery Wall in the Dining Room
I knew once we freed up this wall in the dining room by changing the barn door into a pocket door, it would be the perfect place for some family pictures. However, when I mentioned the idea to Chris--especially the part when I described it as a 9 frame grid taking up the wall floor to […]
May 31, 2017
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Inspiration
Casual Friday + An Exciting Announcement
Inspiration
May 26, 2017
Casual Friday + An Exciting Announcement
This was a really huge week for us. The big announcement is we've been working on designing our own sofa line with Interior Define for almost a year and this week, after so many months of drawings and engineer specs and 3D renderings, we flew to Chicago to see the ACTUAL sofa for the first time and we […]
May 26, 2017
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DIY
Seeing Double Pocket Doors! (At last!)
DIY
May 25, 2017
Seeing Double Pocket Doors! (At last!)
We now have two matching pocket doors, mirroring each other, flanking the refrigerator wall in the kitchen and everything finally feels right. I know many of you will be sad to see our sliding barn door go--we really loved it, too. The quick back-story of the sliding door is: Three years ago, when we decided […]
May 25, 2017
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Lifestyle
Ep 38: You're Not Invited To My Party, and Other Outdoor Entertaining Tips
Lifestyle
May 24, 2017
Ep 38: You're Not Invited To My Party, and Other Outdoor Entertaining Tips
We start off talking about some delays in the girls' bathroom, and frustrations that's causing (and we're sure many of you renovators can relate). With all that frustration, thank goodness the weather is finally showing signs of stabilizing in the warm direction, so now we can get outside and do some partying! Tips for outdoor […]
May 24, 2017
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Design
The 3D Rendering Tool that Makes Decorating Your Home SO much Easier!
Design
May 24, 2017
The 3D Rendering Tool that Makes Decorating Your Home SO much Easier!
This post is sponsored by Modsy When we were putting together the nursery for the One Room Challenge, I was struggling in one big way. I'm the kind of person that doesn't want to buy a rug and chair and crib and dresser and decide on paint colors and lighting fixtures--basically, make all the decisions for a room […]
May 24, 2017
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Inspiration
My Sister's Art-Filled, Eclectic Home
Inspiration
May 23, 2017
My Sister's Art-Filled, Eclectic Home
There are five girls in my family and we each live in wildly different homes. Somehow we all grew up under the same roof in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and now, decades later, we're spread out across the country (and globe) injecting our own style into our own homes. Last year, while I was visiting my sister, Victoria, […]
May 23, 2017
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Cleaning & Organization
How We Keep our Outdoor Furniture Clean
Cleaning & Organization
May 22, 2017
How We Keep our Outdoor Furniture Clean
Since we've been sharing a few sneak peeks of our deck lately (we've added a few more pieces and will be sharing the full reveal next week), the number one question we are getting on Instagram right now is how we keep our outdoor sofas clean. They all are very light white or ivory, and while that […]
May 22, 2017
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Casual Friday
Casual Friday: May 19, 2017
Casual Friday
May 19, 2017
Casual Friday: May 19, 2017
We've been dreaming of purchasing a small cabin in the mountains for over two years now and for the last 9 months, we have been actively looking at properties. Our ideal is something on the small and cozy size that is surrounded by trees, needs a little TLC, has winter access, and one that we could […]
May 19, 2017
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Mood Boards
Get the Look of Our Nursery For Less (A LOT LESS)
Mood Boards
May 17, 2017
Get the Look of Our Nursery For Less (A LOT LESS)
Exactly one week ago, we revealed our new nursery we completed in six weeks for the Spring One Room Challenge! It's been so wonderful seeing the room pop up everywhere on Instagram and shared on other blogs and Pinterest, too. Thank you so much for sharing it. Truly. Just like we did when we finished the […]
May 17, 2017
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Projects
(Finally) Making Progress in the Downstairs Bathroom!
Projects
May 16, 2017
(Finally) Making Progress in the Downstairs Bathroom!
This is a post that's been a long time coming and so many of you have asked about it, so we're happy to share some progress in the girls' bathroom downstairs. You may recall our last update, where we moved the vents and drains. Since that was nearly 3 months ago (what?!), here's a refresher of […]
May 16, 2017
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Mood Boards
Budget-Friendly Outdoor Dining Plans
Mood Boards
May 15, 2017
Budget-Friendly Outdoor Dining Plans
One of our most asked about pieces on our deck are our wood framed facing sofas. They are from World Market and ridiculously affordable at just $399 a pop. We got them last year, during one of their outdoor sales and spent just over $500 for both. We love them. I'm actually working on a […]
May 15, 2017
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Casual Friday
Casual Friday: May 12, 2017
Casual Friday
May 12, 2017
Casual Friday: May 12, 2017
It's been a jam-packed week and I'm feeling ready for a nap. I'm looking at you, Mother's Day. At the beginning of this week, I had a surge of energy--at last! I cleaned everything from top to bottom and then shopped our house to rearrange a few things in the entry. I pulled this blue bench from […]
May 12, 2017
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Inspiration
A Night In (On the deck!)
Inspiration
May 11, 2017
A Night In (On the deck!)
This special series is sponsored by Article. Once May hit and we were pretty sure the snow was over (#idaholife), we started working on pulling our furnishings out from storage and setting our deck up for the season. In addition to the planter boxes we recently built, we also added two of Article's Sala white lounge chairs […]
May 11, 2017
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Idaho Rambler
A Sweet, Serene and Sophisticated Nursery! | One Room Challenge - The REVEAL
Idaho Rambler
May 10, 2017
A Sweet, Serene and Sophisticated Nursery! | One Room Challenge - The REVEAL
For the last six weeks, we've been working on a nursery for the little girl we're expecting this summer and today we're so excited to share with you what it looks like now! This is our second time participating in the One Room Challenge (last time, we coincidentally tackled a bedroom for our other two daughters) and we're […]
May 10, 2017
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Projects
How to Build a Tiered Garden Planter Box
Projects
May 9, 2017
How to Build a Tiered Garden Planter Box
This Spring has been such a tease. Every time it felt like we were turning a corner, BOOM, more snow. Or just cold rain. And don't get me wrong, we live in a major potato farming community (classic Idaho, amirite?) and I'm happy that the farmers will have plenty of water this year, but sometimes I […]
May 9, 2017
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Lifestyle
Ep 37: Peeling Back the Curtain on the One Room Challenge™
Lifestyle
May 8, 2017
Ep 37: Peeling Back the Curtain on the One Room Challenge™
20 featured bloggers, 200-ish participating bloggers, six weeks. The One Room Challenge is now in its 11th season and Julia and Chris are part of it. We're talking details about how The One Room Challenge works, how bloggers are chosen, how they feel about being involved and what they get out of it. Chris and […]
May 8, 2017
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Gift Guides!
3 Mother's Day Ideas That Will Make Her Cry
Gift Guides!
May 8, 2017
3 Mother's Day Ideas That Will Make Her Cry
Mother's Day is on Sunday (!!) and when I was compiling this year's gift guide, I thought of all the mothers in my life; my own mom, my mother in law, my sisters, my friends, other mother figures--and in thinking of them, I knew I wanted to really focus on ideas, with gifts linked below each […]
May 8, 2017
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Lifestyle
The Guide to Everything We Did Babymooning in Maui!
Lifestyle
May 5, 2017
The Guide to Everything We Did Babymooning in Maui!
We got back from our babymoon Wednesday evening, so in lieu of our normal Casual Friday post, I wanted to share a little bit about how we spent our 4.5 days in beautiful Maui (the other two days were mostly traveling). This isn't an expert's guide--we were first timers!--but I did want to make it […]
May 5, 2017
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Art
Personal and Non-Traditional Art in the Nursery | One Room Challenge Week 5
Art
May 3, 2017
Personal and Non-Traditional Art in the Nursery | One Room Challenge Week 5
I can't believe next week is the reveal! The nursery has definitely come a long way in 5 weeks and today, we're so excited to share with you a few of our favorite artistic touches we've added to the room. I will say, there was an internal struggle for some time when deciding what we […]
May 3, 2017
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