DIY
Studio Green, No, Pine Grove Green in the Reading Room. Yeah.
The reading room-turned-music room has been on our minds for a while now. It was the second room we worked on in this house (after the half bath) and it has kind of always been special to us. Greta and I (before Faye came along) used to read on the couch in here and watch […]
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March 30, 2015
DIY
How Often Do You Change Your Air Filters?
Us? Honestly? I think the last time we changed our air filters was a year ago. We had just finished the floors and there was a baby on the way shortly and that was a part of our we're-going-to-do-everything-right check list. And, yeah, we haven't since. It wasn't until FilterEasy reached out to me wondering […]
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March 3, 2015
DIY
How to Patch Drywall like a girl, Our Freshly Painted Room + $100 to Ace!
Our bedroom is finally painted, and I can't believe I waited so long to do it. (I say that every time.) But before we get into that, let's first address the gorilla-sized hole in the room, seen in the picture below: See on the wall under the window? Last year, as we were doing the […]
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February 27, 2015
DIY
Before and After: Pugmire Laundry Room
The Pugmire's laundry room is done and today we're here to share a bunch of photos with you! For those of you just catching up, we were approached by Wayfair last month about sponsoring our laundry room renovation. Although our own laundry room is on our list this year (and ironically got semi-started throughout this […]
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February 23, 2015
DIY
DIY Industrial Pipe Shelving
Last time I updated you on the laundry room project we were working on at our friends', Preston and Corine's home, we got the walls up, textured and painted and the floors started as well. This week we are finishing everything else up (you can check out the mood board for the space here) and […]
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February 16, 2015
DIY
A Peek in the Credenza O' Toys
If you follow me on Instagram, you have witnessed I have been on an organizing spree lately. It started with our junk drawer that I couldn't take one more day of! And from there, we tackled our tool junk drawer (it's normal to have one of those, right?) and most recently the credenza, err fauxdenza […]
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February 3, 2015
DIY
Drywalling, Painting, Flooring--Oh my!
If you've been MIA the last week, we forwarded on a laundry renovation we were given by Wayfair and Ace Hardware to our dear friends who desperately needed it. Chris's back surgery went well last week-- perfectly even--but he has a strict recovery program that doesn't allow lifting more than 5 pounds let alone renovating […]
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February 2, 2015
DIY
A Laundry Reno Begins!
There's nothing that excites me more than diving into a new project. The beginning is the most thrilling time for me. Making plans, maybe tackling some demo and getting the first glimpse of giving a room new life. Ahh, it's a beautiful thing. A few weeks ago I got an email from our long-time partner, […]
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January 26, 2015
DIY
Team Cube, Rejoice!
Our new light for our stairwell arrived Wednesday and we wasted no time installing it that very night! In this post, we showed you the two options that were at the top of our list. And they were so different but we truly loved them both. Sometimes I post options like that, and almost as […]
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January 23, 2015
DIY
A New Addition (err subtraction?) In the Great Room
Some of you may remember (but I bet most of you won't, because who would want to!) this is what our great room looked like when we moved in almost a year and a half ago. I am pulling this picture out of the archives because it was during this walk through that we […]
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January 20, 2015
DIY
Stairwell Lighting : Drum Vs. Cube
Ah, I am coming up for air after a bout of food poisoning. Glad to be on the mend! During my down time, I think I finally nailed down a fixture for our stairwell. Well, top two at least. We have been on the hunt for the past 3 months and I wasn't in a […]
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January 14, 2015
DIY
The BIG Projects Comin' Atcha | 2015
I hope you all had a great holiday. Ours was truly amazing. We unplugged and spent time with family and now reality is hitting me like a ton of bricks this morning. I must do a recap on the highlights later this week--Friday? Friday. We have a couple updates to share with you this week […]
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January 5, 2015
DIY
The Most Popular Project from Each Month | 2014
Happy New Year! When I think about 2014, I get overwhelmed. It was a good year and a hard year, too. We couldn't feel more grateful to be on this end of it. I plan on diving back into another VERY FULL year of renovating and blogging--ohhhh I can't wait to share with you what […]
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December 31, 2014
DIY
Yearly Report Card: 2014
We have made it a tradition around here to make a post in the first week of the year about what projects we'd like to get done over the course of the year. They are our very favorite to look back on (and sometimes laugh about) because although we have a general plan and timeline […]
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December 19, 2014
Art
Free Printable! | Blank Family Tree
Last year at this time I posted about a family tree I made as a DIY gift idea. You can see the whole post here. I just used black india ink to script the tree: And then filled in my family members' names with a black gel pen. The wood frame (from Target!) really makes […]
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December 16, 2014
DIY
A DIY Baby Gate
When we moved into our first home, Greta was about 14 months old and we used one of those cheap baby gates for a brief period of time--maybe a month?--before she got the hang of the stairs. I was so happy to put that thing away! Now, Faye is 8 months old and getting very […]
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December 15, 2014
DIY
Painting The Stairwell + Plans
Even when we painted the great room the first time around, we never painted the stairwell for some reason. Well, actually, the reason is probably that it required major ladder acrobatics and I'm not too keen on heights. I guess it all worked out because we ended up repainting the great room and now that […]
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December 11, 2014
DIY
New Knobs + A Tip for Always Finding the Best Price
The new hardware for our doors arrived over the weekend and so this little makeover chapter has come to a close. A beautiful, fresh close. Here's a reminder of how our doors were looking before we dove into spraying them with a coat of white paint: And now, new knobs, too! We went with a […]
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December 9, 2014
DIY
Our Might-As-Well-Be-New Doors
We don't want to start any huge projects before Christmas because we'll be hosting a bunch of gatherings in the next few weeks and the last thing we want is our guests to be walking into a construction zone. They half expect it from us, but we'll just say that's part of our present to […]
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December 3, 2014
DIY
PSA: Instantly Fix Your Burnt Out Christmas Lights
We put up our Christmas tree over the weekend, which isn't really news. I think most people did, right? It's not really even "blog worthy." We used silver and gold bulbs we had sprinkled with sentimental ornaments we've collected over the years. But, this post is about how every year our pre-lit tree sends us […]
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December 2, 2014
