DIY
Answering: What Size TV should I get?! (And how high do I hang it?)
We are unofficially officially dedicating this week to the TV room. When it comes to TV size — bigger is better, right? Who doesn’t want a home theater? Well, let's pump the breaks. The general rule of thumb is the tv should be about 2/3 of the width of whatever piece of furniture is anchoring it. […]
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August 17, 2021
DIY
4 Ways To Hide Your TV Wires (and a Bonus Room Mock-up!)
The bonus room has already evolved from the playroom since we moved in. I quickly realized that it was far too central to have toys emptied on the floor, so we swapped the girls playroom where the theatre room was going to be. Funny how much has changed since we first pictured our family living […]
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August 16, 2021
DIY
The First Smart Lock I've Ever Loved
This post is sponsored by Level Smart locks aren't often seen as a necessity - even for us, and we've used 'em all! There's just usually something about them that doesn't quite click - usability, quality, design! But I'm ready to say we've found the first smart lock we feel good claiming is a must-have […]
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August 5, 2021
DIY
Painting the floors and Setting Up the Guest House!
I didn't think the very first thing I would be painting in our new home would be the guest house and I really didn't think it would the floor! But that's just what I did on move-in day. We had all of the Brazilian cherry flooring replaced in our main home, but we left the […]
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August 2, 2021
Casual Friday
Casual Friday: Start of the guest house!?
We decided to continue to live in a hotel down the street from our house until our moving truck comes on 7/21 (and the floors are ready for us!). However, my mom just booked a ticket to come see us on July 23rd! So the guest house needs a good scrubbing and we need to […]
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July 16, 2021
DIY
Casual Friday: First Look at the Kitchen Design, Summer School Kick off, Colorful sofas, and more!
DIY
Casual Friday: First Look at the Kitchen Design, Summer School Kick off, Colorful sofas, and more!
We shared about our kitchen design meetings with the Stoffer Team earlier this week, even though they were done about 2 weeks ago. But in that short time frame, WE ALREADY GOT BACK THE INITIAL DESIGNS on Wednesday night!!! Chris and I are still reviewing every detail, because they include so so so many things […]
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July 2, 2021
DIY
The Best of East Idaho: Our Favorite Outdoor Activities, Restaurants and Shops!
Chris is an Idaho local (lived here since he was 5!) and I've lived here in southeast Idaho for 15 years! It's a beautiful slice of heaven and we have loved our time here. The pace is slower. The views are wide. The air is crisp and the scenery is breath-taking. We actually get a […]
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June 16, 2021
DIY
The Gift of Fewer Worries for Dad this Father's Day
This post is sponsored by LiftMaster®. The older I get, the more I realize that my job (and right) as a father is to worry. My daughters are riding scooters in the driveway? I'm worried. My wife left her friend's house 40 minutes ago, and it's a 35-minute drive? I'm worried. We're on vacation, and […]
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June 9, 2021
DIY
Father's Day Gift Guide 2021
The other day I asked Chris what he wants for Father's Day and he told me he wants a day where he can just do whatever he wants without his nagging inner voice telling him he should be doing something more productive. We're talking eating all the food guilt-free, sleeping in!, spending some time on […]
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June 3, 2021
DIY
How we save a ton of money buying Certified Refurbished + an eBay coupon code!!
This post is sponsored by eBay. Save an additional 15% off some of our favorite Certified Refurbished finds with code PICKCR4SUMMER through 5/31! Last June, I shared all about how I shop Certified Refurbished on eBay all. the. time. I've bought everything from pressure washers to Dysons to frame TVs certified refurbished, which saves us […]
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May 27, 2021
DIY
Our Final House Tour
We're in the homestretch! Did you see that we're officially under contract? I mentioned in yesterday's blog post that it's a little bittersweet knowing our days are limited in this house. We move in June. I think it's okay to feel sad about leaving this house, AND happy for the new family that gets to […]
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April 28, 2021
DIY
On Privately Selling our Home!!
You guys, we made it through! In case you missed our Instagram stories, we've been showing our house over the weekend, and I feel like I can breathe now. I let Chris do the honors of letting the potential buyers in, while the girls and I skipped town. This was my way of stepping away […]
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April 26, 2021
DIY
Casual Friday: The girls' bathroom (minus peel and stick tile), new house sneak peek!, an inspiring kitchen, my new fav top and MORE!
DIY
Casual Friday: The girls' bathroom (minus peel and stick tile), new house sneak peek!, an inspiring kitchen, my new fav top and MORE!
Rug, Faux Lavender Stems, Sconce, Arch Mirror, Faucet, Cabinet Hardware, Curtains, Cafe Curtain Rod, Ceramic Canisters, hand towel This week, after a lot of back and forth, I peeled up the peel and stick floors we laid in the girls bathroom last year. You can check out this post from February about our review of […]
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April 16, 2021
DIY
Things To-Do Before You List Your House!
A week from now we have appointments lined up to show our house (eeeeek). At one point that felt so far away but now it's basically here and I have so many emotions. Mostly excited, but I'd be lying if I didn't say I had a little anxiety about people walking through our house, deciding […]
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April 15, 2021
DIY
Our Loloi Rugs are Restocked!!!
When we launched our rug line with Loloi in November, we were all blown away by how fast you all sold them out--everywhere!! So I'm really happy to announce there's a huge restock available now right here! Jules is restocked in all patterns and colors and sizes, so is Alice and some of the Rosemaries (more coming!) Run […]
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April 12, 2021
DIY
Casual Friday: What we're doing on our new house before moving in, fav sunnies under $25, the playroom, backyard inspo and more!
DIY
Casual Friday: What we're doing on our new house before moving in, fav sunnies under $25, the playroom, backyard inspo and more!
See all the playroom sources here. Chris and I are flying to Raleigh as you read this (well, if you're reading this on Friday morning-afternoon)! We close on our new house in May and we are meeting with a contractor to go over just a couple of projects we'd like to have done before moving […]
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April 9, 2021
DIY
Well, we finally finished the Fauxdenza in the Dining Room!
An entire year ago, we hung a "fauxdenza" in the dining room as part of a video project for GM that actually never ended up seeing the light of day because Covid hit. We hung our first floating credenza ("fauxdenza") made from upper Ikea cabinets back in 2012--you can read about that right here--and to […]
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April 5, 2021
Art
New DIY Art for the Living Room!!
Sources I loved the framed trees on the mantle in the living room, but for the sake of simplifying in preparation to sell, I thought one large canvas would be better to really show off the scale of the fireplace. Large art can be expensive so I decided to tackle this one myself. I'd thought […]
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April 1, 2021
DIY
Before and After: Our Small changes, Big Impact Laundry Room Redo
When we decided that we were going to move, there were many spaces that weren't "done" in our house and we accepted they wouldn't be under our watch (we're definitely not moving for "content"). But most of the spaces in our home, we had at least done something to (I call these phase 1 makeovers) and our […]
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March 31, 2021
DIY
10 Home Staging Takeaways from our House Hunting Trips!
Sources Back in February, we spent 2 separate weekends house hunting in Raleigh and it was such an eye-opening experience. Not only were we discovering an area for the very first time and, with that, admiring a new kind of architecture and landscape, but peeking into dozens of homes gave us so many ideas of […]
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March 29, 2021
