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Blue Christmas and Big Snowflakes
Are we still decorating for Christmas?! Goodness. We are. Actually, it has proven to be a good thing we started decorating for Christmas when we did, because it has taken us weeks, on and off, to get things out and up. For instance, before leaving town for Thanksgiving, we put up our tree and decided […]
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December 3, 2012
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Guest Room, Meet Map.
In a weird turn of events, the guest room got some attention after a year of sitting pretty. I wish I could say that the attention was due to the holidays coming up and guests staying at our place (we really love hosting our family and friends), but we'll be traveling for the holidays this […]
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November 20, 2012
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The Fallification of the Living Room and Ramblings
First. I can't type another word without thanking you all for the sweet health-filled wishes. I am on the mend and yesterday, our anniversary, I was able to spend some real time up and out. We went shopping as a little family and had fun playing with Greta. Somehow I even found myself on a […]
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November 9, 2012
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Family Tree Gallery. Minus the Tree.
Disclaimer: We are all over the place right now tending to unfinished business in a few rooms before our party next week. So, you might see us jumping from the laundry room to the family room to the living room over the next few days. Should be fun! Today, all eyes are in the family […]
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October 17, 2012
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Misfit Pumpkins
How does the saying go? "It gets worse before it gets better."?? Yeah, that sums up our laundry room/half bath situation perfectly. Last night, we were able to remove (almost) everything from the room, tear out the tile baseboard and give those nasty floors a good scrubbin', all while laughing about how terrible the floor […]
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October 11, 2012
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This Little Couch of Ours
Our Ikea Klippan 4-seater couch is turning out to be not quite the easy-peasy couch we thought it was when we bought it last year. Granted, it was only $400, which is in no way pocket change, but for a 4-person couch. It doesn't get much cheaper. In that $400, was also included a white […]
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October 8, 2012
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Our Styled Credenza: Industrial-chic Meets Dia de los Muertos.
We're back, as promised, to share all of the final details that went into above and on our DIYed fauxdenza. Styling is always so fun. Especially when it is a surface that can be styled and re-styled with changing seasons. Last night, we got the base of the styling done. The lamps installed (more on […]
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September 27, 2012
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Our $50 Quirky Cool Coffee Table Find
Remember how I had been diligently scouring the online classifieds for a credenza for the living room with no luck? Well, I have been doing the same thing looking for a coffee table. Except this time, I did have luck. Woot! I forgot to take a screenshot of the ad before it was sold (to […]
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September 17, 2012
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The "His" Chair is Here
Last week, I mentioned we found a his chair for our her chair in the living room. A lot of you had fun guessing which one we went with--which seemed to be overwhelming for number 6: How do I say this? Wah Wahhhhh. Wrong. Most of the chairs in our round-up we were able to […]
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September 10, 2012
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The "His" Chair Round-up
This weekend, we shopped 'til we dropped (!!)--but we found the perfect "his chair" to go with our her. He is getting delivered a little later this week, but we couldn't let the opportunity pass us by for a teaser. Chris's new chair is in the round-up with five other stylish "his" chairs: Any guesses […]
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September 4, 2012
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The HER Chair
You may remember back in this post, when our new jute rug arrived, that we decided our matching armchairs matched more than each other a little too well. Our living room became a sea of beige. So, we decided to sell them (we actually won a gift card to purchase these chairs 2 years ago, […]
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August 31, 2012
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A Pop of Red
Our home's color scheme is filled with black, white, gray, green and blue--and then there is that red door of ours--which we absolutely love. Although it might seem a little out of place once you open our door and there is no other red in sight, it somehow fits in perfectly--especially now that we have […]
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August 23, 2012
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The Slipcover Blues
Just so you know, this post doesn't end well. You see, our Klippan 4-seater couch from Ikea used to have a white cover on it--the one we purchased with it when we bought the couch last year. In less than a year, the cover had rips and tears in it that appeared after washes, so […]
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August 21, 2012
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Beut Jute Riot
(riot!) Yes, that was an attempt at a 90s Cherry Poppin' Daddies reference. After we purged almost everything in the living room and painted it a dark, moody charcoal with navy undertones (Kwal's Crave), things were looking better, but there was a lot missing. To be completely honest, I was getting used to our airy […]
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August 15, 2012
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Our New Favorite Chandelier
Replacing our chandelier in the dining room has been on our list for awhile. We DIYed this Moooi Random light knock off last year, and since then--a lot of other people have had great success in making their own, too. We contemplated giving it another shot since hearing we may have better luck using wallpaper […]
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August 13, 2012
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Chandelier Shopping
Our DIYed string chandelier has seen better days. In fact, for the past several months it has been in a semi-collapsed state. For awhile, we thought about trying the whole thing again with a stronger glue (we have heard wallpaper adhesive works well for this project) but have decided to go in a different direction--which […]
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July 30, 2012
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All Feet on Bench
There are just a few things left on our family room to-do list before we can do a final reveal with before and after photos. One of those things, that we reported on a couple weeks ago, was replacing this hand-me-down coffee table that was the most uncomfortable thing to prop your feet up on. […]
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July 13, 2012
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Photo Ledges O Fun
We have changed the wall leading up to our staircase quite a bit. Probably more than any other place in our home, actually. Most recently, and the one that has stuck the longest was a grouping of three photos. We loved the simplicity of the black and white since there was so much color in […]
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July 12, 2012
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Gold Giraffes Have more Fun
The family room is slowly, like snail-speed, wrapping up. We have two projects in the works this week and then we just have to nail down our ideal ottoman and share hundreds of photos with you. Although, you haven't seen this room progressing over the past couple weeks, there have been tweaks going on. […]
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July 9, 2012
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DIY 3D Quote Wall.
A little white ago, I introduced you to my personal mantra and told you it was involved in my last project for the studio. While I said I wasn't going to show you the studio until the final reveal--I couldn't not share with you this simple project that has me smiling. First, I picked up […]
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June 19, 2012
