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Before & After: Basement Storage Becomes a Game Room!

DIY

Before & After: Basement Storage Becomes a Game Room!

This post is sponsored by Lowe's Home Improvement. My sister, Andi, just transformed her basement storage area into a bonafide game room in one of the easiest, most budget-friendly DIYs we’ve ever featured on this blog. The room went from this: To this: Here is her truly inspiring story: We moved into our first house […]
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March 23, 2020

Decor

A Big, Juicy Dining Room Update: What's New, What's Working, What's Not.

Decor

A Big, Juicy Dining Room Update: What's New, What's Working, What's Not.

Last week, we had a fun video shoot in our dining room with a large brand that will be coming out soon-ish (we’ll be sure to share when it does!) and against all odds, we were able to get the dining room in working order before then. So today I wanted to share a big update […]
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March 19, 2020

Design

Before & After: A Mid-Century Bedroom Makeover with Lowe's!

Design

Before & After: A Mid-Century Bedroom Makeover with Lowe's!

This post is sponsored by Lowe's Home Improvement. *Whew* What a makeover! What a room! What wonderful people! What a great team! But, I'm getting ahead of myself :) In January, we put the call out: Win a bedroom makeover with CLJ and The Makerista! I have been a fan of Gwen's for years, and […]
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March 5, 2020

House Tours

An In-Progress Video Tour of the First Floor (and Floor plan!)

House Tours

An In-Progress Video Tour of the First Floor (and Floor plan!)

With so many changes happening on the first floor of our house, I get so many questions every day about how it's all connected. So we thought it would be fun to share a tour of our main floor along with a floorplan that Chris drew up. Can you believe the photo above is NOT […]
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January 15, 2020

DIY

A Two-Day Bedroom + Bathroom Makeover

DIY

A Two-Day Bedroom + Bathroom Makeover

This post is sponsored by Clayton Homes. We love a good, fast makeover project. Throw in a small budget, and I’m practically in heaven. A couple of weeks ago, we had the fun opportunity to decorate a master bedroom and bathroom at a Clayton home located in beautiful Tetonia, about an hour and fifteen minutes […]
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November 21, 2019

Cleaning & Organization

A Video Tour inside our Newly Organized Pantry

Cleaning & Organization

A Video Tour inside our Newly Organized Pantry

Last week we shared our freshly painted and organized pantry and this week, we thought it would be fun to give a little video tour. There were a few skeptics that thought not everything came back in the pantry, and I can confidently say that all the major players and small appliances are here! We […]
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October 8, 2019

Decor

A Video Walkthrough of our Completed Phase 1 Kitchen Renovation (And why there's going to be a phase 2!!)

Decor

A Video Walkthrough of our Completed Phase 1 Kitchen Renovation (And why there's going to be a phase 2!!)

2 weeks ago we shared our phase 1 kitchen renovation before and after photos and besides it being one of the most fun projects we've ever shared, we also got a loot of questions about why we would you even DO a phase 2? What a nice compliment to our phase 1. The goal of phase 1 […]
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August 28, 2019

DIY

Our Modern Cottage Kitchen Makeover (on the cheap!)

DIY

Our Modern Cottage Kitchen Makeover (on the cheap!)

2 weeks ago, we started a phase 1 kitchen renovation. Our goal was simple--to spend only $1000 to bring our kitchen to a place that we could live with for a year or so until we had more time to live in the space and figure out how we want it to function. Our big […]
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August 16, 2019

DIY

The Fullmer Kitchen Reveal, Sources & all the Before and Afters!

DIY

The Fullmer Kitchen Reveal, Sources & all the Before and Afters!

The Fullmer's kitchen is d-o-n-e and I can't wait to share all of the photos today! We've been sharing progress as we go, so in case you missed it, here are the past posts about... All the before photos and mood board Demoing the kitchen and the new layout Finding asbestos and course correcting The […]
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July 8, 2019

Cleaning & Organization

How We Organized the Fullmer's Kitchen Cabinets + A Video Tour Inside!

Cleaning & Organization

How We Organized the Fullmer's Kitchen Cabinets + A Video Tour Inside!

This post is sponsored by Lowe's A kitchen can be beautiful, but it's not really functional until it's organized. Last week, we ambushed the Fullmers and organized the guts out of their pantry and cabinets and it might have been my favorite day. I just love organizing and today I wanted to share a few tips on […]
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June 27, 2019

Design

A House Tour Where We Tell You All of Our Plans

Design

A House Tour Where We Tell You All of Our Plans

Last week, we shared a quick 6 minute house tour, with no talking. Just smooth camera work gliding in and out of every room in our new home. But! So many of you asked to hear more about our initial plans for each space (just off the cuff kind of stuff) so Chris and I […]
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June 11, 2019

Design

The First Video Tour of our New Home!

Design

The First Video Tour of our New Home!

Monday we shared lots of photos (and feelings!) about our new home and now that we are officially in--we unloaded the last box at around 11:30pm last night--we wanted to share the very first home tour in our new house! Jordan shot this beautiful tour before all the boxes came in and due to popular […]
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June 5, 2019

House Tours

The Very Last House Tour in This Home!

House Tours

The Very Last House Tour in This Home!

Our home has been on the market for 2 days now (hooowwwww has it only been two days?! see the listing here!) and we are swamped with showings and keeping it ready, while juggling kids and working on finishing the Fullmer's kitchen before Kelsi has her baby any minute now. But in the midst of […]
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May 15, 2019

Other Makeovers

All the Before and Progress Photos from the Cabin

Other Makeovers

All the Before and Progress Photos from the Cabin

We had to meet with a builder last week for insurance purposes. One of the things that insurance takes into account after a total loss to fire is the cost to rebuild. So we had to sit down with plans of our beloved a-frame and go over every inch and tally up what they would […]
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March 25, 2019

DIY

A Modern & Moody Bedroom Reveal!

DIY

A Modern & Moody Bedroom Reveal!

This post is sponsored by Walmart.  Have you even seen Walmart's new private label brand, MoDRN? It's really good and filled to the brim with drool-worthy furniture, decor, textiles, accessories--everything you need for a more modern home at affordable prices. They asked us if we'd want to share a few of our favorite pieces with you--but […]
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March 21, 2019

DIY

The Loft Bathroom: The Last Project We Finished At the Cabin

DIY

The Loft Bathroom: The Last Project We Finished At the Cabin

This project was part of an ongoing paid partnership with Lowe's. Our last weekend at the cabin, we worked on the loft bathroom. Of course, if we would have known it was our last, we wouldn't have. We would have gone sledding with the girls and enjoyed more dips in the hot tub and took in […]
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March 4, 2019

DIY

Painting the Inside of Exterior Doors Black is Practically Magic & Our New Living Room Rug at the Cabin!

DIY

Painting the Inside of Exterior Doors Black is Practically Magic & Our New Living Room Rug at the Cabin!

When the painters were painting the interior of the cabin, they asked if they should just paint the doors white orrrr? And I said not to worry about the doors or sidelights or accompanying trim because I'll paint them black afterward. The look on their faces! Haha. But just like when I painted the doors […]
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February 7, 2019

Other Makeovers

Painting the Wood Walls and Toning/De-Oranging the Beams at our A-frame

Other Makeovers

Painting the Wood Walls and Toning/De-Oranging the Beams at our A-frame

Right before Christmas, literally a week!, we had the main space in our a-frame painted. We were thinking about it for awhile and then it hit us--as soon as we start moving furniture in (we were hosting family starting the 23rd) it was going to become a lot more difficult to ever do it. So […]
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January 7, 2019

Other Makeovers

Our Freshly Painted Black A-Frame

Other Makeovers

Our Freshly Painted Black A-Frame

Painting our A-frame black was one of the best decisions ever! Even though I pinned 50 black houses and cabins, when it came time to pull the trigger, I was still so nervous--but as soon as they started, it was clearly the right choice. The painters finally wrapped up last week and I'm here to […]
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October 31, 2018

DIY

From Dated to Modern: A Budget-Friendly Exterior Entry Makeover

DIY

From Dated to Modern: A Budget-Friendly Exterior Entry Makeover

This post is sponsored by Zabitat. Our friends were struggling with the exterior entry to their house. They weren't crazy about painting the brick (this is actually his childhood home), but they are also young and hip and they were wanting their home to reflect that a little more, while keeping the brick in its […]
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October 25, 2018
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