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Even when we moved into our home three years ago we knew we would have to replace our windows. The seals had been broken on some of them, and they were fogging up. It took us a while to get to that project on our list (plus we knew we had to budget for it), […]

This blog post is sponsored by The Tile Shop One of our Instagram followers replied to a preview photo of our mudroom tile with the comment that “it’s giving…’I live in a boutique hotel,’” and they couldn’t be more right. Every time I step into the hallway, I feel like I’m strolling into a glamorous […]

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When I was growing up, we’d visit my Grandma, who kept a cowbell in the kitchen. Whenever dinner was ready, she’d ring the bell, and it would clang loud enough to let those in her third floor bedrooms know that there was food on the table. The sound became Pavlovian for me, and now when […]

There are some projects that we do in a weekend, some we do over a few weeks. Some take us a couple months and some take over a year! When it came to our kitchen remodel, it was an over-a-year kind of project. And now, since it’s been over a year since we have finished […]

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Happy New Year!! Even through we have taken the last couple weeks offline, Chris and I have been talking non-stop about what projects we’re excited about around the house. (We put out a project list every year in January and look back at the end of the year to see how we did.) Here’s the […]

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