DIY
Painting the Guest Room Dark + My Paint Formula for Walls and Trim!
Last weekend, we painted the guest room a dark, inky charcoal--Farrow & Ball's Downpipe (this time we had it color matched at Sherwin Williams in an eggshell finish). I wanted to go for something dark in a blueish tone so the headboard would melt right into it and to be honest, the treadmill too. The […]
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July 27, 2020
Art
Essential Decor: Simple Frames With Large Mats & Leaning Art in the Music Room
Paint Color: Fading Twilight by Benjamin Moore, Rug, Lounge Chair, Acrylic Stool, Sconces, Pendant Light Art: Abstract Face, Portland, Charcoal House, Landscape - frame, Trees, Faces - frame We made a lot of headway in the music room this week and it's been so fun and we have A LOT to share here, but today I wanted to […]
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July 23, 2020
DIY
Video!! A Closet Walk through
"Open the drawers!!!" Okay, Okay, Okay!! Today, we're bringing you along for a casual walk-through every drawer and cabinet and detail in our closet. See my "secret stash" and my one regret. Chris's favorite shirt and see if you can make sense of his organization and lots more! Come check out the closet: A […]
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July 22, 2020
Design
How Much Did the Closet Cost? A budget breakdown + Look For Less!
Occasionally, after finishing a big project like the Fullmer Kitchen or our bathroom renovation or the backyard--we share a budget breakdown. We get asked for them often and we get it, you’re curious what it costs to do projects like these! For some projects, it wouldn't make sense because labor varies so much from area […]
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July 21, 2020
Design
Our Closet Reveal: From Thin Air to Dressing Room (The Ultimate IKEA PAX Hack!)
Pinch me. This is our closet now. And although this is a before photo, below, it's not really THE before photo, because this room didn't exist before! We added a ceiling/floor to a two story space and made it our closet. (Below is the music room for reference). The idea came in as we were […]
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July 16, 2020
DIY
How We Built the Dining Room Fauxdenza (and Why It's Not Quite Done)
Back in March, we built a fauxdenza in the dining room and it has been a wonderful, budget-friendly way to get a lot of storage for not a lot of money. It's called a "fauxdenza" because although it looks like a credenza (or sideboard), it's actually made with upper kitchen cabinets! It's an easy DIY […]
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July 14, 2020
DIY
Installing Pocket Doors in the Closet
Our closet has been a really fun project, and something that added tangible value to our home, both in square footage and utility. But ever since the room was created, we haven't had functioning doors. Until this week! Pocket doors are actually really simple to hang, once the frame is in place. The frame is the […]
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July 2, 2020
DIY
How Do you Keep Your House Clean with a big Dog?!
This post is sponsored by eBay "How do you keep your house clean with a big dog?!" is a question I get on the daily. I've addressed it here when I talked about all my loves, errr vacuums. (It takes an army), but it always comes down to you have to love your dog/children/lived-in-life more than you […]
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July 1, 2020
DIY
Painting the Music Room + Jewel Toned Inspiration
We had a different project scheduled for this week, but the weather is so crappy (spoiler alert: it was an outdoor project) that we couldn’t carry it out. But I was so excited to check something off the list that I told Chris I’M DOING SOMETHING THIS WEEK. I HAVE to do something creative. To […]
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June 30, 2020
Cleaning & Organization
Storage and Organization in the Garage
While Gladiator® sent us some of the products in this post, they did not pay us to write about it. All opinions are our own. All the products and accessories used are linked at the end of this post. All right y'all. I've been chipping away at our garage since before Christmas, though it all […]
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June 24, 2020
Art
Painting Over Canvas Art: An Easy Abstract DIY
I recently bought a canvas print at Target based solely on the frame. I loved the ornate, traditional gold — and at $16, it was a steal (even if it was just for the frame alone). I wasn’t wild about the folksy-looking portrait within but was inspired at the thought of painting over it. Before […]
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June 17, 2020
DIY
Adding Custom Fronts to the IKEA PAX Closet System Drawers
A couple weeks ago we shared how our closet looked after painting everything. In case you need a reminder: Yes, those are IKEA PAX closets. We built bases for them to raise them up the height of our baseboards; filled the extra holes and added facing; added base, crown, and a ceiling treatment; and painted everything […]
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June 8, 2020
DIY
Master Closet Update: It's All Painted!
Last week we finished putting up all the trim and getting things filled and sanded, and this week has been all about paint. As a reminder... Kind of hard to look at, haha. Clutter, paint samples on the wall, wood floors mixed with wood shelves and wood baseboard and white baseboard and wood filler and […]
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May 28, 2020
DIY
How to Plank a Ceiling & Install Crown
We've talked about wanting to give our ceilings a bit more attention in this home than we have in previous homes, and yesterday we did just that! Though things have really slowed down these past few months (for everyone), we're making such great progress and are getting so close! Here's how our closet started out […]
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May 20, 2020
Decor
Two Fun, easy & Inexpensive Ways to Add Interest To A Bedroom
I am definitely someone that prefers to improve and layer and add-to a room over time, never really proclaiming a room "done." This weekend we circled back to Greta's room to add two inexpensive elements that made such a fun difference and it only took about 20 minutes total! Before: Now: The two things we […]
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May 18, 2020
DIY
Closet Update: How to DIY Closet Shelves (for shoes etc.)
When we initially planned the shoe shelves, we thought they'd be angled. But the more we sat with this decision (and the more DMs we got), we decided flat shelves would be more versatile. What if we wanted to put boxes or baskets on the shelves, for example? For this project, we used: • 1 […]
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May 14, 2020
DIY
Our Most Loved Before-and-Afters
We've said it before, and we'll say it again: We're not a before-and-after blog. We're an in-progress blog. We're a trouble-shooting blog. We're a figure-it-out-and-then-try-again blog. We make mistakes. We change our timelines. We get sidetracked by new inspiration. We embrace project creep. We scratch our heads and ask, "What's not working here?" We're a […]
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April 29, 2020
DIY
What I Learned from Buying a House for the First Time
This is a guest post by Andrea Ahedo, our Visual Media Producer/Head Photographer. See her bio at the end of the post. When our family made the decision to move to the United States, after I had called Monterrey, Mexico home for 10 years, we automatically planned on renting. That's just how we were wired […]
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April 27, 2020
DIY
Master Closet update: Building up the wardrobes, and a photoshop rendering!
It's time for another check-in in the master closet! In case you missed it, we made a double story space (that the previous owners used as a dining room) into our closet by adding a ceiling/floor to the room right off of our bedroom. We loved our last Ikea Pax closet so much, we're doing […]
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April 15, 2020
Decor
Full Length Mirrors Aren't Just For the Closet + A Roundup of Favorites!
A full length mirror is a household staple, but over the years I've learned it isn't just for the closet. But before we get to those examples, I wanted to give you an update on our closet mirror! We're working on having one custom made to fit our design plan. Where our current arched mirror […]
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April 8, 2020
