Projects
A High/Low Budget Breakdown of the Girls' Room!
Projects
A High/Low Budget Breakdown of the Girls' Room!
Thanks for all the love for our One Room Challenge reveal last week! We had so much fun designing and DIYing this room for our girls. When we mentioned to some other ORC designers that we were going to do built-in bunks for this room, we were met with, "Are you sure you want to […]
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November 14, 2016
Projects
A Dark Shiplap Accent Wall for under $75!
DIY
A Dark Shiplap Accent Wall for under $75!
We can't thank you enough for all your love on the reveal of our girls' room yesterday. It was so much work, but it was wonderful to see so many of you enjoyed following along and the end result as much as we loved sharing it. Today, we wanted to share all the details about […]
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November 10, 2016
Projects
The Reveal! A Shared Girls' Room Complete with Built-In Bunks | One Room Challenge: Week 6
Design
The Reveal! A Shared Girls' Room Complete with Built-In Bunks | One Room Challenge: Week 6
Designing and building this room over the past 6 weeks with Chris has been a lot of hard work and late nights but most of all, a complete pleasure and an experience we'll remember forever. But even before Linda asked us to be a part of the One Room Challenge (we're so grateful!), we thought […]
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November 9, 2016
Projects
Our Calacatta Marble countertop by Formica in the Home Office--Yeah, That's Laminate!
Design
Our Calacatta Marble countertop by Formica in the Home Office--Yeah, That's Laminate!
Our home office is inching closer to completion every day, but ever since our beautiful marble-look-alike Formica (!!!) countertop arrived last week, we've been using it daily. Yes it's laminate and yes, we love it. So I thought today I'll share a few quick details about it and then as soon as I can decide […]
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November 3, 2016
Projects
One Room Challenge: Week 5 | There's Nothing Like a Fresh Coat of Paint
Projects
One Room Challenge: Week 5 | There's Nothing Like a Fresh Coat of Paint
If you're just tuning in, we're renovating a shared room for our daughters in 6 weeks as part of the One Room Challenge! My sweet mom loves to make any object or situation instantly desirable and charming by starting a sentence with, "There's nothing like a _____." Insert warm cup of cocoa, fall leaves, a bowl […]
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November 2, 2016
Projects
One Room Challenge: Week 4 | Those Wardrobes
Projects
One Room Challenge: Week 4 | Those Wardrobes
This week, we finished facing the book nook, installed 4 can lights in the room, and ordered a pretty light for the middle (can't wait to show you!) and we also started on installing the wardrobes--week 4 was a busy one. That same angle used to look like this: A few weeks ago, we talked […]
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October 26, 2016
Projects
Favorite Halloween Ideas from the Archives
DIY
Favorite Halloween Ideas from the Archives
There's just a week and a half until Halloween and we're working double time to make sure everything is ready for our annual costume party. I realized I usually don't get around to posting about what we did for decorations or food until after the fact, so I thought it would be fun to compile […]
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October 20, 2016
Projects
One Room Challenge: Week 3 | The Makings of a Book Nook
DIY
One Room Challenge: Week 3 | The Makings of a Book Nook
It has been an intense week around here. The weather hasn't cooperated all that well, we have only had one decor item arrive (1!!), and we just realized we don't really have three more weeks to finish this like our minds have been telling us, we have three weeks until the reveal, so just over […]
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October 19, 2016
Projects
Tearing Out The Bedroom Closets!
Design
Tearing Out The Bedroom Closets!
A friend of mine was picking my brain earlier this week about how she could add more storage to her home. Closets and storage solutions make such huge difference in the quality of life in a home and it's not always something we think about when looking at a home. While that's all true, sometimes […]
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October 13, 2016
Projects
One Room Challenge: Week 2 | DIY Built-In Bunkbeds for Around $700
DIY
One Room Challenge: Week 2 | DIY Built-In Bunkbeds for Around $700
We're so excited to share how the shared room for our daughters progressed in just one week! As soon as we hit publish on last week's ORC (One Room Challenge) post, we headed straight to Lowe's to pick up supplies and get started on the largest project in the room--the built-in bunkbeds. Just yesterday, we […]
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October 12, 2016
Projects
How to Find Product Sources on Pinterest
Inspiration
How to Find Product Sources on Pinterest
I shared this cool trick I discovered on Pinterest on my Instagram story, but since those disappear after 24 hours, and have had a few questions about it, I decided to share it here, too. So many times, our favorite inspiring spaces on Pinterest, are full of droll-worthy products and pieces that really make the space and […]
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October 10, 2016
Projects
One Room Challenge Week 1 | The Room, The Befores and The Plan
DIY
One Room Challenge Week 1 | The Room, The Befores and The Plan
The One Room Challenge starts today! 20 design bloggers will be making over a space in 6 weeks and documenting it from start to finish. We're no strangers to a quick deadline around here--heck, this summer we did a whole kitchen renovation for a family in Pittsburgh in 6 days! And a year ago, we […]
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October 5, 2016
Projects
Our Kitchen: One Year Later
Idaho Rambler
Our Kitchen: One Year Later
It's been a whole year since we finished our kitchen renovation (how!?) so we thought it would be fun to share how it looks today (not all that different) and how it has been wearing, as well as, some additions we've made and things we're thinking about changing or would do differently. 1. What's new? There have […]
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September 27, 2016
Projects
Things to Keep in Mind When Replacing an Old Gas Furnace
DIY
Things to Keep in Mind When Replacing an Old Gas Furnace
If you’ve been reading our blog longer than a few months, you may remember when we had a major carbon monoxide leak in our home mid-Spring. Having a CO leak is one of those stories you always hear where it happened to a friend of a friend, but when it happens in your own home, it becomes very […]
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September 22, 2016
Projects
Fall 2016 Video House Tour!
Design
Fall 2016 Video House Tour!
Once or twice a year, we like to film a video house tour. It started out as something for us, to keep a moving record of our progress--nothing is more fun/depressing than watching the first one. But sharing it with all of you has become equally rewarding. You get to see how the rooms in […]
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September 8, 2016
Projects
Using Bookcases in a Bedroom Closet
Projects
Using Bookcases in a Bedroom Closet
So, did y'all know we're working on converting one of the downstairs bedrooms into an office? Just kidding, you most likely are completely aware because it's a major part of our renovation life right now. As a reminder, here's the last part of the office we worked on: Even though the wall treatment was an insanely […]
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September 7, 2016
Projects
How to Lay Luxury Vinyl Tile Flooring (LVT) + a feature in TABLE Magazine
Projects
How to Lay Luxury Vinyl Tile Flooring (LVT) + a feature in TABLE Magazine
The kitchen renovation we did in Pittsburgh earlier this summer is starting to pop up in a few publications--which is so exciting! Table Magazine was there on set after we finished to shoot the kitchen and food stylist, Quelcy Kogel made us all the BEST Whole Grain Apple Butter Parmesan Biscuits and topped them with a […]
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September 1, 2016
Projects
How We Built Our Outdoor Fireplace
DIY
How We Built Our Outdoor Fireplace
Our backyard underwent a major transformation this summer. We added a sprawling deck to our backyard and furnishings and finally, built an outdoor fireplace as the finishing touch. As a reminder, just a few months ago, the space looked like this: We went between the idea of fire pit vs. fireplace, but in the end, […]
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August 24, 2016
Projects
The Office Wall Treatment is Finished!
DIY
The Office Wall Treatment is Finished!
Today, we're excited to share our updated office walls. As a reminder, we're turning the 5th bedroom in our basement into a home office/studio space. We haven't done anything to that bedroom room since moving in, so it's especially fun to give life to a room that's been a bit of a wasted space the past three […]
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August 22, 2016
Projects
4 Reasons to Have a Garment Steamer In Your Tool Arsenal
Toolbox
4 Reasons to Have a Garment Steamer In Your Tool Arsenal
We got a new toy, I mean tool--the CONAIR Turbo ExtremeSteam® Handheld Fabric Steamer--the most powerful handheld steamer on the market. Being someone that loathes ironing so much I only have a handful of shirts that need ironing ever, I knew it wouldn't get a ton of action in the laundry room. However, I'm still here to announce, […]
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August 16, 2016
