Projects
Painting Our Shed + Our Favorite Paint Sprayer Giveaway
DIY
Painting Our Shed + Our Favorite Paint Sprayer Giveaway
Last summer, we moved a rather large shed from our property to my parents' next door. You can see how that went down in this post. It was an exciting and absolutely nerve-wrecking couple hours with a huge crane and we were left with a pile of rocks. That is to say, things looked way […]
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August 9, 2016
Projects
Before And After: Our Basement Family Room is Finished!
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Before And After: Our Basement Family Room is Finished!
Before and After days are always fun around here, and this one is especially sweet since we have been working on our family room in the basement for at least 8 months, a surprising amount of time when I went back to see when we started. Now, we're calling it done (for now, I just can […]
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August 8, 2016
Projects
In My Own Little Corner (Office)
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In My Own Little Corner (Office)
Last week, when I shared the evolution of our home after the three years moving in, I shared this current photo below of our study. It's at the very front of our house, directly to the right when you open the front door. It has a full wall of windows and although it's small in […]
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August 4, 2016
Projects
Revealing the Pittsburgh Kitchen to the Family
Projects
Revealing the Pittsburgh Kitchen to the Family
Remember that kitchen in Pittsburgh we renovated in June? Well, renovating a kitchen in 6 days was only half the fun, keeping it hidden from the homeowners (my aunt and uncle and their three children) was my favorite part. Today we're so excited to share with you a fun video from Frigidaire Professional of when we were finally […]
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August 3, 2016
Projects
Behind the scenes of our Food Network Magazine Shoot!
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Behind the scenes of our Food Network Magazine Shoot!
Pinch me! We're in September's issue of Food Network Magazine, on stands now. Earlier this year, Food Network Magazine contacted us about featuring us in our kitchen after seeing it on Instagram. Chris's sister gifted us a year's subscription to Food Network Magazine for Christmas five years ago and we haven't missed an issue since. So, needless […]
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August 1, 2016
Projects
First Look: Building Our Outdoor Fireplace
Projects
First Look: Building Our Outdoor Fireplace
We pretty much always have somewhere between two and thirteen projects going on at any given time. Most of you probably read about the wall covering we worked on last week for our office. We're also working on a few finishing elements for the basement, ordered a new ceiling fan for our bedroom, and are […]
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July 27, 2016
Projects
Adding Wainscoting to the Home Office
Projects
Adding Wainscoting to the Home Office
A couple weeks ago we introduced one of our new room projects to you--a dedicated home office/studio--and this weekend, after a lot of planning and a trip to Ikea last weekend to pick up desk supplies, we finally got cracking on it. It's a pretty vanilla room to start with, and although it's in the […]
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July 25, 2016
Projects
Hand-Painting vs. Spraying Our Interior Doors
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Hand-Painting vs. Spraying Our Interior Doors
Last week, we took some time to tackle a project that has been a thorn in our side for a long time now. A couple years ago, we hand-painted all the upstairs doors a bright white and changed out the hardware. But by the time we were done, my hand was a claw and I […]
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July 18, 2016
Projects
What's Your Most Prized Possession? Plus, a GetSafe Review!
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What's Your Most Prized Possession? Plus, a GetSafe Review!
This post is sponsored by GetSafe. What would you save in a fire? For Chris, he always says our piano that was once his great grandmothers. And then we laugh a little because, if, heaven forbid, our house was actually on fire, the chances of us actually being able to hoist the piano up two flights of stairs are […]
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July 13, 2016
Projects
How to Make an Indoor Swing!
DIY
How to Make an Indoor Swing!
We're this close to being done with our family room/playroom, but we had one more project up our sleeve--a DIY indoor swing! This simple DIY was also quick and cheap and now it's officially the most coveted seat in the house. The corner fireplace (you can see that makeover here) pushed the area rug, table, […]
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July 12, 2016
Projects
Adding Trim Around the Inside of Our Front Door (Finally)
Projects
Adding Trim Around the Inside of Our Front Door (Finally)
For our frequent readers, you may remember a few months ago when we added our new front door and trimmed it out. As a refresher: We opted out of the sidelight on the door and instead went with some heavier trim to fill the gaps. We still love this door and everything it has added to […]
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July 11, 2016
Projects
How to Swap Out a Loose (or Broken) Power Outlet
Projects
How to Swap Out a Loose (or Broken) Power Outlet
Thanks for all your opinions this morning about which art you like best. It gives us a lot to think about. To switch gears a little bit, we've been homeowners for over 5 years now, and have tackled a lot of big and small renovations. And while major before and afters are by far our most […]
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July 6, 2016
Projects
Planning our Home Office
DIY
Planning our Home Office
I mentioned last week that we'll be turning one of the downstairs bedrooms into a home office and today we're ready to share that blank-space-of-a-room that's about to get a whole lot of function for the first time since moving in to this home almost 3 years ago. It's a relatively small room, at just 10x11 and […]
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July 5, 2016
Projects
A Budget Breakdown of the Pittsburgh Kitchen
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A Budget Breakdown of the Pittsburgh Kitchen
Last week, we shared all the before and afters of the Pittsburgh kitchen we did with Frigidaire Professional right here. We also shared a fun, behind-the-scenes video (okay, I cried) of the 6-day renovation process right here. Since we shared those, we've gotten a lot of inquiries about how much did it all cost?! So, […]
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June 30, 2016
Projects
The Renovation Realities behind the Pittsburgh Kitchen
Projects
The Renovation Realities behind the Pittsburgh Kitchen
Thanks for all of the love on yesterday'emi reveal of the Pittsburgh kitchen! We put so much time and effort into this project and we fell head over heels for the kitchen over the six days we worked on it, making it hard to even leave. A true labor of love. I always get a little anxiety […]
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June 21, 2016
Projects
Before and After: A Small, Pittsburgh Kitchen Gets A Complete Makeover in 6 Days
DIY
Before and After: A Small, Pittsburgh Kitchen Gets A Complete Makeover in 6 Days
My aunt and uncle's home in Pittsburgh is more than 90 years old and full of character, but the kitchen, like so many other kitchens, definitely had its fair share of challenges: the small 9x9 footprint, the outdated electrical, the radiator in the corner, no dishwasher, the in-swinging door that hindered so much usable space, the lack […]
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June 20, 2016
Projects
Our Outdoor Sofas are Here + What's Next?
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Our Outdoor Sofas are Here + What's Next?
The outdoor sofas we ordered a few weeks ago arrived the day before we left for Pittsburgh. As much as I wanted to bust them out of their boxes and arrange them on the newly finished deck, I knew them sitting outside for 10 days, unused, didn't really make a ton of sense. So as […]
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June 16, 2016
Projects
Our Finished Deck!
Idaho Rambler
Our Finished Deck!
Our deck is done! Our deck is done! We've been enjoying our outdoors for, what feels like, the first time since we moved here over 2 years ago. Today, I'm excited to share with you a bunch of photos, cost breakdown (while we paid for the sub-structure and labor, Trex supplied the decking, but we'll add […]
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June 2, 2016
Projects
How to Renovate a Kitchen in 6 days + All the Details
Projects
How to Renovate a Kitchen in 6 days + All the Details
It's crazy to think about leaving for Pittsburgh in just 3 days! We take off Friday to renovate an entire kitchen for Frigidaire Professional, on camera, in a handful of days (read more about how that came to be here). We did our own kitchen renovation in 7 weeks, which felt good and fast and something […]
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June 1, 2016
Projects
Thoughts on Picking the Right TV for Your Home and Family
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Thoughts on Picking the Right TV for Your Home and Family
Weird topic for a post, right? What are we, CNET? Odd it may seem, though, we've had dozens of requests for a post on how we chose our TV and why. I feel a bit out of my element talking about this, because I'm definitely not an expert. Heck, we hadn't bought a TV for 7 years […]
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May 26, 2016
