Projects
Bringing Wall-To-Wall Carpet Back
Inspiration
Bringing Wall-To-Wall Carpet Back
We have been ironing out details of our downstairs renovation over the past two weeks. Lowe's jumped on board to sponsor a lot of the big construction components we have planned and one of their corporate partners, Stainmaster carpet, was eager to work with us, too after hearing about our plans to carpet the whole […]
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January 29, 2016
Projects
How To Hire A Contractor (and When We Do)
DIY
How To Hire A Contractor (and When We Do)
To hire help or not? Can I afford to hire someone? When is it worth it as a DIYer? These are all really good questions that we ask ourselves before we start any large project (which we're coming up on again in our basement). It's also one that we've gotten a lot over the past […]
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January 25, 2016
Projects
Now Open: Shop Our House!
DIY
Now Open: Shop Our House!
I'm back from a whirlwind trip to Miami with Lowe's Home Improvement (more on that in a future post) just in time to launch our new shop page! For quite some time, I have been trying to think of the best way to make it easy for all of you to get the direct sources […]
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January 21, 2016
Projects
An Unexpected Source For Playroom Storage + A High/Low Option!
Cleaning & Organization
An Unexpected Source For Playroom Storage + A High/Low Option!
Rug | Pouf | Chairs | Table | Lights Not much has changed visually since the last playroom update. We moved the television up to our bedroom (bliss!): And we smashed that outdated mantle off of the fireplace. So now things are looking worse, as they tend to do with renovations. But! Behind the scenes, […]
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January 13, 2016
Projects
Our 5 Projects On Deck for 2016
Projects
Our 5 Projects On Deck for 2016
At this time last year, Chris was getting ready to have back surgery and that took us out of the reno game for the first 12 weeks of 2015. Faye was just 8 months old and we still set our project hopes high for 2015 and miraculously checked off nearly every one. Somehow. Maybe those […]
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January 6, 2016
Projects
Yearly Report Card: 2015
Projects
Yearly Report Card: 2015
We have made it a tradition around here to make a post in the first week of the year about what projects we’d like to get done over the course of the year--2016's is coming up next week! They are our very favorite to look back on (and sometimes laugh about) because although we have a general […]
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December 29, 2015
Projects
A Playroom Update: Lighting and Rug
Projects
A Playroom Update: Lighting and Rug
It's time for a long overdue playroom update. Back in October, we shared that this would be our next project. A few weeks later and we had almost everything here from the mood board I made: My next task was picking a paint color. I really want to go darker since this is our media […]
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December 16, 2015
Projects
PSA - Tools on Sale (not sponsored)
Toolbox
PSA - Tools on Sale (not sponsored)
Ok y'all, this is not a drill! Though, there are quite a few drills in this post, but crap, no, we don't have time for lame puns because this is limited time only kinda stuff! Remember my gift guide last week that looked like a freaking DeWalt sponsored post? I promise, all my heart, it […]
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December 10, 2015
Projects
A Video Tour Inside Our Kitchen Cabinets
Design
A Video Tour Inside Our Kitchen Cabinets
Ever since we finished our kitchen a couple months ago, I have been surprised how many of you have requested to see inside all of the cabinets! It made me laugh at first, because I didn't realize that was a thing. But then I noticed our friends and family poking around when they would come […]
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December 3, 2015
Projects
How To Paint the Exterior of Your Home--Yourself!
DIY
How To Paint the Exterior of Your Home--Yourself!
Today, I have a long overdue update on the exterior of the Pugmire's home! Back in June, I shared that they had wrote an amazingly catchy song and entered their home in a contest to win an exterior makeover. My favorite line of the song is when they sang, "My favorite color isn't salmon, or […]
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November 18, 2015
Projects
The Finished Pantry!
DIY
The Finished Pantry!
The pantry is complete and I'm sharing a bunch of photos today! We actually finished it a couple weeks ago, and it has been a dream to have and use. It signifies the completion of a year of hard work and transformation in our home, but specifically this corner of the home. The best way […]
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November 11, 2015
Projects
DIY Modern Traditional House Number Plaque
DIY
DIY Modern Traditional House Number Plaque
Over the summer, we swapped out the lights on our garage and added a pretty hanging basket of flowers. While we are continually smitten with the new lights, the flowers ran their course (pretty quickly!) and we were left with a big womp womp. We tried a few other flowers but our garage gets sun […]
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November 3, 2015
Projects
A New Table + The Dining Room Before & Afters!
DIY
A New Table + The Dining Room Before & Afters!
We got ourselves a new dining room table! When we shared the before and afters of our kitchen renovation, so many of you wanted to see how the rest of the great room worked into the new kitchen, specifically the dining room since they are so close in proximity. At the time, we were in […]
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October 28, 2015
Projects
DIY Harry Potter-esque Hanging Candles + Party Decor Details
DIY
DIY Harry Potter-esque Hanging Candles + Party Decor Details
We had our 5th annual costume party this weekend and, somehow, each year it manages to be even more fun. Most of our friends and family go all out with their costumes and some we even barely recognize when they show up. It's a complete riot and we are so grateful all of our different […]
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October 26, 2015
Projects
Before & After: We have a (Finished!) Coat Closet!
DIY
Before & After: We have a (Finished!) Coat Closet!
When we shared our laundry room before and afters, so many people wondered, well…what's on the other side of the room? Oh you mean on the other side of this?? (See all the before and afters of the laundry room here) We conveniently left those pictures out, because, well, it looked like this: Avert your […]
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October 6, 2015
Projects
HOW OUR FRIGIDAIRE PROFESSIONAL APPLIANCES TRANSFORMED OUR KITCHEN AND HOW WE USE IT + A VIDEO!
Inspiration
HOW OUR FRIGIDAIRE PROFESSIONAL APPLIANCES TRANSFORMED OUR KITCHEN AND HOW WE USE IT + A VIDEO!
Today we are so excited to finally share with you a little more about the Frigidaire Professional appliances we chose for the kitchen. We couldn't be more in love with how they transformed the way our kitchen looks, but more importantly, the way it functions and works for us. Along with a bunch of fresh photos and […]
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September 30, 2015
Projects
It's Done! : The Full Kitchen Reveal
DIY
It's Done! : The Full Kitchen Reveal
The day has come! Our kitchen renovation is finished 7 weeks after we started tearing out our old tile countertops and I can't wait to share with you photos of what it looks like today. I've put all the sources at the bottom of the post for your convenience. When we moved into our home […]
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September 23, 2015
Projects
Sealing our White Concrete Countertops
DIY
Sealing our White Concrete Countertops
Definitely one of the most popular projects of our kitchen renovation so far has been our DIY white concrete countertops. You can read the whole post here (if you scroll down to the bottom of that post, Z Counterform has even offered up a discount code to our readers after the post went live). There was […]
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September 17, 2015
Projects
Customizing Our Ikea Kitchen Island
DIY
Customizing Our Ikea Kitchen Island
This weekend, we finally paid some much needed attention to our island. Up to this point, it has been mostly covered with tools and supplies in photos bearing its bad, fake brown wood interior for all of you to see. We had always planned to cover those sides with the coordinating Laxarby cover panels that […]
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September 14, 2015
Projects
Our DIY Reclaimed Wood Open Shelving + Fresh Flowers
DIY
Our DIY Reclaimed Wood Open Shelving + Fresh Flowers
This project tutorial is sponsored by The Bouqs Company--a new flower delivery service that’s easy, fresh, and beautiful. We hung open shelving in the kitchen this week! It was a decision I touched on in this post, and we're so glad we went this route. After living in a construction zone for the past 5 […]
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September 10, 2015
