Projects
How To Trim Out IKEA Cabinets
DIY
How To Trim Out IKEA Cabinets
Last time we showed you the laundry room, it looked something like this: We had just installed our new Ikea cabinets and hardware, as well as lighting, too. (I could not find a pulled back photo of the cabinets with hardware before we trimmed it out--hence the lack of pretty gold pulls in the photo above.) While […]
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May 26, 2015
Projects
Motorized Shades, ftw
Decor
Motorized Shades, ftw
Last week, in the midst of an Atlanta trip, cookbook shooting and an NYC trip, we installed something we've been wanting for a long time now. Can you spot it? Blinds for the stairwell! But these aren't any blinds--those wouldn't do--these are motorized shades and we're more than a little excited about them. When we […]
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May 18, 2015
Projects
Laundry Room Lighting & Hardware + $250 to Rejuvenation!
Projects
Laundry Room Lighting & Hardware + $250 to Rejuvenation!
We partnered with Rejuvenation to outfit the laundry room with a few crowning moments, including two fabulous accent lights and unlacquered brass pulls for the cabinets. (And bonus! there's a honkin' Rejuvenation giveaway for you at the end!) Initially, we were just going to do recessed lights in the laundry room, but I couldn't get […]
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April 21, 2015
Projects
Laundry Room Progress: Paint and Cabinets!
Projects
Laundry Room Progress: Paint and Cabinets!
So much has happened in the laundry room the last few weeks, I'm excited to give you an overdue update. Last time I shared the renovation progress with you on the blog (Sidenote: I have started sharing quick project updates on instagram when I don't have too much time to blog--which has been frequently, lately. […]
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April 13, 2015
Projects
Our Go-To (Tried and True!) Paint Supplies
Toolbox
Our Go-To (Tried and True!) Paint Supplies
I have been meaning to put together this post for awhile, so when a reader on our last post reminded me how much I have been painting lately, I thought it's time. So, here it is! The great guide to everything you need to have a really great painting "party." How it works over here […]
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April 3, 2015
Projects
Studio Green, No, Pine Grove Green in the Reading Room. Yeah.
DIY
Studio Green, No, Pine Grove Green in the Reading Room. Yeah.
The reading room-turned-music room has been on our minds for a while now. It was the second room we worked on in this house (after the half bath) and it has kind of always been special to us. Greta and I (before Faye came along) used to read on the couch in here and watch […]
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March 30, 2015
Projects
Turning A Homework Room into A Sweet Retreat
Projects
Turning A Homework Room into A Sweet Retreat
During the month of March, our long-time partner, Ace Hardware is helping consumers discover a new love for color through a month-long interactive paint experience called 31 Days of Color. Every day unveils a new “Color of the Day” selected from Ace’s exclusive Valspar and Clark+Kensington paint lines and today's the day we get to […]
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March 23, 2015
Projects
Our Fully Dressed (New) Windows + $100 West Elm Giveaway
Projects
Our Fully Dressed (New) Windows + $100 West Elm Giveaway
Since our very first walk through of this house we are slowly making home, "There should be a big window to the left there" we said. It's the kind of comment that perked our realtor's ears up. He knew we were looking for a house in a good neighborhood that needed fixed up. Us already […]
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March 11, 2015
Projects
The New Window Is In!
Projects
The New Window Is In!
Earlier this week, I shared the installation of our new window in the living room in real time on Instagram, but I am here to report some more details on the window itself and some progress photos, too! Here's how the wall looked beforehand: And here's how it looks now! The thing I wish I […]
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March 4, 2015
Projects
How Often Do You Change Your Air Filters?
DIY
How Often Do You Change Your Air Filters?
Us? Honestly? I think the last time we changed our air filters was a year ago. We had just finished the floors and there was a baby on the way shortly and that was a part of our we're-going-to-do-everything-right check list. And, yeah, we haven't since. It wasn't until FilterEasy reached out to me wondering […]
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March 3, 2015
Projects
How to Patch Drywall like a girl, Our Freshly Painted Room + $100 to Ace!
DIY
How to Patch Drywall like a girl, Our Freshly Painted Room + $100 to Ace!
Our bedroom is finally painted, and I can't believe I waited so long to do it. (I say that every time.) But before we get into that, let's first address the gorilla-sized hole in the room, seen in the picture below: See on the wall under the window? Last year, as we were doing the […]
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February 27, 2015
Projects
Before and After: Pugmire Laundry Room
DIY
Before and After: Pugmire Laundry Room
The Pugmire's laundry room is done and today we're here to share a bunch of photos with you! For those of you just catching up, we were approached by Wayfair last month about sponsoring our laundry room renovation. Although our own laundry room is on our list this year (and ironically got semi-started throughout this […]
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February 23, 2015
Projects
The Walls Came Down!
Projects
The Walls Came Down!
We had all intentions of waiting until Chris was fully healed to start demo-ing the old fourth bathroom/new laundry room, but plans changed and we couldn't be more excited to see and share some quick progress in that area. Before we start on the kitchen renovation, we wanted to get the laundry moved to its […]
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February 18, 2015
Projects
DIY Industrial Pipe Shelving
DIY
DIY Industrial Pipe Shelving
Last time I updated you on the laundry room project we were working on at our friends', Preston and Corine's home, we got the walls up, textured and painted and the floors started as well. This week we are finishing everything else up (you can check out the mood board for the space here) and […]
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February 16, 2015
Projects
A Peek in the Credenza O' Toys
DIY
A Peek in the Credenza O' Toys
If you follow me on Instagram, you have witnessed I have been on an organizing spree lately. It started with our junk drawer that I couldn't take one more day of! And from there, we tackled our tool junk drawer (it's normal to have one of those, right?) and most recently the credenza, err fauxdenza […]
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February 3, 2015
Projects
Drywalling, Painting, Flooring--Oh my!
DIY
Drywalling, Painting, Flooring--Oh my!
If you've been MIA the last week, we forwarded on a laundry renovation we were given by Wayfair and Ace Hardware to our dear friends who desperately needed it. Chris's back surgery went well last week-- perfectly even--but he has a strict recovery program that doesn't allow lifting more than 5 pounds let alone renovating […]
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February 2, 2015
Projects
A Laundry Reno Begins!
DIY
A Laundry Reno Begins!
There's nothing that excites me more than diving into a new project. The beginning is the most thrilling time for me. Making plans, maybe tackling some demo and getting the first glimpse of giving a room new life. Ahh, it's a beautiful thing. A few weeks ago I got an email from our long-time partner, […]
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January 26, 2015
Projects
Team Cube, Rejoice!
DIY
Team Cube, Rejoice!
Our new light for our stairwell arrived Wednesday and we wasted no time installing it that very night! In this post, we showed you the two options that were at the top of our list. And they were so different but we truly loved them both. Sometimes I post options like that, and almost as […]
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January 23, 2015
Projects
A New Addition (err subtraction?) In the Great Room
DIY
A New Addition (err subtraction?) In the Great Room
Some of you may remember (but I bet most of you won't, because who would want to!) this is what our great room looked like when we moved in almost a year and a half ago. I am pulling this picture out of the archives because it was during this walk through that we […]
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January 20, 2015
Projects
Stairwell Lighting : Drum Vs. Cube
DIY
Stairwell Lighting : Drum Vs. Cube
Ah, I am coming up for air after a bout of food poisoning. Glad to be on the mend! During my down time, I think I finally nailed down a fixture for our stairwell. Well, top two at least. We have been on the hunt for the past 3 months and I wasn't in a […]
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January 14, 2015
