Last night, I hung my final curtain panel and breathed a sigh of relief and adoration...and exhaustion. I gave you a sneak peak of the curtains I had fallen in love with and decided to replicate in this post from Friday, but as promised, I am back with a full tutorial on how I got […]
***This giveaway is now closed*** Congratulations to Jenette (number 109) who said her basement that resembles a dungeon is in dire need or some help. After Blinds.com let us pick out some blinds for our family room (we're still working on getting those curtains done), and we all gawked at what a difference they […]
The curtains are taking far longer than I expected and even imagined curtains could take. Needless to say, I miscalculated how quickly I could tackle the steps involved. But the backtrack for a second, I showed you the overwhelming options I was considering as far as curtains go for our family room a couple weeks […]
Yesterday, Apartment Therapy posted about compulsive redecorators. Although I am not extreme as some of the cases they talked about (I don't change my whole house from shabby chic to minimalistic in a week), I am a compulsive tweaker. I'm not exaggerating when I say nearly every day I change something. It might be something as […]
Do people still say, "bomb dot com" to express something is awesome/cool/amazing? This week, we're focusing on getting treating the windows in the family room. Both look extremely bare and the sliding glass door, that unfortunately we don't have the budget to upgrade to french doors right now, lets a lot of heat in--transforming […]
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**Our 500th Post!!** Kermit the Frog made it to my chalkboard. It's not a lot of color, or a detailed drawing, but it's something I can't wait to hang on our wall for the month--and the print afterward, forever. Out of the mouth of the uber popular frog himself: "Maybe you don't need the whole world […]
It's been a whole year since we moved into our house. A year ago today, we were cleaning our little apartment and filling up this house with lots of boxes. Our very first house. I remember how dirty this place was when we moved in. It wasn't a foreclosure or even a short sale--just neglected, […]
A couple weeks ago, I came across a vintage and extremely well priced world map in this etsy shop. I put it in my cart and muddled over the possibilities for a couple days and then thought, "It's $10! Just get it!" So I did. And when it arrived the colors were […]
Sometimes, I wait and wait and wait for things to arrive or to happen or to work out the way I need them to and then suddenly everything falls into my lap at once and I am left frantic and overwhelmed, but real excited. That's me. That's today. The big clash of everything coming together […]
I really love this Jonathan Adler pillow that I included in the mood board for our family room. I didn't love that it was $98. So, I used it as my inspiration and decided to make something similar for our family room. I found this dark gray pillow at Walmart for around $10. It wasn't […]
***The Giveaway is now closed*** Congratulations to Jenna, number 140, who said she would love any damask one. Over the weekend, on our Facebook page, I mentioned that we'd be having another giveaway and this time it would be something specifically from our family room's mood board that anyone could enjoy. And then […]
We are expanding our little family to include more eye-candy for you readers. (That was almost a baby tease again. Man, I'm funny). After nearly a year of living in this home and writing about every last DIY detail--our blog has grown leaps and bounds thanks to you and we feel it is time to […]
Since making the announcement that I would start designing for your spaces too, I have been up to my eyeballs in mood boards. At first, I was worried that I would virtually design the same space over and over--but it has been quite the opposite. I feel like I have really connected with so many […]
Two evenings ago, while I was still trying to get our bookcases styled, but definitely needed a break, Chris suggested we put together our Kivik chaise from Ikea that has been sitting in our garage for about a month. Now that the room is finally to a place where we can start decorating and using […]
I spent my whole day yesterday filling all of these empty shelves: I wanted these built-ins to be a good mix of books and color. I wanted it to not be so serious, as a bookcase completely filled with books or glass objects can be. We are pretty playful people and I think these […]
With the built-ins done, we only had one thing left to trim out--the rest of the room was in dire need of baseboards. The is a photo snapped right after our carpet went in: And now, with the addition of baseboards (and the built-ins, and the window, and a few things I have started to […]
Giveaway is now closed Congratulations to Lauren2028 who said, "I wish that trying to decorate my house was 'so simple'....I can't make up my mind for the life of me!" We're not afraid to call in the pros when we are faced with a challenge that is above our skill-set, like installing a new window. Crown […]
This weekend, curtains are on the agenda. Originally I had pinned down classic white curtains with black trim (pictured below) for our family room, but I am second guessing the decision. This week I have been whipping out mood boards for lots of different spaces and I realized I didn't put a white drape on […]
9 months ago, while painting our staircase spindles and railings (ironic I was doing the same thing this weekend), I took a break and wrote a quick post about something I couldn't stop thinking about: Adding a window in the family room. Our family room looked so different back then, huh?! When we started this […]
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