DIY
I Covered a Switch Plate with Wallpaper and Here's How It Went
DIY
I Covered a Switch Plate with Wallpaper and Here's How It Went
Throughout my house, I'm always changing out switch plates to either 1) blend them into the rest of the room or 2) elevate them to reflect other accents in the room. One way to do that is with paintable switch plates. For instance, if your switch plates are on a baseboard where you don’t want […]
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September 2, 2024
Art
3 Tricks to Make Frame TV Art Look More Realistic
Art
3 Tricks to Make Frame TV Art Look More Realistic
It's not often I change out art in a room, but if I do, it's most likely the Frame TV art. It's just so easy and so inexpensive (once you have the Samsung Frame TV of course). But you can set a landscape-sized background on a lot of TV brands these days! I've rounded up […]
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August 23, 2024
DIY
How to Install a Ceiling Medallion
DIY
How to Install a Ceiling Medallion
This post is sponsored by Lowe's Home Improvement We picked a new chandelier in Greta's room to continue her room makeover, and I decided to add a little more drama in the form of a ceiling medallion. I went to Lowes.com to check out their selection, and they had an incredible range from ornate Victorian […]
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August 7, 2024
DIY
How to Install a Stair Runner and Rods
DIY
How to Install a Stair Runner and Rods
I’ve been wanting to add a stair runner to our back hallway/mudroom staircase for a while now, and we finally had a couple of days set aside to do it! Chris did a lot of research on how to install a stair runner and stair rods, and we’re going to share every step we took […]
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August 5, 2024
Decor
How to Style a Kitchen for Everyday Enjoyment
Decor
How to Style a Kitchen for Everyday Enjoyment
Shop The Kitchen Welcome to the last week of Summer School! We've talked all things styling the past few weeks, from how to style an entry, to how to style a bedroom, to how to style a living room. And here we are on week four, tackling perhaps the most unexpected room to style: the […]
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July 29, 2024
Decor
How to Style a Living Room
Decor
How to Style a Living Room
Shop The Living Room Here's the honest truth: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Something that looks beautiful to me is going to look different from something that looks beautiful to you. We all have our own tastes. And early on, I realized that it's not enough for me to look at something […]
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July 22, 2024
Decor
How to Style a Bedroom
Decor
How to Style a Bedroom
Shop The Primary Bedroom Welcome to a new week of summer school as we continue our Home Styling 101 course! Last week we talked about how to style entryways — from front porches to mudrooms — and now we're going to tackle one of the most "inward-facing" rooms of the house: the bedroom. I want […]
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July 15, 2024
Decor
How to Style an Entryway (Including the Front Porch & Powder Room!)
Decor
How to Style an Entryway (Including the Front Porch & Powder Room!)
Yesterday I kicked off our Summer School with an introduction to how I approach styling every space in my home. If you missed that post, be sure to go back and get the foundations so you are ready to tackle one of the most important — yet often neglected — areas of the home. This […]
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July 9, 2024
Entertaining
My 15-Minute Speed Cleaning I Do Before Guests Arrive
Entertaining
My 15-Minute Speed Cleaning I Do Before Guests Arrive
There's something so satisfying about a rapid fire clean-up round. If someone is coming over in less than 20 minutes, I've got a formula for speed cleaning that helps me feel like my space is welcoming, yet I'm not going to be hustling at the last minute. (Generally, I'm only focusing on the first floor […]
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May 23, 2024
Entertaining
6 Outdoor Entertaining Musts
Entertaining
6 Outdoor Entertaining Musts
We're ready to have people over in our backyard space now that it's so nice out in North Carolina, and it reminded me of the elements that I think really create that perfect outdoor setting for guests. Outdoor entertaining, to me, is really about making people feel comfortable and special. Here are a few things […]
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May 9, 2024
Design
"The Jewelry on Your Cabinets": How to Choose Hardware Styles
Design
"The Jewelry on Your Cabinets": How to Choose Hardware Styles
In our past homes, I've always mixed knobs and pulls on hardware whether it comes to a kitchen or a bathroom. But then when we remodeled our kitchen with Jean Stoffer, she used four different types of hardware! It really opened up my mind to the beauty of breaking the mold, giving each cabinet set […]
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April 18, 2024
Entertaining
Ultimate Guide: Host Easter Dinner with These 12 Stress-Free Tips
Entertaining
Ultimate Guide: Host Easter Dinner with These 12 Stress-Free Tips
Are you hosting anyone for Easter this year? We almost always host an Easter dinner with extended family, and it's just so much fun to have everyone around the table for a special occasion. Drum Pendant | Dining Chairs | Sconces | Candlesticks | White Bowls | Flatware (similar) What I've found is that with […]
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March 25, 2024
DIY
DIY Picture Frame Trim on a Frameless Mirror
DIY
DIY Picture Frame Trim on a Frameless Mirror
Major spoiler alert! Because the home gym is just a quick phase one, it's nearly finished. It's been painted a couple fresh coats of white flour (bye, bye burnt orange), the ceiling fan is hung, and we're well on our way to being finished. Promise you'll get a closer look at that pretty ceiling fan […]
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April 21, 2022
Art
How to Display ANY Digital Art on Your Frame TV (and a few spectacular art options!)
Art
How to Display ANY Digital Art on Your Frame TV (and a few spectacular art options!)
This week we're really focusing on putting the family room back together and every step feels monumental. The space, which is above our garage and just up the back staircase from the kitchen, and at the end of the hall from the girls' bedrooms, has become the central location for our family to be together […]
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December 1, 2021
Design
Cabinet Overlays 101
Design
Cabinet Overlays 101
It's been an exciting week in the kitchen with the installation of our lower cabinet frames. Our countertops got templated yesterday and once they are installed, the rest of the cabinets will be placed. So, while I've got cabinets on the mind, I thought it would be a good time to break down some cabinet […]
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November 10, 2021
DIY
DIY: How To Add Planking to Any Wall or Room
DIY
DIY: How To Add Planking to Any Wall or Room
A while back, I shared in this post that I wanted to add planking to the entire bonus room (or family room), wall-to-wall-to-ceiling. We've added planking many times before, but to never an entire room. The bonus room is where we're finding ourselves hanging out together as a family. We love to pile in on […]
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September 30, 2021
Design
Design School: All You Need to Know About Mixing Metals
Design
Design School: All You Need to Know About Mixing Metals
I mentioned last week in this blog post that we came up with a lighting plan for the whole house, and this week we have an electrician here, wiring for all the lighting and outlets and switch plates. It's about time we had some efficient lighting in our lives, and I'm also excited to be […]
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September 29, 2021
DIY
4 Ways To Hide Your TV Wires (and a Bonus Room Mock-up!)
DIY
4 Ways To Hide Your TV Wires (and a Bonus Room Mock-up!)
The bonus room has already evolved from the playroom since we moved in. I quickly realized that it was far too central to have toys emptied on the floor, so we swapped the girls playroom where the theatre room was going to be. Funny how much has changed since we first pictured our family living […]
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August 16, 2021
Inspiration
How to use Pinterest to find Sources and Inspiration
Inspiration
How to use Pinterest to find Sources and Inspiration
You can see more of our bathroom here! Anytime I share inspiration images, I get a slew of questions about how to even FIND these kinds of beautiful imagery. I guess I'm still old school because I turn to Pinterest. But whenever I say that I usually hear a bunch about how Pinterest never shows […]
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May 5, 2021
DIY
Removing the Wallpaper in the Laundry Room
DIY
Removing the Wallpaper in the Laundry Room
Some of our readers were really apprehensive about us putting up wallpaper in the playroom, Greta's room, Faye's room, and Polly's room, and usually those people have had terrible experiences with removing wallpaper. Now that we have removed the wallpaper in the laundry room, we completely get it. What a pain! You're kind of at […]
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March 10, 2021
