Renovations
Solving Andi's Awkward Living Room Dilemma
Renovations
Solving Andi's Awkward Living Room Dilemma
This post is sponsored by Kirkland's. Use my code “CLJ15” to get 15% off regular priced items now until 4/13. My sister Andrea (also our Visual Media Producer) had a really tricky living room in an open-concept floor plan that she wanted help with. I'm talking about a corner fireplace, too high TV, and a […]
March 23, 2022
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Projects
Details On Our Custom, Cabinet Paneled Dishwasher(s)
Projects
Details On Our Custom, Cabinet Paneled Dishwasher(s)
Hallelujah, the dishwashers arrived last week!! We had them installed on Friday and I can't believe we have been without a dishwasher since moving in 10 months ago. I honestly didn't realize how much of my time was spent doing dishes every day until now. It was at least an hour a day. I got […]
March 15, 2022
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DIY
Painting 101: Answering All the Painting Questions we get asked most!
DIY
Painting 101: Answering All the Painting Questions we get asked most!
The painting questions have been rolling in since we revealed our painted bedroom! When do you spray, vs roll? When do you hire out a painting job? Things like that, so we thought we could maybe address it all here as a reference! Also included are our go-to painting products we've been using for years! […]
March 14, 2022
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Design
Our Custom Gliding Ladder in the Kitchen
Design
Our Custom Gliding Ladder in the Kitchen
We're rolling out the big guns today and sharing the detail on the wood ladder in the kitchen! As a child I had dreams of having a gliding ladder ever since watching Beauty and the Beast (cliche and I own that). However, I don't think there is anything more charming than a rolling ladder in […]
March 10, 2022
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Projects
A Gantt Chart Of All The Projects + Product lines we are working on right now!
Projects
A Gantt Chart Of All The Projects + Product lines we are working on right now!
It might seem like we're bouncing from project to project sometimes, but the truth is there is so much MORE happening behind the scenes that we don't share day to day. Haha! I thought today it would be fun to peel back the curtain and share a look at our workflow and what projects (and […]
March 8, 2022
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DIY
How We Measured and Installed Custom Box Trim in our Bedroom
DIY
How We Measured and Installed Custom Box Trim in our Bedroom
Three years ago Chris and I stayed in the Maison De La Luz in New Orleans as an Anniversary getaway. I was so inspired with that hotel that it's been in my head ever since. I know when it came to our bedroom I wanted to create a space that feels romantic and charming, and […]
March 7, 2022
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Design
Appliance Update in the Kitchen!
Design
Appliance Update in the Kitchen!
For years Chris has dreamed of cooking on his very own 60" range. When we were planning our dream kitchen we knew it wouldn't be complete without one. Some of you might remember that years ago, we did a kitchen renovation and put two 30-in ranges side-by-side because a full 60" wasn't in the budget. […]
February 1, 2022
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Projects
How Much Is It To Install A Gunite Pool? (And How we Budgeted for it)
Projects
How Much Is It To Install A Gunite Pool? (And How we Budgeted for it)
This post is sponsored by YNAB. Click this link to try YNAB for free for 34 days, no credit card required. A lot of you know or have been following along with the pool and have asked questions about how much it costs, how we're budgeting, and some of the logistics behind it. When we […]
January 26, 2022
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Projects
Our New Marble And Soapstone Countertops in the Kitchen!
Projects
Our New Marble And Soapstone Countertops in the Kitchen!
Yesterday was countertop install day (so basically Christmas) in our kitchen! We are so so happy with how the install went, and honestly, I feel like I can take a deep breath. When we were designing our kitchen with Stoffer Home, from the very beginning, it was designed with a mix of marble and soapstone. […]
November 24, 2021
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DIY
7 Renovation Projects We're Finishing This Year
DIY
7 Renovation Projects We're Finishing This Year
At the beginning of every year we share a list of home renovation projects we want to work on for the year. You can really tell from our 2021 project list we shared in January that life can really change in an instant. We started the year off on the hunt to buy a little […]
September 9, 2021
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Projects
We picked a stain for our new floors (I think)!!!!
Projects
We picked a stain for our new floors (I think)!!!!
Almost the entire upstairs of our home now has new 5" white oak floors, including all the staircases besides the main one. The house already feels so different. When I first saw the flooring in place, I almost abandoned my vision for mid tone floors completely because I loved the light, raw look so so […]
July 1, 2021
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Renovations
A big Kitchen renovation check-in! What's happening and what's to come!
Renovations
A big Kitchen renovation check-in! What's happening and what's to come!
The day we closed on our home (the first week of May), we met with contractors to discuss what we would have them do before we moved in. The floors were already on the list, but we also added removing the tray ceilings in the former dining room and primary bedroom. I've gotten a lot […]
June 29, 2021
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Idaho Cottage
Our Exterior Reveal + Before and Afters (and the cost)!
Idaho Cottage
Our Exterior Reveal + Before and Afters (and the cost)!
Two years ago (almost to the day!), I took the before photos of the exterior of our home and today, I'm excited to share the very last reveal post of our Modern Cottage--the exterior. It was really finished sometime in the winter, but we wanted to wait for things to green up a bit. This […]
May 26, 2021
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Projects
Before and after and in between: The Entry has been through it all! And is finished!!
Projects
Before and after and in between: The Entry has been through it all! And is finished!!
The entry is the one space in our home that has been under a constant renovation ever since we moved in. From updating the floors to the banister. The upstairs looks dramatically different thanks to a wall (that's our new closet!). It got a new (old) HUGE door that was originally on the back […]
April 7, 2021
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Renovations
Front Entry Update
Renovations
Front Entry Update
Since we announced our big news, we've been making a list of all the things we want to get done on the house before we sell, and at the top of that list is finishing what we started – the entry/office wall reconfiguration. When we began this project, we were most definitely not planning on […]
March 8, 2021
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Renovations
What in the world is going on in the front entry?!
Renovations
What in the world is going on in the front entry?!
Anybody else trying to figure out how we're already a week into February? Last Monday we started demoing the front-entry/ entrance into the office/coat closet, and already, it's so much easier to envision what we have planned. The entry was one of our 10 projects to tackle this year, and although we've been documenting a […]
February 9, 2021
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Design
Our Modern Cottage Bathroom Reveal!
Design
Our Modern Cottage Bathroom Reveal!
It's safe to say that when we demo'd our bathroom last June (say it ain't so!!), we were not expecting the renovation to take this long. But here we are, at the end of January with a new bathroom that we're over the moon to be sharing with you today. We moved shortly after finishing […]
January 27, 2021
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DIY
Hiring Contractors vs DIY: Breaking down the Pros and Cons
DIY
Hiring Contractors vs DIY: Breaking down the Pros and Cons
These past 19 months since moving into this house have been big. Bigger than we anticipated when we moved here - perhaps bigger than we would have knowingly taken on, so it's probably good we didn't know what we were getting ourselves into. Ha! But as the projects came up and we decided to just […]
January 18, 2021
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Casual Friday
Casual Friday: A Big Music Room Update, Budget "Vintage" Frames, Failure, Books and More!
Casual Friday
Casual Friday: A Big Music Room Update, Budget "Vintage" Frames, Failure, Books and More!
If you are subscribed to our Love Letter, then last night you saw a sneak peek at some updates in the music room! Months ago, I ordered two of these boucle chairs for the basement (to sit opposite the sectional) and we got an email about 6 weeks later stating that due to Covid, they […]
October 23, 2020
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Renovations
How much is all this costing? Plus, 22 of your other Burning Budget Questions around our Renovation
Renovations
How much is all this costing? Plus, 22 of your other Burning Budget Questions around our Renovation
This post is sponsored by YNAB The other day on Instagram, we sent out a call for questions regarding the financials around renovating. There were so many amazing questions, so we tried to grab those most frequently asked (and juicy!) ones, so we can answer them here. We've learned so much over the last 12 […]
September 21, 2020
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