Renovations
Building a Staircase Vs. Removing a Staircase (How Much Did It Cost?)
The very first time Chris and I took a tour of this house, I was alarmed at the open sawtooth stringer on the staircase. There were too many jagged lines, and my eyes couldn’t handle it wrapping around the whole entry when you come in the house! This began the start of the staircase renovation, […]
read more
January 16, 2023
Renovations
Removing a Staircase Connecting the Bunk Room to the Home Gym
This is something we've never ever done before and something we didn't even plan to do! But as we were talking through our hopes and dreams for the bunk room, Chris brought up removing the staircase entirely, and suddenly everything clicked! Pendants The entrance into the bunk room/play room is through a breezeway from the […]
read more
December 9, 2022
Renovations
Introducing the Layout of the New Laundry Room, Bunk Room, and Bathroom
Our current laundry room is not the most functional in its location or size. When we walked through the house before buying, it was the one thing that I struggled with, especially coming from a house with a second story laundry room with double the machines--we were spoiled! Here, the laundry room is small and […]
read more
April 6, 2022
Design
How To Style a Room with Carpet as the Foundation
This post is sponsored by The Carpet & Rug Institute. Visit www.beautyofcarpet.com to enter the Sweepstakes for a chance to win a $500 Visa Gift card! I often get asked, "What's the best way to design a room with wall-to-wall carpet?" We know all about carpet! In fact, when we renovated our downstairs 3 years ago, […]
read more
March 7, 2019
DIY
Hanging Curtains on Bunk Beds
About a month ago, our girls started taping blankets to their bunks to make forts and hide outs and they were having the most fun ever but it left their room (and the playroom--the source of all the blankets) in complete disarray, and it lasted WEEKS and weeks, not to mention the tape supply was […]
read more
January 10, 2019
Decor
Our Favorite Places To Shop for Area Rugs
When we finished the girls' room last fall, we had several of you ask if we had any plans to add an area rug. I was open to the idea--I've always been pro-rug on rug, as long as the wall-to-wall carpet is low-pile--but I didn't want to rush laying something down. However, the last time […]
read more
October 18, 2017
DIY
One Room Challenge Week 1 | The Room, The Befores and The Plan
The One Room Challenge starts today! 20 design bloggers will be making over a space in 6 weeks and documenting it from start to finish. We're no strangers to a quick deadline around here--heck, this summer we did a whole kitchen renovation for a family in Pittsburgh in 6 days! And a year ago, we […]
read more
October 5, 2016
