Casual Friday
Casual Friday: Selling the Cabin plot & More
This week, 9 months after the fire at our cabin, the plot finished getting cleared of all the debris. The investigation took MONTHS and in the end they declared the cause undetermined, which was heart-wrenching. It's a weird thing being attached to something that no longer exists. Wanting to be somewhere that isn’t possible. We […]
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November 22, 2019
Other Makeovers
All the Before and Progress Photos from the Cabin
We had to meet with a builder last week for insurance purposes. One of the things that insurance takes into account after a total loss to fire is the cost to rebuild. So we had to sit down with plans of our beloved a-frame and go over every inch and tally up what they would […]
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March 25, 2019
Projects
6 Lessons We Learned From Renovating the A-Frame
Today marks one month since our beloved A-frame caught fire and burned down. I'll never forget that morning, Chris just got a new truck and was driving Greta to school (as usual) before heading to the gym. It wasn't five minutes after he left that he called, with a shake in his voice and told […]
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March 11, 2019
DIY
The Loft Bathroom: The Last Project We Finished At the Cabin
This project was part of an ongoing paid partnership with Lowe's. Our last weekend at the cabin, we worked on the loft bathroom. Of course, if we would have known it was our last, we wouldn't have. We would have gone sledding with the girls and enjoyed more dips in the hot tub and took in […]
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March 4, 2019
Projects
Where Do We Go From Here?
Last week, when we initially shared that we lost our cabin in a fire, I mentioned we didn't have any answers. And while we still don't have answers to many of your most asked questions about the fire, I thought I would walk you through the thought process of the question that has been running […]
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February 26, 2019
Lifestyle
A Video Tribute to our A-frame + Paying it forward
The past few days, I got dressed and ate food and blow-dried my hair. I slept mostly without nightmares. In summary, we're all doing much better after the fire and loss of our cabin 10 days ago. There has been such an out-pouring of love and support over the past week and a half and it […]
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February 21, 2019
Lifestyle
The loss of our A-frame
Just over a week ago, Monday, February 11, 2019, our a-frame cabin that we have been renovating for the past year burned to the ground. It’s been a hard week and I thought if I stepped away from everything for a little bit, I would be able to come back with all the answers to […]
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February 19, 2019
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Painting the Inside of Exterior Doors Black is Practically Magic & Our New Living Room Rug at the Cabin!
DIY
Painting the Inside of Exterior Doors Black is Practically Magic & Our New Living Room Rug at the Cabin!
When the painters were painting the interior of the cabin, they asked if they should just paint the doors white orrrr? And I said not to worry about the doors or sidelights or accompanying trim because I'll paint them black afterward. The look on their faces! Haha. But just like when I painted the doors […]
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February 7, 2019
Art
The Plans for The Lake Room at the A-frame
This post is sponsored by Artfully Walls Our a-frame has undergone a lot of big changes over the last few months but perhaps the one we're most excited about is the addition of an entire bedroom/bathroom downstairs. Not only can we sleep additional people, but this one large open space seems to have a lot […]
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February 6, 2019
DIY
The 8 Projects We're Going to do in 2019
At the beginning of every year, we love to lay out our project goals, things we're aiming to check off! At the end of the year, we look back and see how we did (you can see last year's report card right here). This is already shaping up to be a busy year, which is […]
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January 17, 2019
Decor
The New Cabin Chandeliers + What's Working and What's Not!
Just when everyone was getting used to the bladeless ceiling fans, we go and upgrade them. Previously, there were two ceiling fans here--the blades were removed for painting and we never put them back up because we had already ordered two of these large, round 12 light chandeliers for the main area at the a-frame. […]
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January 14, 2019
Projects
The Craziest 6 Days leading up to Hosting our First time at the Cabin
6 days before hosting over Christmas, the painting finished. Then countertops went in. I had my mom and sister spend the day up there one day just deep cleaning and then two days before we hosted family for the holidays, we moved back in the furniture. Some was new, some came with the […]
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January 9, 2019
Design
The Easiest Way to Hang a Rug on A Wall
Right before Christmas, we shared the progress we've made in the dark green basement room at the cabin (Side note: we're 95% sure we're calling it the forest room with the other two rooms being the lake room and the mountain room) including paint, bed, squeezing in a nightstand!, etc..see that full post right here! […]
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January 8, 2019
Other Makeovers
Painting the Wood Walls and Toning/De-Oranging the Beams at our A-frame
Right before Christmas, literally a week!, we had the main space in our a-frame painted. We were thinking about it for awhile and then it hit us--as soon as we start moving furniture in (we were hosting family starting the 23rd) it was going to become a lot more difficult to ever do it. So […]
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January 7, 2019
Decor
The Den Bedroom at the A-frame
This post is sponsored by Walmart. We're hosting 15 family members at our cabin for Christmas so we've been working double time over the past couple weeks to make it a cozy place to all be together. We're not aiming for finished or "afters" at. all., but it has allowed us to get rooms headed […]
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December 24, 2018
Decor
18 Amazing Budget-Friendly Beds (and the Ones we Bought for the Cabin!)
Our cabin has three levels, the main level, basement and loft. The bedrooms were spread out, one to each level, but we have added one additional bedroom where there used to be a giant pool table (can't wait to show you!!) and an adjoining bathroom to maximize the number of people we can accommodate. In […]
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December 10, 2018
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Our Pendleton Covered Buck has Arrived (& Big Changes We're making to the Interior of the A-frame)
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Our Pendleton Covered Buck has Arrived (& Big Changes We're making to the Interior of the A-frame)
A couple weeks ago, our custom deer from Faraway Lovely arrived and last week we hung in on the main fireplace at the cabin. The pictures don't do it justice (the renovation debris doesn't help), but I couldn't keep it to myself any longer. It's such a special, hand-crafted piece--hand-crafted right here in Idaho!-- that […]
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December 5, 2018
Decor
Trundle Beds in the A-frame Loft!
This post is sponsored by Walmart. Our goal to spend Christmas at the cabin is inching closer and every passing day we're making more progress on the spaces there. We're not aiming for done-ness--more like safe, cozy, clean, livable. We have always envisioned the loft at the cabin being the landing spot for kids. We […]
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November 29, 2018
DIY
The Cabin Kitchen Plans & Mood Board
This post has been a long time in the making and a long time coming and for me, at least, it was worth the wait and the patience for that--this is it--feeling. With every project we tackle, I start with what I know and then add to it until it feels right and then it usually […]
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November 20, 2018
Decor
New Carpet in the Cabin Loft!
This post is sponsored by Lowe's. Friday, Chris and I spent the day up at the cabin working on the kitchen and the loft. It was the first time in months that we were there working with no contractors present. It was rejuvenating and motivating and the fact that we're seeing so much progress is making […]
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November 19, 2018
