DIY
"Why Is This Taking So Long?": An Update on our Renovation + A Hard Deadline
When last Friday afternoon rolled around, I had a lump in my throat. Looking around, there wasn't a lot of visual progress made in the house last week despite workers being on site every day. And being on month 7 of this (and 2 months over schedule), it's not all rainbows of positivity. That being […]
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February 10, 2020
DIY
How to: DIY Over-Grouted Stone Fireplace! (For Under $200!)
This post is sponsored by Lowe's. Our bedroom has undergone a lot of changes in the last six months, but I think our fireplace has gone through the most changes. We initially thought about tearing it out completely and re-doing it in a far simpler fashion, but against all odds--I'm attached to it. It's real […]
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January 30, 2020
Projects
The Finished Fireplaces at the Cabin
Both of the fireplaces at the cabin are finished and we're one step closer to being able to start furnishing this cabin of ours. Last week, in addition to celebrating our 10 year wedding anniversary, we celebrated 1 year of owning our A-frame. We dreamed and schemed for awhile before really diving in. Major renovations […]
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November 13, 2018
DIY
One-Day, $300 Fireplace Makeover
This project is sponsored by @Love_The_Room and Lowe's. Yesterday, Chris and I tackled another quick, easy and inexpensive before and after project at our friends' home! The fireplace in their living room, the focal point!, needed some oomph. Here's the thing about this before, it's fine. And I think a lot of times, we live […]
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October 30, 2018
Projects
Cabin Update - Exterior Stain & New Fireplaces
Up to now, "progress" in the cabin has looked more like destruction. Lots of things needed to be ripped out and redone, as a lot of the previous updates weren't exactly up to code. Would you like an example? You'd like an example: That's one of the bigger ones. A huge no-no. This is the […]
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September 26, 2018
DIY
Adding a Fireplace to our bedroom?
We don't show the other side of our room very often, mostly because we still haven't really figured it out. A couple years ago, we added a TV to the relatively small recessed wall section and despite what all of those studies say, WE LOVE HAVING A TV IN OUR ROOM! We don't have cable, but we […]
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August 16, 2018
Other Makeovers
Before and After Fireplace: From Squatty to Stacked Stone
Opportunities outside our home, to pay our time and sponsorships forward to our readers and friends are becoming more frequent and we couldn't be more excited about that. In all actuality, it feels like we've been working on this blog thing for the past 7 years to get to a point where we could help […]
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April 28, 2016
DIY
How To Make An Outdated Fireplace Insert Look Like A Million Bucks
We haven't had a playroom update in some time, but we've made some real progress down there recently. We tore up all the carpet, painted the walls two different colors (I'll share that soon, but there's a peek on Instagram!), bought all the material for our built-ins and over the holiday, we revamped the fireplace. […]
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February 16, 2016
Decor
Do You Have TV?
Back in May, when we rearranged a few things, we moved our only television to this wall in the living room. The only problem was, that wall didn't have a cable hook-up. The plan was to move a cable line there and/or look into wireless cable. Here we are, 3 months later and, turns out, […]
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August 25, 2014
