Inspiration
6 Ways to Upgrade Your Bedroom: Renter-Friendly Edition
Our bedroom changed a lot when we painted it and added trim, but not everyone can make big changes to their rooms. I wanted to put together a quick reference tool for when you're in a busy season of life and want an easy update. Or perhaps your landlord isn't keen on paint rollers! Here […]
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February 21, 2024
Decor
Testing 15 Brass Cabinet Knobs to Find The Best!
I've been dying to do this test for quite some time now! Out of my own curiosity sure, but also to give some answers to all of the home renovators and DIYers out there wondering, "Which brass cabinet knob is the best?" I'll tell you right now that while on this hunt to find the […]
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April 17, 2023
Design
Who Wore it Best: Sisterhood of the Traveling Furnishings.
As we're settling more into our home, I've been noticing that some of the furniture we brought with us in the move is fitting pretty seamlessly in this home. I'm talking to you beautiful blue bonus room! Other furniture? not so much. Even still, it's been a fun thing to see how many pieces are […]
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March 22, 2022
Design
Our New Dining Room Table
I can count the amount of furniture we bought for this house on one hand, believe it or not. Our skirted bed, a new dresser for Greta's room, new desks for our home office, dining chairs and our dining room table. I've been anxiously waiting for our dining table to arrive and it actually got […]
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October 6, 2021
Sourcing & Planning
Our Favorite Quick Ship Furniture (to combat those long lead times!)
Table, Chairs, Pen Cup, Candle, Table Lamp, Floor Lamp, Faux Maple Tree If you haven't heard, lead times on furniture can be months out right now. It’s nuts and a little frustrating but it’s just the world we’re living in. All of our team members (including us!) are shopping to furnish their homes and trying […]
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September 23, 2021
Decor
Media Consoles at Every Size and Price Point
Today we're sharing media console options for everyone, with an appropriately ironic photo of a DIY avenue above (via) where they made a console out of two shelves! So there's an option for the DIY enthusiasts too! Ha! This week, we have shared: • 4 Ways To Hide Your TV Wires (And A Bonus Room […]
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August 18, 2021
furniture
Casual Friday: First Look at the Kitchen Design, Summer School Kick off, Colorful sofas, and more!
DIY
Casual Friday: First Look at the Kitchen Design, Summer School Kick off, Colorful sofas, and more!
We shared about our kitchen design meetings with the Stoffer Team earlier this week, even though they were done about 2 weeks ago. But in that short time frame, WE ALREADY GOT BACK THE INITIAL DESIGNS on Wednesday night!!! Chris and I are still reviewing every detail, because they include so so so many things […]
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July 2, 2021
Design
Our new bedroom plans + Skirted Beds at every price point
Our canopy bed in our bedroom was my dream bed. I still remember walking around a crate and barrel a decade ago and seeing a beautiful canopy bed and just knowing one day I'd have one. This home was the first time we had ceilings that felt tall enough to accomodate the bed of my dreams […]
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May 24, 2021
Decor
Essential Decor: 6 reasons you can never have too many BENCHES!
Sources We did a furniture reconfiguring in the entry now that the entry side is all finished (doors still need painted and we're missing a few baseboards in the office), and some people were very concerned that we got rid of our bench. Not true! We moved it around to the garage entrance of the […]
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March 30, 2021
Decor
Our Interior Define Collection is Here! Meet "Charly."
Our furniture line with Interior Define launches today, and you can see the whole thing right here! When they asked us what we'd like to call the collection, it took us hardly any time to land on "Charly." Not only does the unisex name describe the style of our collection--the perfect blend of masculine straight […]
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July 13, 2017
Decor
A Rug and Dresser for the Nursery (and Beyond!) | One Room Challenge Week 4
It's time for another update on our One Room Challenge, where we're making over our nursery for our 3rd little girl due this summer. Week 4! How did we get here?! So far, we have added loads of pretty trim in week 2 and dreamy wallpaper in week 3. And if you missed the before, […]
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April 26, 2017
Decor
High / Low : Our ARTERIORS Home Jacob Coffee Table Dupe!
The coffee table we used, and love so much, in our family room has a look-a-like and I can barely believe my eyes! Last week, on Instagram, one of our readers showed off their new beautiful coffee table and tagged me in the caption saying they were inspired by ours. (Update: It was @wendellswartz. You can see […]
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September 13, 2016
Decor
Our New Modern Chesterfield Black Leather Sofa
When we were still living in our last home, we purchased an off-white mid-century style sofa that has now lived in our reading room since we moved here. It fit nicely size-wise, but as the room and our style has evolved, it fit less and less in with the vision. We've been on the look out […]
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August 23, 2016
Decor
Our New Sectional from Interior Define
THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. A couple weeks ago, the Ainsley sectional from Interior Define was delivered, unboxed and put together in the basement family room by two men in shoe covers wearing white gloves. It felt really luxurious, but then, like nothing, compared to the way the actual sectional feels. We've been enjoying movie nights, […]
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May 11, 2016
Decor
A Custom Sectional for Downstairs at an Attainable Price
The sectional hunt for the playroom was a bit of a rollercoaster but it ended in such a happy place. None of it will make sense though without this extremely awful photo of our downstairs. Let's call this the before photo. I use this photo I dug up on my phone because you can see […]
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February 18, 2016
Decor
Living Room Update + Sources!
We've been making a few little updates around the house over the past couple months in preparation for two big, exciting things coming up in the beginning of next year. The spaces that were almost there, but not quite--like the living room--got a few finishing touches. Like, our first ever actual coffee table. And new pillows after […]
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December 11, 2015
DIY
A New Table + The Dining Room Before & Afters!
We got ourselves a new dining room table! When we shared the before and afters of our kitchen renovation, so many of you wanted to see how the rest of the great room worked into the new kitchen, specifically the dining room since they are so close in proximity. At the time, we were in […]
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October 28, 2015
Decor
A Big, Cozy Bedroom Update
Over the last week, we have been working on our bedroom and I am so excited to share some progress photos with you. Even in our last house, we never really really got to our bedroom, so we are investing a little bit of money into this just-for-us space and it has already made such […]
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June 22, 2015
Decor
We Bought A Bed!
Our bedroom has taken a backseat as of late while we traveled and worked on the laundry room--more updates there later this week! The damper came when we waited too long to purchase the bed we had our eyes on. It was my own fault really. You may remember in the mood board for the […]
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May 20, 2015
Design
Leather Chairs for Every Budget + A new one in the Living Room!
A few months after we finished the reading room, we inherited a very beautiful piano passed down from Chris's great grandmother. So the reading room went from this: To this: And it's been like that ever since, while our cream Lily couch shuffled into the living room. Lots of shuffling. The problem with the set […]
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March 10, 2015
