Design
Choosing a Wallpaper and Trim Color for Greta's Room
Greta's room is the bedroom that I always knew would get another round of redesign. We did a few small updates right when we moved in, like updating the flooring and painting the walls as you can see in our last update. It's a beautiful space. But as an official teenager, Greta is over the […]
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June 26, 2024
Design
Unveiling Our Future Room Renovation Plans
It's hard to believe we're three years into designing our moody modern traditional home. Sometimes people will ask me, "What are you gonna do when you're done?" I can't think about that yet — I'm not even close! While I feel great about so many rooms in the house, some are still on the "to […]
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May 13, 2024
North Carolina Home
An Overdue Update on Greta's Preteen Bedroom
Last week we shared a sneak of Greta's room in our weekly Love Letter and it's really about time it made a blog appearance! Greta’s room is probably the most under-reported room in our house. Back in November we painted it (Romance by Sherwin Williams) and I shared it on Instagram, but never on the […]
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February 24, 2022
Decor
Faye's New Bed, (Plus, A Scalloped Bed Round-Up!)
Rug | Bed | Rabbit Table Lamp | Sheets | Canopy Faye got a new canopy over her bed for Christmas, which pushed us in the direction of a new bed for her room. We all LOVED her 4 poster bed, but her room here is a lot smaller than her last room and the […]
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February 14, 2022
Design
Then and Now: The Girls' Rooms
Welcome back to a little segment I like to call, "Then and Now" where we take a look back at different rooms in our house (you guessed it) then, and now. We've looked at our living rooms and our primary bathrooms, and today we're taking a peak at the girls' rooms in our last house […]
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May 6, 2021
Decor
How Many Sheet Sets do you have per bed?
This post is sponsored by Brooklinen Linen Duvet Cover in Haze, Linen Core Sheet Set in White, Wallpaper, Bed, Table Lamp, Bowl When it comes to bedding, I've been loving a more relaxed vibe. Linen bedding has the perfect lived in look, and it's so soft and wrinkles only make it better (thank goodness!). Brooklinen bedding has […]
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April 27, 2021
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Casual Friday: Big Changes in Greta's room, Pretty sheets, My favorite tanning mousse, my fav podcast this week, Weekend Sales and more!
Inspiration
Casual Friday: Big Changes in Greta's room, Pretty sheets, My favorite tanning mousse, my fav podcast this week, Weekend Sales and more!
You can find all of the sources in Greta's Room here! More than anything, I want every room in our house to be functional and beautiful and livable. After living here for 18 months, I feel like we're just finding our stride and are able to make more concrete decisions about what could be working […]
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February 5, 2021
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Casual Friday: Our Family Grew, Greta's Room, Dining Chairs, The $3 gift I can't stop gifting, 2 favorite skincare picks, and MORE!
Casual Friday
Casual Friday: Our Family Grew, Greta's Room, Dining Chairs, The $3 gift I can't stop gifting, 2 favorite skincare picks, and MORE!
I still haven't sent our Christmas cards out--partly, okay mostly, because they haven't arrived yet--and half of our house is currently covered in plastic because the painters showed up YESTERDAY to paint the entry and Faye's room and the hallway and Polly's room and our ceilings, finally. We're still short a shower door and even […]
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December 18, 2020
Decor
Our new window shades are an EXPERIENCE
This post is sponsored by Blinds.com. It's a little mind boggling to most (including us!) that we've been without blinds since we moved in. We knew we were replacing windows so we didn't want to invest in window coverings until the sizes were right and so we've been waking up with the sun (or before […]
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October 14, 2020
Decor
Two Fun, easy & Inexpensive Ways to Add Interest To A Bedroom
I am definitely someone that prefers to improve and layer and add-to a room over time, never really proclaiming a room "done." This weekend we circled back to Greta's room to add two inexpensive elements that made such a fun difference and it only took about 20 minutes total! Before: Now: The two things we […]
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May 18, 2020
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Casual Friday : A Kitchen hardware lesson, Greta is 10, My Travel Outfit, The Weird Thing I want for our House & More
Casual Friday
Casual Friday : A Kitchen hardware lesson, Greta is 10, My Travel Outfit, The Weird Thing I want for our House & More
This kitchen from Neal Beckstedt stopped me in my tracks this week. The warm peachy cabinets mixed with two different countertops (!!!) and the black and brass touches all made me weak in my knees. And then I started looking at the cabinet hardware--so striking! You know what it's not, but kind of looks like? […]
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February 14, 2020
DIY
How To: DIY Canvas Floater Frame
Our oldest daughter, Greta (10 this month!) has a real passion for horses. She's taking riding lessons and learning so much that I have a feeling our pasture in the backyard won't be empty for too long. So when it came time to choose art for her room, horses were a natural choice. I went […]
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February 5, 2020
Design
New Carpet in Greta's Room--At last!!!
When we moved in, Greta's room had the most dizzying carpet in a bold color--RED. We all struggled with it, including Greta and she was anxious to get new flooring in her room. We decided to keep carpet in the girls' rooms for now (we are laying wood floors everywhere else) since they are still […]
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December 16, 2019
Decor
The Wallpaper is Up in Greta's Room + Carpet Samples (Hooray!)
Greta's room is all wallpapered and my heart is melting!!!! And she won't stop screaming! She LOVES IT! It was a little process to get to this point--deciding on the wallpaper and whether or not to wallpaper the slant part of the ceiling or not (so glad we did!) And then smoothing out the texture […]
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October 2, 2019
Design
Do or Don't: Wallpaper a Slanted Ceiling? (And the Wallpaper we got for Greta's room!)
The wallpaper I had been eyeing for Greta’s room went on sale a couple weeks ago and I snatched enough to wallpaper her entire room! Eeee! It arrived over the weekend and I can barely wait to get it hung. We'll get to the choice and all the runner ups in a minute, but there […]
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September 11, 2019
DIY
New Paint and Tile in Greta's Bathroom!
This post is sponsored by Lowe's We've been moving right along in Greta's bathroom makeover and today we wanted to share the new floors and paint--it looks like an all new space! Greta’s bathroom had hardwood floors to begin with, which were nice, but the wood did not extend under the vanity and was maybe […]
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September 5, 2019
DIY
Beginner DIY: How To Change A Light Fixture + 15 Favorite Flush Mounts
This tutorial is part of a paid partnership with Walmart. Disclaimer: Changing out a light in a bedroom is a quick and (often) simple project that can make all the difference. That said, working with electrical is never something to take lightly. There are many possible issues you could run into while swapping out a […]
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August 30, 2019
Inspiration
Greta's new bed(s) are here and the start of my design process
Behind the scenes, we have been playing musical beds 'round here. First Greta's room had a king sized bed and Faye's had a queen and the guest room (in the basement) had a queen. Then Chris's brother's family came to stay with us and with three little kids, it made more sense for them to have […]
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August 19, 2019
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Casual Friday : Arched Mirror, New Beds for Greta's Room, What I actually bought from the Nordstrom sale, Demo begins, Our Favorite games and more!
Casual Friday
Casual Friday : Arched Mirror, New Beds for Greta's Room, What I actually bought from the Nordstrom sale, Demo begins, Our Favorite games and more!
Arched Mirror | Area Rug | Pouf | Heels | Jeans | Homebody Tee Well, I haven't ordered a bed for our master bedroom yet, but we did get this amazing arched floor mirror from Rejuvenation that has doubled the size of our room, I swear. Here are some other fun arch mirrors! 1. | […]
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July 26, 2019
Decor
It's Done! A Happy Room for Greta
Saturday, we finished hanging a few things in Greta's room and are calling it a wrap! We started out with a school theme, but that sort of morphed into a plain ol' everything-Greta-loves theme--which is anything but plain, really. It turned out so sweet and she loves, loves loves it. I'm so excited to share […]
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October 13, 2014
