Inspiration
Inspiration I'm Looking to For The Mudroom
The next project we're checking off our 2023 project list is the mudroom! This used to be the laundry room until we built out a much bigger, better laundry room upstairs. So, in the meantime, this space has been exclusively Cricket's room. Cricket will still have a special space here, but we're transforming this dingy […]
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August 30, 2023
round up
Cute Laundry Baskets To Fit With Your Laundry Routine
I find so much joy in cleaning my house. I really do. We have a cleaning service that comes once a week to do the deep cleaning, but the day-to-day is one of my favorite things, and sometimes as a treat, Chris will take the girls out of the house so I can clean uninterrupted. […]
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February 8, 2023
Projects
Project Punch List: What's Left On Our To-Do List
I recently made a declaration that I'm not starting any more home projects until our current projects get all wrapped up. There's so many moving parts at the moment and I'm feeling a bit frazzled with all the loose ends. And so! I came up with a list of all the things left on our […]
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August 31, 2022
Inspiration
Changing the Function of a Room
Recently, I came across an image of a beautiful room, engulfed in a mural, much like the study--but it was a formal dining room. It was so beautiful and I momentarily thought OUR STUDY COULD BE A FORMAL DINING ROOM. But, then I came back down to reality and the truth of the matter is--in […]
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July 20, 2022
DIY
The Tile is in the Laundry Room!
This project is sponsored by Lowe's. The tile is officially laid in the laundry room and I'm so in love! Let's see it from one more angle because why not? Floors this beautiful deserve to be shown off! Look at how much difference a checkered tiled floor can make! This new flooring is giving the […]
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June 27, 2022
Projects
An Update on the Laundry Room and Bathroom, Plus Some Finishes!
Remember when we pulled back the curtain to share a gantt chart of all the projects we have happening at the moment? Yeah there's a lot of irons in the fire. We of course are working on the laundry room and Greta's bathroom, but also the home gym, and me being me decided to do […]
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May 16, 2022
Design
Laundry Room Mood Board and The Two Elevations we were Deciding Between
Since I shared the layout of the new laundry, bunk room, and connecting bathroom, demo is in full-swing! Actually demo is more than done and now it's time for the fun part. Chris and I have been working on the laundry room configuration for some time now and ultimately it came down to two options! […]
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April 12, 2022
Design
Inspiration For The Upstairs Laundry Room
One of our biggest projects this year is building out an upstairs laundry room using borrowed space from the playroom. Chris and I have been drawing up and re-drawing floor plans and elevations that I can't wait to share. The biggest hurdle we're designing around is this great, big window which is a blessing and […]
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April 7, 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 […]
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April 6, 2022
DIY
Before and After: Our Small changes, Big Impact Laundry Room Redo
When we decided that we were going to move, there were many spaces that weren't "done" in our house and we accepted they wouldn't be under our watch (we're definitely not moving for "content"). But most of the spaces in our home, we had at least done something to (I call these phase 1 makeovers) and our […]
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March 31, 2021
DIY
Removing the Wallpaper in the Laundry Room
Some of our readers were really apprehensive about us putting up wallpaper in the playroom, Greta's room, Faye's room, and Polly's room, and usually those people have had terrible experiences with removing wallpaper. Now that we have removed the wallpaper in the laundry room, we completely get it. What a pain! You're kind of at […]
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March 10, 2021
laundry room
Introducing: Our laundry room!! The Before photos and the exciting plans I've been eager to try!
DIY
Introducing: Our laundry room!! The Before photos and the exciting plans I've been eager to try!
Every time I share our laundry room, or pass by it on Instagram stories, we get a plethora of questions about it. Our laundry room is one of the few rooms in our home that we haven't touched, with the exception of hanging a lantern in here after we moved the chandelier the was in […]
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February 23, 2021
Design
A Big Sale on Butcher Block Countertops! (You can use them everywhere!)
Here's some fun news--Craft Art Countertops contacted us last month and asked if our readers would be interested in a secret sale! We have used their butcher block countertops in so many spaces that we have renovated over the past 6 years and we always get a ton of questions about our kitchen island countertop, […]
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June 25, 2018
Art
A Fun Place to Hang Pet Portraits
When our first dog, a large Great Pyrenees named Charly, passed away last year, we received a beautiful (and crazy accurate!) watercolor portrait of her from talented artist, Jamie Clark. After we adopted Willow, we added her portrait to our collection. I actually CRIED when I opened it and saw the paintings side by side, […]
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February 22, 2018
Design
2 Tips for Making Laundry LOADS easier.
This post is sponsored by Persil ProClean, now available at Target! Laundry is the one chore we have always struggled to stay on top of. Okay, I dreaded it. Since our laundry room renovation, (check out the before and afters here!) the functionality of the space has improved 10 fold. But this year, I made it […]
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April 3, 2017
Decor
Little Workhorses Around our Home
Over the past couple months, as the larger areas of our home have finally taken shape and we really start using them as we have only dreamed of in the years since moving in, I have been especially mindful of the tiny little workhorses that help each room function, or have made our lives easier, or maybe just […]
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May 23, 2016
DIY
Before & After: We have a (Finished!) Coat Closet!
When we shared our laundry room before and afters, so many people wondered, well…what's on the other side of the room? Oh you mean on the other side of this?? (See all the before and afters of the laundry room here) We conveniently left those pictures out, because, well, it looked like this: Avert your […]
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October 6, 2015
Idaho Rambler
Before and After: A Bathroom Turned Laundry Room
I am so thrilled to be sharing some after photos with you today of our laundry room we have been renovating. This project has been one of our favorite and a very new kind of project, because it wasn't a laundry room to begin with at all. Maybe you remember, it used to be a […]
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July 22, 2015
DIY
A Walnut Counter And Backsplash in the Laundry Room
This laundry room is wrapping up quick. As in, I think (I hope!) this is the last post before the big before and afters of this used-to-be bathroom. Since we write all of our projects in real time as projects actually happen and progress, it's easy for me to feel super pumped about each piece […]
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July 2, 2015
DIY
The Laundry Room's Plank Style Counters
It's been a few weeks since we checked in with the laundry room. Our small, but mighty, sink that we ordered to fit into that 15" wide base cabinet was on backorder and it finally got here last week! We celebrated because this was the last thing we needed to wrap up this laundry room. […]
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June 25, 2015
