Inspiration
7 Different Kinds of Shower Niches (and Designing Ours!)
Designing our shower niche was something I spent an unusually long time thinking about. It could stem from the fact that we came from zero shower niches, just the smallest triangular shelf in the corner (worst, worst, worst) of our previous shower that we supplemented with one of those over-the-shower arm caddies. I was over […]
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May 22, 2018
Projects
Adding Marble Flooring to the Master Bathroom
Our bathroom floor is installed, heated, grouted and I’m over-the-moon with the outcome. When we were deciding what we wanted to do for our bathroom floors, once it clicked that our shower shouldn’t be marble (but a beautiful, varied green tile), it was clear our floors should be marble. I really envisioned something large format […]
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May 9, 2018
DIY
10 Tips for Living Through a Home Renovation
We're currently remodeling our master bathroom, and by that I mean, we actually hired a team of contractors to do the work (our first time ever doing that!) This bathroom renovation isn't the first major remodel we lived through in our home, in fact--it's our last! But we've only done a couple like it, where […]
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April 23, 2018
Master bathroom
Our Master Bathroom Renovation, 2 Weeks In: On Plumbing and Choosing the Right Fixtures, Heights, Valves & Drains
Projects
Our Master Bathroom Renovation, 2 Weeks In: On Plumbing and Choosing the Right Fixtures, Heights, Valves & Drains
This Master Bathroom project is a doozy! The beauty of DIY is, in many cases, you can figure things out as you go. You do the work when you have the time, or you order the materials as you get the money, or you take it step-by-step and eventually see it all come together. This […]
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April 18, 2018
Master bathroom
Our Master Bathroom Renovation, 1 week in: It Gets Worse Before it Gets Better (right?)
DIY
Our Master Bathroom Renovation, 1 week in: It Gets Worse Before it Gets Better (right?)
Well, we're a week deep into our bathroom renovation--(the first time we've contracted a crew to do a full job like this in our house) and there's so much to share. Like, first of all, it doesn't look like this anymore. And I don't even miss it (yet)...talk to me in 2 weeks. Those are […]
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April 10, 2018
Casual Friday
Casual Friday: April 6, 2018
What are you up to this weekend? Our little Faye Faye (Faye-Fee, Fayebelizer) is turning 4 tomorrow! She asked for a swimming party, so we rented out a local hotel's pool for two hours for her, a couple friends and cousins. Faye is love. She just exudes so much love. She never hit the terrible […]
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April 6, 2018
Casual Friday
Casual Friday: March 30, 2018
Last week, we were in Austin at a conference and I missed Casual Friday. Like, truly missed it. But, at the same time, we learned so much at our conference that was put on by our ad network. It was our first time attending a blog conference (which shocked everyone!) and the blogging world is […]
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March 30, 2018
Inspiration
The Master Bathroom Mood Board!
It feels like a big day around here. After so much planning and preparation and mulling over photos and looking at samples and making so many decisions (and going back and forth on those decision)--we finally have the mood board for the master bathroom! And 99% of of it has been ordered and is on […]
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March 7, 2018
DIY
Shopping For Stone For Our Bathroom (And What We Decided On!)
Confession: We've never shopped for stone for countertops--ever. It has always felt like this super expensive, intimidating process. But for our bathroom, we're trying to do a lot of things we haven't done before: hire a contractor, shop for stone, design a custom vanity--and it's exciting! The first task in picking out our stone was actually […]
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March 1, 2018
Design
The 6 Floating Vanities We Designed + Our Favorite Mirror Options!
We are at odds with the vanity design for the master bathroom. After we feel like we knew what we wanted (check out this post!), we read all of your comments and went to the actual drawing board to sketch out a few possibilities--6 to be exact. Before I get into the vanities, let's talk […]
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February 20, 2018
Inspiration
The 8 Vanities that Helped Us Design Our Vanity
We're going the custom route for the vanity in our master bathroom. It's something we've never done, but we really want to maximize the space we have (between 75"-80") so we met with a contractor who really gets our vision and he quoted us a $2500 allowance for a vanity. That doesn't mean we'll use […]
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February 13, 2018
DIY
Casual Friday: January 26, 2018
via Last night, we had a professional contractor come and take a look at our master bathroom. (See our most recent plans here!) Take measurements, give us advice, and write up a bid. The truth is, we are considering hiring out a good portion of the work. It's really difficult to get a big project, […]
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January 26, 2018
Inspiration
(More) Layout Options for the Master Bathroom
The master bathroom has been tricky, to say the least. We've gone around and around so many times, finally landed on something we felt good about, posted about it, then had over 100 comments that made us completely rethink and revisit. Which is a great thing, because what we were thinking just wasn't there yet. […]
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January 24, 2018
Projects
The New (Tentative) Bathroom Layout
We are diving into our master bathroom remodel and want to be completely transparent and share all the details as we go for a few reasons; first, a bunch of you have reached out saying that you're tackling a remodel, too, and are looking to us for some guidance. Second, it's actually a very overwhelming […]
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January 10, 2018
Inspiration
Would You Rather: Tub vs. Shower vs. Tub and Shower
We've polled our readers before here when we were planning the deck (we went composite!), and here when we were considering taking our our 4th bathroom for a laundry room (we went for it!) and now that we're in the initial planning stages of our bathroom renovation, we got another one for ya! Our current […]
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October 25, 2017
DIY
Before and After: Master Bathroom.
Before we left to house hunt, we were working on finishing a few projects. Namely, the master bathroom and the kitchen backsplash. The master bath revamp was done on a budget. Like $200, budget. Here's how it looked when we moved in...and, well, for the last two years #yikes: And here's how it looks now: […]
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July 22, 2013
DIY
Peel and Stick Bathroom Floors
This post is a little late. Camera problems. Busy problems. But I wanted to update you on our weekend. Saturday we had two showings. We haven't listed our house yet because we still felt like there were things that need to be done, but word got out that we were moving and a couple people […]
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July 8, 2013
DIY
Master Bath Reno: Paint Goes a Long Way
Thank you for all the support with our big announcement yesterday. Your energy and excitement for us is going to make this process so much easier. I'm sure of it. With that said, buckle up--it's been pretty crazy over here since we decided last Friday we were taking the job and moving. We have a […]
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July 3, 2013
DIY
Master Bath. The Before Tour.
The week before last, we mentioned that our bedroom is on deck next. And then, the same day on Facebook, we announced we'd be tackling the master bath along with it. I never thought we'd see the day. Our master bathroom is anything but masterful in its current condition. And since we plan on selling […]
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April 23, 2013
