DIY
How 6 Different Stains Look On 5 Popular Types of Wood
This post is sponsored by Minwax. We've been wanting to do a wood/stain study for years now and in my head, I wanted to do every type of wood with about 20 different stains each. But with limited resources (not to mention space), we settled on 5 popular species of wood commonly used by DIYers, with 6 […]
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February 1, 2018
Inspiration
That Time I Got To Tour The HGTV® Dream Home
This past weekend, I was invited to tour the HGTV® dream home in Gig Harbor, Washington overlooking the Puget Sound and it was breathtaking! The whole house is unreal--and someone is going to win it! (You can enter for your chance to win twice a day right here.) The renovation (I loved seeing the before […]
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January 11, 2018
Cleaning & Organization
How I Organized and Streamlined Our Cleaning Supplies, Once and For All.
This post is sponsored by Grove Collaborative--there's an exciting giveaway for ALL of our readers at the bottom of the post! It's a new year! A fresh start! And although we only have a handful of big projects left in our home (more on that later this week), this year, I want to work on […]
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January 2, 2018
DIY
7 Christmas Storage Hacks + Video!
This post is sponsored by Lowe's. A few weeks ago, we had the fun opportunity to shop Lowe's Christmas decor (it's almost all 50% off now!) to put together a tree and decorations (that we later were able to donate to a family in need) for a Christmas Storage Hacks video using items you can […]
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December 11, 2017
Decor
Decorating the Cabin's Front Door for the Holidays
This post is sponsored by World Market We have quite a few activities planned up at our A-frame cabin in the coming month for the holidays and while I'm still definitely aiming toward an essential minimalist decorating approach (catch more about that here) for this home, I thought a little bit of holiday decor would […]
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December 4, 2017
Gift Guides!
10 Gifts I Got For My Girlfriends This Year
This post is sponsored by West Elm. They extended their Cyber Monday sale to today, so many (all?!) of these perfect gift ideas you can snag on the cheap for your besties, too. I am fortunate enough to have a handful of amazing girlfriends. We text all day, get together for lunch once a week […]
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November 28, 2017
Projects
Installing Pre-Painted Vertical Shiplap In The Bathroom
This post is sponsored by Metrie. We wrapped filming for the Lowe's Bathroom Makeover we're doing at our friends' home late last night. Although the four how-to videos are all done, we still have a few loose ends to tie up before the bathroom is completely finished--but, we are ecstatic about much we accomplished in […]
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November 21, 2017
Inspiration
How We'd Decorate 5 Different Home Styles
This post is sponsored by James Hardie. When people ask for design advice or how to decorate their homes, the first thing I always say is, "listen to your house." Location, style and even time period should play a major role in developing a home's interior style and the best place to start getting a […]
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November 14, 2017
Decor
Our Thanksgiving Table, Tradition and $500 to Arhaus!
This post is sponsored by Arhaus. We're giving away $500 to one lucky reader at the bottom of this post! THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. CONGRATS TO OUR WINNER, FELICITY! Do you have any special Thanksgiving traditions? Besides turkey and saying what you're grateful for? In our silly house of 5 girls growing up, after […]
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November 7, 2017
DIY
An Easy Side Entrance Makeover
This post is sponsored by HANDy Paint Products. While the entire side yard just went through a major transformation, there was one small area that still needed a makeover desperately before we deemed this part of the yard complete. The entrance into the garage has always looked rough since we moved in, but it only […]
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October 16, 2017
sponsored
Our 3 Minute Method for Keeping Our Glass Globe Lights Clean + Free Mrs. Meyer's for Everyone!
DIY
Our 3 Minute Method for Keeping Our Glass Globe Lights Clean + Free Mrs. Meyer's for Everyone!
This post is sponsored by Grove Collaborative. There are some things in your home that require special treatment. They need specific tools in order to be altered, cleaners to come clean, and professional services to function. But there are other things in the home we tend to overthink, when a simple approach is best. I […]
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August 1, 2017
DIY
Three Problem Areas in Our Home We Solved in An Afternoon
This post is sponsored by Legrand. There were three problem areas in our home that were a constant source of frustration for Chris and I. One of them, we've talked about extensively (the bunk bed lighting situation--we'll get there in a minute), but, I'm excited to say, we easily fixed all three of these problems in […]
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July 12, 2017
DIY
The Adorable, Portable Toy We Don't Leave the House Without + A Giveaway!
This post (and giveaway!) are sponsored by Sago Mini. An award-winning app and toy company devoted to play. We don't talk about toys very frequently around here, with the exception of the playroom and the toy storage in there, but when we were introduced to the new Sago Mini playsets, we knew they were definitely […]
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July 6, 2017
Toolbox
Our Pressure Washer is Our Best Friend + A Giveaway!!
This post and giveaway is sponsored by Briggs and Stratton. Pressure washing is, pretty much, our favorite summer hobby around here. In our most recent podcast, it was only a half-joke when we say we pressure wash every day. So we were very excited when Briggs + Stratton asked if they could send us one of their […]
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June 1, 2017
Toolbox
Paint Pails, Playlists and Painting the Nursery
This year, we've partnered with HANDy Paint Products, our favorite painting tools that make the job so much easier, to tackle four paint projects in our home. Naturally, the first project on deck was painting the wainscoting we added to the nursery last week before the wallpaper had to go up. Since the main walls, above the […]
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April 17, 2017
Projects
100 year old home gets a 3 Day Kitchen Makeover for less than $5K!
Back in February, we went through more than 2600 applications that poured in over 48 hours for a makeover, sponsored by Lowe's. It was our second time traveling anywhere in the country making over one of your spaces in a weekend, although this year was a little different. Last time we ended up on Long Island, transforming an entry/sitting […]
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April 10, 2017
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
Chris Cooks
One Simple Tip To Making At-Home Dinners Feel More Special
This post is sponsored by Blue Apron. I've always loved and advocated for family dinners. From when I was little to present day, most weeknights, the dinner bell was rung and everyone would come running to a set table to sit down, say a prayer, and dish up and eat dinner as a family. It's fun being […]
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January 24, 2017
Decor
A Guest Room Update + Our Favorite Things to Include
This post is sponsored by The Bouqs Co. Enjoy 20% site wide, for a limited time, with the promo code at the bottom of the post! Over the last few days, we've been working to get our guest room in shape for our family that is arriving this Friday for the holidays! You can see all the […]
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December 15, 2016
Toolbox
A Simple, Little Gadget that Changed our Lives + A simplehuman giveaway!
This post is sponsored by simplehuman. Chris has always been hyper-aware of cross-contamination in the kitchen. He wears gloves when handling raw meat. We have a touch faucet so he can turn on the water--with his elbow!--and we now have a sensor soap dispenser from simplehuman. (We love it so much, at the end of […]
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December 6, 2016
