DIY
The DIY That Has Saved Us Over $2k in the past 18 Months
According to the Liberty Mutual Insurance New Beginnings Report, 71% of Americans have plans to tackle a DIY project this year, with cost savings being the main reason. More and more people are DIYing. It's a heart-warming and exciting statistic that we can relate to--afterall, that's how this whole blog really started. We just couldn't […]
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May 29, 2015
DIY
How Often Do You Change Your Air Filters?
Us? Honestly? I think the last time we changed our air filters was a year ago. We had just finished the floors and there was a baby on the way shortly and that was a part of our we're-going-to-do-everything-right check list. And, yeah, we haven't since. It wasn't until FilterEasy reached out to me wondering […]
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March 3, 2015
Lifestyle
How We're Getting Through Winter
The temperature is dropping quickly here in Idaho. Yesterday in was 19 degrees and we "enjoyed" our first snowfall. By "enjoy" I mean we are all so excited to wake up to the white stuff--it's so beautiful!--and then Greta wants to go build a snowman so we spend 30 minutes digging out all the snow […]
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November 12, 2014
Entertaining
Our Friendsgiving
Last night we had a wonderful Friendsgiving dinner and I wanted to share with you some details and pictures today! We started doing a Thanksgiving with friends a few weeks before the actual holiday about 6 years ago, but this year we hosted our largest group of 14 adults + 6 kids. Our first task […]
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November 10, 2014
Lifestyle
What's In My Diaper Bag?
This post is sponsored by Oyster. Before Faye came along, we talked about our diaper bag here. Good news--Chris and I both still love it. I find it incredibly fascinating to see what people have in their purses, and since this bag has become my purse for the past 6 months, today, I am dumping it […]
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October 23, 2014
Lifestyle
Video! | Our Favorite Things: BOXED edition
Chris and I have been wanting to add some more of us into this blog. And while we have no intention of becoming vloggers, we thought a once-a-month video of us chatting about our favorite things (tools, paint supplies, baby gear maybe?) would be a fun way to inject our personalities right here. Me laughing at all […]
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September 29, 2014
Toolbox
A Colossal Garage Upgrade (and $100!)
It's been a busy year, full of projects and...boxes, apparently. Last month, my mom and I tackled our garage that has been holding a lot of evidence of the past few months--all of which had been haunting me. It only took a few hours, if you can believe that!, and the next day, my dad […]
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August 26, 2014
