Several people have been asking, so let's talk paint colors and which ones I selected for our house. I didn't feel much urgency for selecting colors since I had so much wallpaper to strip, but now...
I told you I would only write a couple more posts about stripping wallpaper, so let's just get one out of the way. This post is prompted by the people asking if I snooped and picked up some tips...
When we first started our home renovation projects, I felt like we had more than enough saved and dedicated to comfortably do all of the projects we wanted. As I'm sure many of you have experienced...
Since we moved into our house in September, I have been hunting for a dining table and chairs. The dining room has been a bit of a storage room, so it hasn't felt like too much of a priority. I...
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Grandeur Hardware. As always all words and opinions expressed are honest and my own. The projects on our house slowed down a little bit over the holidays, but...
Over the Christmas break, I wanted to take some time for creative play. It's a meandering that doesn't have a real purpose but almost always ends up being productive. I was eyeing my sketchbooks...
The first thing I bought specifically for our house was a pair of antique "cannonball" andirons. My mom and I went to an antique store as a diversion from a tense period of waiting for our offer to...
Yesterday, I worked on making some paint sample boards to nail down the colors I've been mulling over for the main living areas of our house. Usually, I would just slap a swatch on the wall, but...
This is the year of the kitchen makeover and I am so, so excited about it. Every house we have lived in has had a kitchen that was too good to completely redo. We've always been fortunate to have...
Well, I played hooky from writing on the blog yesterday. I felt lazy, tired, and really ready for my own Christmas break to start (the boys are already on break from school.) So, I took a slow...
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