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Casual Friday: A Big Music Room Update, Budget “Vintage” Frames, Failure, Books and More!

October 23, 2020 - 17 Comments

If you are subscribed to our Love Letter, then last night you saw a sneak peek at some updates in the music room! Months ago, I ordered two of these boucle chairs for the basement (to sit opposite the sectional) …

DIY, Projects

4 ways Windows & Doors transformed our spaces

October 22, 2020 - 15 Comments

This post is sponsored by Pella Soon after we moved in, I remember looking out our bedroom windows at a slanted roof (it was a bandaid-colored soft-ish covering) overlooking our property and thinking, “I wish we could go out here!” …

Design

Video: Our Fall Exterior House Tour 2020!!

October 21, 2020 - 44 Comments

We’re VERY close to being finished with our exterior and sharing a bunch of before and after images, but despite being in-progress, we wanted to keep with our tradition of filming an exterior and interior house tour in the fall. …

Decor, Projects

Before and After: The Girls’ Office Reveal!

October 20, 2020 - 66 Comments

Over the last couple months, we’ve been working on the girls’ office/homework/art room and we’re excited to share some after photos with you today!! We get a lot of interesting comments when we say it’s the “kids’ office” because it’s …

Decor

The Best of: Bubble Light Chandeliers (and my favorite way to add modern touches to a room!)

October 19, 2020 - 43 Comments

Over the last week, I’ve been a little under the weather (negative Covid test, no worries there!) and I took some time to rest which translated into some time to think. I thought about how far we’ve come over the …

Decor

Our new window shades are an EXPERIENCE

October 14, 2020 - 30 Comments

This post is sponsored by Blinds.com. It’s a little mind boggling to most (including us!) that we’ve been without blinds since we moved in. We knew we were replacing windows so we didn’t want to invest in window coverings until …

DIY

All about our wood floors

October 14, 2020 - 19 Comments

How did your story with Stuga start? The first time that we used Stuga was at our cabin in the Idaho mountains, and we picked them, honestly, for how good they looked. They looked so good, were so unique, and …

DIY

Casual Friday: New art, Fall jackets, My new fav game, our Sim House, Budget Vintage Frames and more!

October 9, 2020 - 7 Comments

Projects

All the Details on Our New Composite Shake Roof!

October 8, 2020 - 24 Comments

The roofing featured in this post was heavily discounted by Brava Roof Tile. The first time we pulled up to what would eventually become our house, one of the things we noticed initially was the roof. It’s very tall. With …

DIY

How we layered stain to take a wood countertop from dark cherry to a white oak look!

October 7, 2020 - 28 Comments

We still have a few finishing touches to put on the girls’ office (see all the plans here!), but over the last week we tackled a really fun DIY that transformed the dark cherry stained wood countertop that was there into …

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