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Casual Friday : Suing Your Neighbor for Copying Your House, Good Influence(r), The IT chair of the year, My Fav Blush, & More

June 21, 2019 - 57 Comments

• Earlier this week, when we were all deeply engulfed in choosing an exterior direction for our house, and sharing so many inspiring designs, a follower sent me this article about a couple that sued their neighbor for $2.5 million …

DIY

DIY Easy Wood-Stained Custom Floating Shelves

June 20, 2019 - 24 Comments

This post is sponsored by Minwax®. The Fullmers really wanted some open shelving in their kitchen mixed with closed upper cabinets. This is a great solution for most people who don’t necessarily want to worry about every dish looking beautiful all the …

DIY, Projects

A Candid Video Where We Talk With a Contractor about our Plans

June 19, 2019 - 26 Comments

The first task before starting any of our larger projects was finding a contractor. We talked to several, but timing and expertise were the biggest factor in who we ultimately wanted to work with. Last week, we had one (Austin …

Inspiration, Our Life

10 Ways to Overcome Feelings of Homesickness in a New Place

June 18, 2019 - 32 Comments

Today marks two weeks in our new home and even though it’s our dream home (or will be), we’ve experienced lots of feelings of homesickness. I’ve felt some guilt and emotions around those feelings, but quickly realized we built a …

Design, Inspiration

The 8 Options We’re Deciding Between for Our Exterior!

June 17, 2019 - 447 Comments

Last week, when I talked about the 6 projects we’ll be tackling in the next six months, one of them was windows and the other big ones involved the living room and our new dining/entertaining space. ALL of these effect …

Inspiration, Our Life

Casual Saturday : What’s In a (House) Name, Willow, An Inspiring interior paint combination, Weekend Sales and more!

June 15, 2019 - 59 Comments

(via Amber Interiors) Does your house have a name? We have our own name for our home (that involves our address) but when we were trying to decide on a hashtag (#cljhouse represents our last home) we turned to all …

Decor

Well, THIS rug is a total game changer!

June 13, 2019 - 4 Comments

This post is sponsored by NamaMat Right before we moved, our NamaMat showed up on the doorstep and I could barely wait another second to get it unrolled (so I hope you won’t mind seeing it in our last kitchen …

Projects

The 6 Projects We Want to Tackle in the next 6 months.

June 12, 2019 - 97 Comments

What’s the first project!? When are you gonna start!? Since the OG 2019 project list is no longer a possibility, we sat down over the weekend and made a new list! For this house! You heard us talk about all …

Design

A House Tour Where We Tell You All of Our Plans

June 11, 2019 - 68 Comments

Last week, we shared a quick 6 minute house tour, with no talking. Just smooth camera work gliding in and out of every room in our new home. But! So many of you asked to hear more about our initial …

DIY, Projects

Everything and the Kitchen Sink (And Faucet!) at the Fullmer Kitchen

June 6, 2019 - 33 Comments

This post is sponsored by Elkay Did you know a sink is one of the first things you have to have solidly picked out when starting a kitchen renovation? Plumbing wants to know where the sink is going to be. …

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