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Our Closet Reveal: From Thin Air to Dressing Room (The Ultimate IKEA PAX Hack!)

July 16, 2020 - 26 Comments

Pinch me. This is our closet now. And although this is a before photo, below, it’s not really THE before photo, because this room didn’t exist before! We added a ceiling/floor to a two story space and made it our …

Design, Inspiration

“Where does the bed even go?”

July 15, 2020 - 29 Comments

We’ve rearranged the guest room twice already, and we’re going in for round three. There’s a lot that’s “wrong” with this orientation. For starters, we centered the bed under the window, giving it a little room on the left for …

Design, Inspiration

Would You Buy Something Refurbished? (I do…a LOT!)

June 25, 2020 - 33 Comments

This post is sponsored by eBay. A few fun facts: I have purchased five vacuums (two for our home + three for gifts), a fancy blow dryer, three Frame TVs, two Bose speakers (with perfect sound!), countless kitchen gadgets and …

Decor, Design

“Decorating My First Apartment”: A lesson in budget-friendly classic pieces and creating moments

June 23, 2020 - 88 Comments

Brooke is our social media manager and recently moved into her first apartment in Idaho. We Ooo and Ahh over photos of her place and felt it was high time we shared her California-casual style with our readers. Whether you’re …

Design, Mood Board

The Order of Events leading up to a Renovation + Our Bathroom Mood Board!

June 22, 2020 - 74 Comments

A lot of projects in our home are tied together and stem from each other right now, so if it seems like we’re bouncing from project to project — we kind of are, but only because they are connected. We …

Design, Inspiration

Casual Friday: Buying Furnishings that Work in Every Room, House Problems by year, My Lash Secrets, A fun new game and MORE!

June 19, 2020 - 10 Comments

Have you ever even seen our “music room”?! Maybe not. Probably not because up until yesterday the electricity hasn’t worked in the room. We were finally able to have an electrician come back to look at the wiring and get it working …

Design, Our Life

The First Dinner Party in Our Dining Room & All My Tips!

June 18, 2020 - 52 Comments

Last week, Idaho moved to stage 4 of the reopening which allows gatherings up to 99 people. After months and months of social distancing, my family of 21 got together for the first time this year! It was also the …

Design

2020 Spring Video House Tour – 1 Year In!

June 10, 2020 - 40 Comments

It’s hard to believe it’s been an entire year since we moved into this house. There have been so many ups and downs throughout the year but with every space we make our own, it feels more like home and …

Design, Projects

Studio McGee’s Design Plan for our Exterior!

May 26, 2020 - 206 Comments

The day has come. About a month ago, we announced that we had hired a designer for the first time–specifically STUDIO MCGEE (!!!!) to design our exterior. Below you can see our exterior as it looked when we first purchased …

Design, Exterior, Projects

Our New Backyard Firepit!

May 22, 2020 - 24 Comments

This post is sponsored by Walmart Outside of the double dining room doors (those have existed from the beginning), we now have a gorgeous gas firepit area. It’s something we dreamed up and designed last year, sketched out and recently …

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