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The Reveal! A Shared Girls’ Room Complete with Built-In Bunks | One Room Challenge: Week 6

November 9, 2016 - 122 Comments

Designing and building this room over the past 6 weeks with Chris has been a lot of hard work and late nights but most of all, a complete pleasure and an experience we’ll remember forever. But even before Linda asked …

Decor, Design

11 Whimsical and Sophisticated Wallpaper Designs (Perfect for Kid Rooms!)

November 7, 2016 - 9 Comments

Choosing the wallpaper for the girls’ room was no simple task. In fact, it was probably the thing I agonized over most. I ordered samples, I changed my mind, the room evolved, the placement of the wallpaper evolved. And then …

Design

Casual Friday

November 4, 2016 - 24 Comments

If you follow along on Instagram, you know that we made some major progress in the girls’ room yesterday. The wallpaper went up! Chris got all the lighting installed (we’ll talk about that on Monday) and I even figured out a …

Design, Projects

Our Calacatta Marble countertop by Formica in the Home Office–Yeah, That’s Laminate!

November 3, 2016 - 40 Comments

Our home office is inching closer to completion every day, but ever since our beautiful marble-look-alike Formica (!!!) countertop arrived last week, we’ve been using it daily. Yes it’s laminate and yes, we love it. So I thought today I’ll …

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All the Details on our New Horizontal Stair Railing!

November 1, 2016 - 61 Comments

It’s hard to believe these stairs have been in limbo since March when we tore out all the carpet and hand rail in anticipation of getting a new one–see this post for those details. Although, that span of time was …

Design

Design Sponge House Tour + All the Features!

October 24, 2016 - 9 Comments

This past summer, we had the great opportunity to work with Sabrina Smelko at Design Sponge to feature a house tour. And today, it is finally live! You can read and see the whole thing, “A Family Home in Idaho …

Design, DIY, Projects

Tearing Out The Bedroom Closets!

October 13, 2016 - 41 Comments

A friend of mine was picking my brain earlier this week about how she could add more storage to her home. Closets and storage solutions make such huge difference in the quality of life in a home and it’s not …

Decor, Design

Living Room Updates + Easy ways to Naturally Transition Your Decor for Autumn

September 21, 2016 - 31 Comments

The first day of fall is tomorrow (!!!), so today I am excited to share with you a few seasonal (and not seasonal) changes we’ve made in our living room over the past few weeks. For a long time, there was …

Design, DIY

Fall 2016 Video House Tour!

September 8, 2016 - 43 Comments

Once or twice a year, we like to film a video house tour. It started out as something for us, to keep a moving record of our progress–nothing is more fun/depressing than watching the first one. But sharing it with …

Decor, Design

How We Decided on Window Coverings for the Home Office

August 30, 2016 - 14 Comments

This post is sponsored by Blindster.com Now that all the paneling in our home office is done (I keep calling it the “hardscaping” even though I know that’s an exterior term), we’re focusing on bring in furnishings and soft textiles to …

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