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I share a lot of home projects and design here on the blog, but sometimes all you need to upgrade your home is just a few tiny tweaks. These are just little changes that I’ve made over the year and have made a world of difference! The best thing about these tweaks is that they’re […]

Last we reported, we were going to have a working kitchen by Thanksgiving (more on that in a minute–because ehhhhh). I got really excited this week when a bunch of boxes started showing up. Boxes of lighting, hardware, and plumbing fixtures for our new kitchen and it’s starting to feel more like a reality! A […]

At the beginning of every year we share a list of home renovation projects we want to work on for the year. You can really tell from our 2021 project list we shared in January that life can really change in an instant. We started the year off on the hunt to buy a little […]

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Chris is an Idaho local (lived here since he was 5!) and I’ve lived here in southeast Idaho for 15 years! It’s a beautiful slice of heaven and we have loved our time here. The pace is slower. The views are wide. The air is crisp and the scenery is breath-taking. We actually get a […]

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