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Demo on our bathroom happened this week and it was so shocking to see the space after it was completely cleared. I actually gasped. It seems to have grown 10x! My sister was so sure there must have been a wall cheated out somewhere. Our minds just couldn’t get around the fact that this huge, open space […]

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 and I feel like I’m seeing the space for the first time! This space is […]

Even though I have worked from home for the last 11 years, my daily/weekly schedule has changed drastically with the rest of the world’s over the last month. I’m deeply missing the hour to myself at the gym every morning and the 20 minutes before and after where I got caught up with friends on […]

Things are getting serious around here. Seriously close! Every day so much happens that I could just sit and watch it all go down, completely entertained. Painting and Stair railings and beams and window and uncovering the floors! It’s all coming together. Some things are coming together just the way I imagined they would. Some […]

We get asked often if our girls are interested or involved in what we do and the answer has always been, “not really.” They have their personal passions that we nurture and don’t force design, renovating or home decor interests in their direction. But Polly. Polly, our sweet 2 and a half year old has […]

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