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Recently, I came across an image of a beautiful room, engulfed in a mural, much like the study–but it was a formal dining room. It was so beautiful and I momentarily thought OUR STUDY COULD BE A FORMAL DINING ROOM. But, then I came back down to reality and the truth of the matter is–in […]

Our current laundry room is not the most functional in its location or size. When we walked through the house before buying, it was the one thing that I struggled with, especially coming from a house with a second story laundry room with double the machines–we were spoiled! Here, the laundry room is small and […]

Hallelujah, the dishwashers arrived last week!! We had them installed on Friday and I can’t believe we have been without a dishwasher since moving in 10 months ago. I honestly didn’t realize how much of my time was spent doing dishes every day until now. It was at least an hour a day. I got […]

Three years ago Chris and I stayed in the Maison De La Luz in New Orleans as an Anniversary getaway. I was so inspired with that hotel that it’s been in my head ever since. I know when it came to our bedroom I wanted to create a space that feels romantic and charming, and […]

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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