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Slow and Steady Lays the Tile

March 24, 2014 - 14 Comments

Y’all wanna know what I’ve been working on lately? Shhh… it’s a secret… Psyche. Not a secret. Everyone knows. Floors. Floors, floors, and more floors. As you can see from the above photo, Saturday we made serious progress in the …

Art

Painting of the Week | 08 April Showers

March 20, 2014 - 3 Comments

I know it is still March, but it’s the first day of Spring and I am exhaling all the winter heaviness. This painting is inspired by our grass that is still sleeping and mostly brown, but all the snow has …

Inspiration

Have you Found a House Twin?

March 19, 2014 - 12 Comments

My pinboards are filled with inspiration from textiles to paint colors to just the way a room feels. But sometimes, it’s difficult to see that beautiful room on your favorite blogs or Pinterest with high ceilings and lots of windows …

DIY

Tips for Achieving Realistic Faux Wood Tile

March 17, 2014 - 44 Comments

This weekend, with the help of a few friends, we started laying our faux-wood tile floors and made some real progress, extending from the entry into the nursery, half bath and starting in the master bedroom. The process is slow, …

Our Life

Things We’ve Done besides Work on the Floors this Week

March 14, 2014 - 6 Comments

I know, I know. We’re a broken record over here lately talking about our flooring project. The project has consumed our lives in almost every way. The goal was always to have the project done before the end of March, …

Decor

A Flowery Light for the Nursery

March 12, 2014 - 6 Comments

We took a one day break from the floors to recoup, raise morale, and catch our breath. Even though the knee-pads had a rest, the light for baby Lemon (Greta’s name for her little sister) arrived and we were anxious …

DIY

Tilemageddon and the Point of No Return

March 11, 2014 - 13 Comments

Right now we’re in the “what were we thinking?!” phase with this project. We just started week 4 of what we’re calling “tilemageddon” and we haven’t even started laying tile yet. We finished up laying a second subfloor of OSB …

Art

Painting of the Week | 07 Moody

March 7, 2014 - 6 Comments

As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, these pregnancy hormones have me swinging from mood to mood with hardly any notice. It seems like I experience absolute joy, anger, frustration, heart-breaking sadness, peace–everything–every day! Since my paintings are inspired by my …

Our Life

Pregnancy Update: 34 weeks

March 6, 2014 - 11 Comments

The last time I gave a pregnancy update on the blog was when I was a mere 16 weeks. Still puking daily. Still wearing all of my pre-pregnancy clothes. Sigh. It feels like so long ago. While this pregnancy has definitely …

DIY

A Glider and a Revamped Ottoman

March 5, 2014 - 22 Comments

Last week our glider for the nursery arrived! I shared several I was deciding between here and ended up going with one I didn’t list–the Graham glider from West Elm. I almost went with the Sweep Swivel chair that I …

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