Dried navy beans and my Sharpies playing nice. Here’s a little glimpse at my side of the desk as we’re all waiting patiently for the big reveal tomorrow (Me?  Not-so-patiently)  In other news, another big reveal has been made.  Pantone …

We already have received a few little gifts from our neighbors and they are cute!  Just the other day there was a knock at the door, and a neighbor boy handed us a roll of wrapping paper with a sweet …

We’ll get back to paint colors, kitchen plans and art work tomorrow.  In fact, I had every intention to write a gift guide for a 22 month old today.  But then this morning, during Greta’s nap, I came across a …

This weekend, we took some time and finished getting up all of our Christmas decor.  I would describe our Christmas decor style as …simple.  Our home’s decor is pretty clean-lined, so it makes sense that when we put up our …

Wow.  We are done with the guest room and office.  We are done. We are done. We are done!  We had a very late night last night furnishing and decorating our basement, that would have been a whole lot later …

This month I was inspired by chalkboard lettering artist, Dana Tanamachi.  She is incredible and inspiring.  This was my first try at chalkboard lettering.  It was challenging.  It took me a long time, but I am happy with the results …

Today is a pretty monumental day here at Casa Marcum.   It is the day where we finally get to (and have to–because our deadline is Friday morning) buy all of the furniture, bedding, art and accessories to make our …

Last night with the help of Chris’s brother, Cam, and his wife Kasey (yes, the one that’s 9 months pregnant–check out the baby shower we threw for them a couple weeks ago here) we got a LOT done in our …

Yesterday, I blew out eight candles because I turned 26 and 2+6 is eight.  I have had the same Cinnamon-Pistachio Bundt Cake for my birthday since I can remember and I just scarfed down the last slice right after snapping …

We are enjoying all the food, family and late night board games that are associated with Thanksgiving.  But I wanted to stop in and let you know how grateful we are for the opportunity to virtually meet so many new …