9 months ago, while painting our staircase spindles and railings (ironic I was doing the same thing this weekend), I took a break and wrote a quick post about something I couldn’t stop thinking about: Adding a window in the …

You may remember our inspiration photo as far as art goes for the family room from our mood board: I originally found this photo here, but of course didn’t link the exact post and now I can’t find it again. …

When we revealed our new paint color for the family room, we were so happy that so many of you loved it as much as we did.  There was one issue that the paint color did bring up, that I …

Is it really the 7th already?  I admit, I was a bit late getting this month’s drawing done and to the printers, but here it is (!):   Why a cow butcher chart?  I specifically remember watching one episode of …

The ceiling fan had to go.  Not because we’re not fan fans.  Because we are.  But I can’t remember one time when we actually used it.  The chains were stuck for awhile so initially we couldn’t use the light without …

You may (or may not) remember what our old carpet looked like in the family room.  It wasn’t very memorable.  Standard oatmeal color.  A much higher pile than we would have chosen for ourselves: The carpet made us uneasy.  When …

Last night, we painted the walls.  After demolition, framing out a wall, sheetrocking, and patching infinite holes in the ceiling and lots of other dirty jobs–we both agreed it felt great to do something pretty low key like painting walls. …