We are hosting the Marcums for dinner this upcoming Sunday as a farewell to Chris’s brother, Jared, and his family who are moving to Hawaii for work next month.  The Marcums are not a small bunch–we are expecting right around …

But he wasn’t the real Santa.  He was a fake.  A skinny Santa that takes his beard off on his break and smokes a cig out back.  He can’t scurry down the chimney either….in fact, he can barely get through …

You asked…repeatedly…and we answered…finally.  Really, I answered.  Chris proofread.  And Greta napped.  For your curiosity’s pleasure: How many times are you gonna paint your house? I guess it depends on how long we live here.  I am not afraid of …

Stenciled hallways aren’t for everyone, and we have come to the conclusion, they aren’t for us.  And the funny thing is, we don’t think that it looks bad.  Which may leave you as confused as we have been since I …

What a gorgeous living room, right?  I love the mix of patterns and the chunky coffee tables and those turquoise glass globes.  Those caught my eye first.  My next thought–after I noticed the big chunky books and started thinking of …

I think we win the award for the most ghetto entertainment area in history.  For the last 4 months, this is what our family room looked like: A large box that carried all of our mirrors from our apartment to …

Saturday, we were in the vicinity of Ikea, so we had to stop in.  Of course.  We left with our cart full and a couple weekend projects we couldn’t wait to tackle.  Creating some open shelving in the kitchen has …

Today Apartment Therapy is featuring our living room as a part of their series called “The Color Cure.” EEEeee!!!   I know the readers are gonna be honest—VERY honest because that is how they are over there.  Feel free to …

Although our kitchen has undergone a few cheap, cosmetic changes over the past 4 months, I have mentioned before that these quick fixes are just to tide us over until our major kitchen renovation in the next year or so …