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Painting the Guest Room Dark + My Paint Formula for Walls and Trim!

July 27, 2020 - 84 Comments

Last weekend, we painted the guest room a dark, inky charcoal–Farrow & Ball’s Downpipe (this time we had it color matched at Sherwin Williams in an eggshell finish). I wanted to go for something dark in a blueish tone so …

Design, Exterior, Projects

Our New Backyard Firepit!

May 22, 2020 - 24 Comments

This post is sponsored by Walmart Outside of the double dining room doors (those have existed from the beginning), we now have a gorgeous gas firepit area. It’s something we dreamed up and designed last year, sketched out and recently …

Design

Our Breakfast Nook has come a LONG way.

May 6, 2020 - 45 Comments

This post is sponsored by Pella. Yesterday afternoon, Faye perched herself on one of the chairs in the breakfast nook and took tiny bites from an apricot for at least 20 minutes. Enjoying it and everything going on outside of …

DIY, Projects

Our Modern Cottage Kitchen Makeover (on the cheap!)

August 16, 2019 - 354 Comments

2 weeks ago, we started a phase 1 kitchen renovation. Our goal was simple–to spend only $1000 to bring our kitchen to a place that we could live with for a year or so until we had more time to …

Projects

The Fullmer Kitchen Reveal, Sources & all the Before and Afters!

July 8, 2019 - 129 Comments

The Fullmer’s kitchen is d-o-n-e and I can’t wait to share all of the photos today! We’ve been sharing progress as we go, so in case you missed it, here are the past posts about… All the before photos and …

Our Life, Projects

All the Before and Progress Photos from the Cabin

March 25, 2019 - 31 Comments

We had to meet with a builder last week for insurance purposes. One of the things that insurance takes into account after a total loss to fire is the cost to rebuild. So we had to sit down with plans …

DIY

The Loft Bathroom: The Last Project We Finished At the Cabin

March 4, 2019 - 33 Comments

This project was part of an ongoing paid partnership with Lowe’s. Our last weekend at the cabin, we worked on the loft bathroom. Of course, if we would have known it was our last, we wouldn’t have. We would have gone …

Decor

6 Years of Our Reading Room

January 21, 2019 - 21 Comments

<a href=”https://www.bloglovin.com/blog/11577553/?claim=rg9w3qf3pnv”>Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a> Last year, I shared an evolution over the years of our living room and then a few weeks ago, I found some old (low quality–sorry!) photos of our home before we bought it and …

DIY, Projects

Our 2018 Project Report Card

January 2, 2019 - 31 Comments

We’re back from the holiday whirlwind (we’ll share more about that later this week) but wanted to look back at our goals from last year to gauge how 2018 shaped up. At the beginning of every year, we share a …

DIY

One-Day, $300 Fireplace Makeover

October 30, 2018 - 47 Comments

This project is sponsored by @Love_The_Room and Lowe’s. Yesterday, Chris and I tackled another quick, easy and inexpensive before and after project at our friends’ home! The fireplace in their living room, the focal point!, needed some oomph. Here’s the …

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