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Our Fully Dressed (New) Windows + $100 West Elm Giveaway

March 11, 2015 - 57 Comments

Since our very first walk through of this house we are slowly making home, “There should be a big window to the left there” we said. It’s the kind of comment that perked our realtor’s ears up. He knew we …

Projects

The New Window Is In!

March 4, 2015 - 24 Comments

Earlier this week, I shared the installation of our new window in the living room in real time on Instagram, but I am here to report some more details on the window itself and some progress photos, too! Here’s how …

DIY

A New Addition (err subtraction?) In the Great Room

January 20, 2015 - 14 Comments

Some of you may remember (but I bet most of you won’t, because who would want to!) this is what our great room looked like when we moved in almost a year and a half ago. I am pulling …

DIY

Perfectly Putty Paint

November 24, 2014 - 40 Comments

We got the great room and entry painted (again) last week and I’m back to show you photos! I made myself sick trying to pick the perfect paint color. I really wanted something warm and muddy. I test 5 different …

DIY

(Re)painting the Great Room + Tips on working with Swatches

November 19, 2014 - 35 Comments

Several weeks ago, we posted a photo over on Instagram of a few swatches painted on our great room walls. We stared at them for a while, probably too long because we ran out of time to actually paint the …

Decor

A Little Living Room Refresh

October 28, 2014 - 21 Comments

Remember this post when I told you I was going on a purging spree. Oh boy did I ever. We were left with bare floors, bare couches and nearly bare closets. And then there was this post when I professed …

DIY

Our Barn-Style Door Part 2 | It’s hung!

September 12, 2014 - 33 Comments

To catch you up, we found 2 of these large (two!) solid oak doors next to the dumpster–you can read the rest right here. We hung up our barn door this week and have a slew of photos to show …

DIY

Our Barn-Style Door (Part 1)

August 28, 2014 - 25 Comments

After deciding we wanted a sliding modern barn door leading from the kitchen to the future laundry room/mudroom, the search was on! We kept our eyes on Craigslist. We went to a ton of thrift stores and the ReStore. We …

Decor

Do You Have TV?

August 25, 2014 - 71 Comments

Back in May, when we rearranged a few things, we moved our only television to this wall in the living room. The only problem was, that wall didn’t have a cable hook-up. The plan was to move a cable line …

Decor

Martha & Ash Drapes

June 23, 2014 - 27 Comments

The large window in our great room has been bare for almost a year now. All of the curtains in our last house were sold with the house, so we arrived here empty-handed in the window dressing department. We have …

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