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Make it blue!  The little hallway and nook is right off of our “Modern Family Blue” family room wall and with more that half of the can left, it took me about 3 seconds to decide to paint it the same blue.   I also removed the halfway-up-the-wall coat hooks from both walls in the […]

Back in September, we started turning this former tortured teen’s room into a guest room and office.   Last week, we put the finishing touches on it and today–we’re turning it loose to all of you.  Of course, we are still dreaming of a bookcase and some cozy desk chairs (right now we are just […]

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 Christmas decorations, they are no-fuss, too.  But also, we don’t have a ton of Christmas […]

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 guest room.  We are so grateful for their help!  Before our work party–“party” because there […]

Friday afternoon, Greta and I took a quick trip to Ikea just because.  I promised myself I would stick to the As-Is section and see how many deals I could score.  The answer is a lot.  But then I also splurged on this $30 bowl: I have been wanting it for awhile and I could […]

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