If you read my last post, you would have seen that we are still planning on staying here with baby #2. I really can be a mixed bag of emotions about this one. While this house has been good to us, I also have a list of things I don't love about it and I'm itching to move. We bought this house 7 years ago this summer. We didn't plan on staying here for so long or having kids in it but here we are. If you have been a reader of the blog since then, you have also seen this very room on the blog ... continue reading...
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Living Room
I've shared several stages of my living room over the years. I am a firm believer that decorating a house is an evolution. Most of us don't have enough cash laying around to completely refurnish and decorate a home, so we do it room by room. Replacing free furniture as we go on (in our case just with different free furniture) and slowly picking up pieces to create the feel we want. When we first moved in, this room was a complete hodge-podge and I've been trying to unite it over the past ... continue reading...
lived in living room
every room in this little house of ours is "in progress" because i only have the time & money to do a couple things at a time AND things are constantly changing. i did a post on how much work my living room needed at the beginning of the year. oh dear. looking back, i don't know how i lived with that for months! i still would love hardwood floors in this space, a beautiful rug, and new furniture but here is my living room as it is. in the middle of life. with free couches & chairs. and ... continue reading...
frames DIY in the living room
many of you already know much about my project new home and my DIY adventures as i try to make my house my home (insert phillip phillips song here) last week i showcased my DIY art wall. i am still in love with it and stare at it regularly. TODAY i want to share with you my DIY for the frames (because many of you have been asking where i bought them) and i didn't buy them the way they are - i made them. PAINTED ANTIQUE FRAMES:WHAT YOU NEED:framesspray paintsand paper STEP BY STEP:1. ... continue reading...
It needs some help – the LIVINGROOM
a couple weeks ago i shared my words for 2013 - daring & established. i also talked about how PROJECT NEW HOME was going to help me with fulfilling both these words... i am daring to establish myself. ah.i can get overwhelmed at times (my husband can attest to that) so i made a plan to go through our new house ONE room at a time. once i FINISH that room, i can move onto the next! it also gives me time to wait for my monthly allowance!i just took down decorations and chose ... continue reading...
The Playroom
Thank you buybuy BABY for sponsoring this post! Okay, this room isn't 100% done but it is pretty darn close. And really when is a room actually "all done" - I know that the living room now has a rug, new chairs, and our yearbook shelves since that big reveal sooo.... without further adieu, here is the playroom! It took sometime to figure out what we wanted this room to be. I first started making it a livingroom because of the fireplace but we also had a livingroom just around ... continue reading...
Master Bedroom Reveal
I've never been so proud of a room before - I'll just start of the post like that! HAHA! After years of second hand, pieced together spaces, hat piles, and dressers from high school, we finally created a room that feels put together, restful, and functional (see original inspiration board.) Everything has a place - even all the hats Bruce is famous for wearing. The room is clean and bright. And I know exactly where I am going to put the bassinet for those first few months with miss Mayberry. ... continue reading...
We (Finally) Painted our Bedroom
Thank you HGTV HOME™ by Sherwin-Williams for sponsoring this post. Visit HGTV HOME™ by Sherwin-Williams for the latest in color inspo and get started on your home project today! We moved into this home in 2012. It was August, but still it is 2018 these days so that was nearly 6 years ago! Our current bedroom was once the office but with both of us working from home, we quickly realized that we needed to swap the office with the master bedroom. I just spent 5 minutes searching my blog for old ... continue reading...
Our Tiny Laundry Room Reveal
We have a small space for our laundry room - literally just a closet. We made it that way when we finished the basement because we wanted more space for the living room, bathroom, and bedroom. I've always loved big, beautiful, laundry rooms filled with storage & baskets & plenty of space for hanging up clothes - but not every home is built that way! You can still take a small space and make it very practical (and cute too I must say!) Also, if you have been tracking with our basement ... continue reading...
Basement Bathroom Reveal
Drum roll please... ta-da! The first room of our basement on the blog! Guys, this project was huge and crazy and took way more of our time and sanity than we ever expected. It is now very livable but we still have a couple final touches. After 6 months of living in mess, those final touches don't seem that bad. The winter winds & snow also rolled in so we are waiting for warmer (& drier) days to cut & paint our trim! ... continue reading...
All The Love You Can Give
The other night I put on the Sound of Music just before Bruce got off work (that would be 5:30 pm for those who like the details in a narrative). The girls and I were singing My Favorite Things while pretending to be on a carousel (as one does) so I went to play the song on our speakers because Julie Andrews sings it better than I do! Once the remote was in my hands and I was getting the music set up on our tv, I pivoted and selected the movie itself just for fun. I knew there was no way ... continue reading...
Even more to be Thankful For
"Do you want to hear some life-changing news?" I asked Bruce one year ago today as he stood over the kitchen sick with a hand full of dishes. We had just got the girls to bed after a long & full day celebrating Thanksgiving with family. Assuming I was talking about another house project, he said "what's up" and glanced my way. "I think I'm pregnant." I went on to share how after dinner as we were all sitting around the living room laughing & chatting, I had a thought that it has ... continue reading...
Whole Home Safety With FIRST ALERT
Thank you First Alert for sponsoring this post. Did you know October is Fire Prevention Month? It is! And we took the opportunity to include our girls on a journey through our home to complete First Alert’s whole home safety checklist! We made sure that our smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) alarms were installed where needed and in working order, our fire extinguishers were nearby in case of an emergency, and we had a plan in case of a fire. Bruce and I desire (like many parents) to ... continue reading...
Our Daily Moments March with Good Photo
It's been awhile since I've shared an Our Daily Moments blog post. A big part of that due to the fact that two toddlers make life wonderfully busy! But I am SO excited to be bringing it back today with a new twist! When I first discovered Good Photo, I fell in love with her heart for lifestyle moments. All her sessions are long form. In your home, at a place you love, on a hike, etc. She values and cherishes the everyday and she thinks families should have photos of that very thing! If you ... continue reading...
Our Wedding album by Artifact Uprising
Bruce proposed to me nine years ago this very month. Three long yet very short months later, we were married on August 18th 2012! While I posted about our wedding on the blog way back when it happened, it took me years ( um.. nearly nine) to purchase a wedding album for our home! I've always loved Artifact Uprising (you can see that here!) and their Premium Layflat Wedding Album is just absolutely stunning. I was looking through their site and found myself thinking that it was too bad I ... continue reading...
Cinnamon Roll Bunnies for Easter
I have always been a fan of holidays and traditions. Just the other day my parents were telling the story (again) of how at age 6 we had a spontaneous Valentine's Day picnic dinner of take-out Chinese food on our living room floor - with the large, round, red tablecloth. The next year on Valentine's Day, I told my mom how excited I was for our Chinese food tradition. While it was not tradition at that point, my mom quickly jumped on it and ordered Chinese. We ate it in the same spot on the same ... continue reading...
Creating a Statement Photo Wall
YAY! First new home reveal post! I wish I was doing a bunch more of these right now but moving into a fixer upper the week of Thanksgiving while 8 months pregnant is no joke ;) We have made HUGE strides since we purchased the house (go watch my these Instagram Stories of all we did!) but the holidays and having a baby slowed us down for a bit. We've got a list of projects that we will get to eventually, but I've been focusing on making a couple rooms as done as I can! This is the living ... continue reading...
Our Christmas Nook
Thank you buybuy BABY for sponsoring this post! Growing up I was always so excited to take the boxes out of the garage for Christmas. I knew they were filled with toys, books, decorations, mugs, puzzles, and crafts we only got for the Christmas season. My mom would put away the toys and books in the family room and replace them with these special Christmas toys. They were the same every year (maybe growing by one or two things) but they were so deeply special because we only got to play with ... continue reading...