Blog Posts
The one thing you can do today to upgrade your bathroom
We don’t all have money to overhaul our bathrooms, and let’s face it a lot of us inherit less than stellar bathrooms. I was lucky enough with my first house to get two that had been redone. (View both of our homes here.) In my current house they’ve barely been touched since the house was…
HOW TO LAY PEEL AND STICK TILE THAT LOOKS LIKE WOOD
Guys I’m about to fess up to a project that we should have done 2 years ago – peel and stick tile. Read on for how to update your house in as little in one day by learning to install peel and stick tile. When we moved in we had to add carpet to the…
Small Budget Bathroom Makeover
From the moment I set eyes on our hall bathroom I had a mirror in mind for it. I didn’t know where I would get this mirror but I knew the shape it was calling out for. Luckily I was at an antique store shortly after and found the perfect mirror for the space. Unfortunately…
1 Simple Way To Shop That Will Transform Your Decorating
As a young home owner eager to decorate, I was always on the hunt for things to add to the house. I’d pick up knick-knacks and things I liked because they were cute, colorful, or caught my eye. Then I would get home and realize that it looked odd – even tho I liked the…
Easy Valentines Decor
When it comes to the smaller holidays, like Valentines Day, I am all about the K.I.S.S. method of decorating – Keep It Simple, Stupid (also, did you know that the US NAVY came up with that acronym?). In fact I really don’t own that much holiday specific decor for Valentines Day, St. Patrick’s Day, Easter,…
Month One Blog Recap – January 2018
My first month-ish of attempting to officially blog has come to a close and to keep myself accountable I thought it would be a good idea to post a blog update. Let’s jump right in! I registered my domain and bought a hosting package through BlueHost on January 4th. I will consider that the official…
YOUR BORING HOUSE IS AWESOME (EASY WAYS TO MAKE ANY HOUSE SPECIAL)
After purchasing our first house I found myself lamenting that we hadn’t gone for something with more character. That we had bought a less boring house. Our home was the largest we could afford on our barely-adult salaries. The house had interesting things about it and it certainly ended up being something we loved in…
Cloth Diapering 101: How to use cloth diapers (And how to clean cloth diapers!)
In the last few months I’ve been asked by a handful of mama’s and mama’s-to-be my thoughts on how to use cloth diapers (and the real question – how to clean cloth diapers). After typing it out a few times I thought I’d make it into a proper blog post so I could send it…
3 WAYS TO START LOVING YOUR HOME TODAY
When we moved into our current house 2 years ago our entire family was lost. Chris and I took the move hard. Instead of being excited by the new space we couldn’t get past how sad we were about leaving our old home. Every time I looked around all I could see were the things that…
All White Rooms are the Best (Formal Living Room Feature)
I’m pretty sure that it was Rachel Ashwell that made me begin to take notice of how beautiful all white rooms could be. We had just bought our first house. I fell hard for the unfussy, soft, shabby chic rooms that I kept seeing all around me. Though I certainly have a deep and abiding…