8 Ways To Make Small Spaces Feel Bigger Instantly
While small homes and tiny rooms are trendy and a great choice for many, some of us live very big…
DIY (Reversible!) Cathedral Window Frame
Lots of people have asked us if we have a pattern to make these windows. Now we do! We’ve made…
How to Paint a Stone Fireplace
Paint has always been my friend when it comes to giving my house a fresh, new look. When I built…
Tips for timeless decorating
My husband made a very sweet observation the other day. He looked around and said “the house looks really great,…
Tiny Modern Farmhouse Laundry Room MAKEOVER
We wanted our laundry room makeover to include bright whites and dark contrasts accented with natural wood. We love neo-classical…
Tiny Laundry Room Organizing Ideas
Come see the before & after of this room here! Today I’m (finally!) sharing a progress update along with some…
Laundry Room Design Plan
Today I finally put together our tiny laundry room design plan. Can you believe I’ve been living without a washing…
Tiny Laundry Room Ideas
Our laundry room sits between our living area and garage. Basically a small, cramped hallway. Our garage is actually our…
How my kitchen paint is holding up….
It’s been seven months since we repainted our deep-grain oak kitchen cabinets, so today I thought I’d share an update…
Two Story Foyer Upgrade: Add Faux Frieze Molding
“…I tend to get ‘stuck’ on a vision and won’t let go.”
Today is the day!!
Today my cousin (who is my contractor) came in to create one of my other visions that I’ve been dreaming of for seven years – a large “fake” crown molding piece in my two story foyer. When I say fake, I mean that the wall is painted white between layers of trim and crown, giving the appearance of a large, single crown unit.
Mind you, when I have a vision…I tend to get “stuck” on that vision.
Well, when I came back with supplies from Lowes, Jarrod intercepted the project and said he thinks the real floating crown pieces look much better. What do you think?
Paint Colors: Our Whole-Home Palette
So today I’m sharing my whole-home paint color palette with pictures and links for BOTH houses. Paint color questions are…
Corner Fireplace Mantel
Our corner fireplace mantel made sense out of an awkward corner and made our bedroom so much cozier. We built…
Pergo Flooring: Office Reveal!
We’ve finally reached the end of our Pergo project! Last but not least, presenting our Pergo flooring office reveal… If…
Pergo Reveal: The Living Areas
I hope you’re enjoying our Pergo flooring before and after shots! Today I’m sharing the main living areas of our home:…
More behind the scenes of the BHG shoot…
By now some of you have received the January 2017 copy of Better Homes & Gardens. Inside they’ve featured our…
Craft Room in the Basement
I challenged myself to two things this past weekend: to spend NO money on household decor (which is like telling…
New Floor in the Foyer…
I’m thinking I might have completely missed the boat on holiday decorating this year…I can’t complain though. I feel as…
Pergo Flooring Dining Room Reveal
Today I’m sharing my Pergo flooring dining room reveal, along with a few before and “in-progress” photos thrown in. Can I…
Pergo Flooring: Our Kitchen REVEAL!!
Today I’m sharing my Pergo flooring kitchen reveal, and all I can say is…why in the world did we wait…
Pergo: Kitchen Progress Update!!
Today is the day! I’m finally sharing our Pergo kitchen progress update since we are in a full-speed-ahead-rip-and-replace DIY flooring…