Our House

Since re-painting our front porch, we've been without house numbers (we removed the original ones from the front porch beam). It's not a huge deal because we still have the mailbox labeled, but I was itching...

A long, long time ago (2011, to be exact), I did a quick fix on my front door hardware with some spray paint when I did a faux wood finish on it with gel stain. I probably didn't prep the surface very well,...

There's a crispness in the air lately, which means only one thing: FALL IS COMING! Of course I bee-lined to the local farmer's market to stock up on pumpkins and other seasonal items. Obviously it's not...

You know those pictures of houses in magazines where the rug and the pillows or other textiles don't match at all, but they go together perfectly? Yeah, that's not my house. Pattern layering like that is...

I didn't think it was possible to get so excited about something as seemingly mundane as a mattress being delivered. But I was seriously giddy. Perhaps it was because it had been sooooo long since the last...

We're on a roll now! That's two projects completed in the last week or so for the laundry room! When we originally installed the cabinets, we made a small counter out of scrap wood while I pondered on...

I wanted to share a mini-project with you, just a finishing touch really. But I was inspired by our recent decision to tackle our basement clutter to complete some things I had left undone in the laundry...

It's been a little while since we've visited the guest room, so I thought I would post a little update on what's going on in there and a few changes that have been made! Of course it goes without saying...

It's taken me awhile to sit down and write this post, partly because it's a BIG shift from my usual content, but also because it involves a commitment that I'm not quite sure I'm ready to make. And yet, here I...

The lovely folks at Pfister contacted me recently about reviewing one of their faucets...to which I replied HECK YES!!!! It couldn't have come at a better time, honestly, because our kitchen faucet was looking...