Happy hump day everyone! So here we are day two of the 2 year recap. If you missed yesterday's post, the Allen fam is celebrating the two year anniversary of buying our first house, to celebrate, we're looking back at how far the place has come in the first two years. Today I bring you updates of the 2nd floor bedrooms, and both the back and front porch. Below you will see Gus' (aka Gus the READ MORE
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Don't worry I'm hanging my head in shame as I type this. I was on probation from getting any more chairs, we have enough of them and my chair collection is getting out of control. The thing is there is no way I could've resisted this champagne gold frame and patchwork needlework pattern, and then it was $4, so... It had to be. I figured it can make it's home on the front porch or down in the READ MORE
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I'm so proud to show off the completed music room!!!! It's been a big project that I started planning way back in September. It was my hope to finish by the end of the year, and I came close, but still had a hand full of small projects to get done. Here's a before photo just to refresh your memory: What a hot mess it was. It's come a long way. I started with slowly removing all the wallpaper, READ MORE
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A cool looking side table showed up on craigslist yesterday and I had to jump on it. I've been casually looking for awhile but had some pretty strict functionality criteria that made the pool of potential tables small. On top of looking seriously great I needed the table to have a drawer for remotes, small toys, and secret diaper stashes AND I needed open space underneath to easily conceal a toy READ MORE
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Hi! Does anyone else love a good chair as much as I do? My collection has been growing and growing and is starting to get a little out of hand. I've been accumulating chairs for awhile but I took it to the next level over the last 2 months when I adopted 3.5 new chairs.In November, I purchased the black Bertoia chair on craigslist to swap it out for the Eames arm chair that I had been using as desk READ MORE
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