Alright, I'm diving right into my first fall project. One of my readers asked last March why I hadn't done any bathroom updates and that got me thinking... Why hadn't I? Our house has two bathrooms, one is located on the 2nd floor, and is shared between all the bedrooms. The other in the basement, the scary, scary, spidery basement. It's reserved only for late night parties when we need to READ MORE
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Hey guys, here's a nice little PSA from yours truly. If you have an old house, with old pipes don't use Drano unless you'd like a new kitchen ceiling. You can thank me for that little tip later. Here's the deal. Our bathroom sink was missing the drain stopper, I've tried to replace it but the part that connected to the sink was broken (I know, I'm getting really fancy with my plumber lingo). READ MORE
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When we first bought our house I had dreams of finding all this cool old stuff. You know the stuff people just leave when they move out, and it stays in the house homeowner after homeowner. I was gonna find all sorts of cool old doors, hardware, remnants of wood flooring, pictures, notes, and love letters. Then, this did not happen :( Unfortunately, the previous owners, and the owners before READ MORE
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All sorts of exciting stuff has been happening at our house over the course of a week. The house is getting painted!! It is a crazy and stressful process but also really exciting. I thought maybe I’d take sec and walk you through my experience. It all started last Monday. A whole crew of dudes shows up to paint the house. Before 10AM all the storm windows are off and the windows are being READ MORE
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in My House
I had to post about this new bedding I bought, because it is awesome and you should know about it too. I've had my eye on this chevron bedding from West Elm for awhile. I really liked the pattern and could easily see it looking great in our bedroom. Plus our current bedding was on it's 4th year and was starting to fade and get old. The thing is, back in about 2006, I purchased some West Elm READ MORE
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