I mentioned on Monday that we were on a bit of a roll with the nursery - maybe it's because I'm officially now into my third trimester (28 weeks!) and feeling a major urge to get the house ready? I'm kind of a "nester" by nature, but I think it has started to kick into overdrive a little bit. Over the weekend I was waking up at 5am because all I could think about is what we need to get done. And ... View the Post
a fresh start.. some paint + a new desk
Alright guys, we have officially broken ground on the nursery. In case you missed it, here is the post with the general direction of where this room is headed (though some of these moodboard items have already changed…!). And here is the reminder of where we are starting from (ignore the 'after' watermark... old photo)... Of course the room turned into a hot mess as we dismantled ... View the Post
starting the overhaul
After sharing our plans last week of tackling our storage monster in the basement, we got started right away with clearing things out. Just to remind you, here's the craziness that we were starting with. Too much stuff and so much wasted space (in a small space to begin with). There wasn't much of a method to our madness with this, we just started moving things. We brought most stuff ... View the Post
tackling the storage monster
After we finished up phase 1 of our side entrance makeover (check out the before, painting, artwork, and lighting), and it was looking all pretty... ...until we carried on down the stairs to tackle sore spot #2. The bottom of the stairs storage nook. When you walk down the stairs to our basement, you come through a first door which takes you into a vestibule with the storage area and the ... View the Post
side entrance makeover: the lighting issue
So before the holidays, I shared with you guys the first couple of steps of our side entry makeover: the uuuugly before, painting the space aqua and yellow, and adding some artwork. Still on the to-do list for this phase 1 makeover? Addressing the lighting. It had a bad case of dated lighting syndrome. Not only was this was one of those small brass glass-covered chandeliers, but the glass was ... View the Post
the frame game
Last August, I posted about the new gallery wall in our hallway (not so new anymore!). I did the one main wall at the time, always with plans of adding additional frames on the opposite wall. Well, I finally got around to it. Better late than never, right? Reminder - here is the wall 'o frames phase 1. And here was blanky blankerson wall on the opposite side, staring back at me every day ... View the Post