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Yo ho ho! Good morning besties! I'm in a mood today, so you've been warned.My friend Jenn inspired me to 'put myself together' a little more in the mornings (even though I'm a stay-at-home mom) because it magically gives her more energy and she feels more on throughout the day. And although today is only day 1 for me trying this experiment, SO FAR SO GOOD. I've been more productive in the 3 hours I've been awake that I usually am in a whole day! #tryitIt may also be the fact that I'm ... [ Read More ]

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Kids’ Room – The Triple Bunk

I'm not gonna lie y'all, I'm in survival mode. My mind is so full of things (renovation, homeschooling, Christmastime, lack of kitchen, lack of laundry facilities, etc) that I'm just going through the motions at this point. Do you ever have SO MANY ... [ Read More ]

Kitchen Update – Framing and Design Plans

I TOLD you I wouldn't leave you hanging too long after our last kitchen update post. Things seem to be happening fast now (it's about time), and it's so exciting to see things start to come together!Last time we left you off with this concrete ... [ Read More ]

Magnolia Bloom Stained Art

Ooo ooo oooooo! I have a new stained project for you today! With the craziness of this past year and the new house, I haven't had much time to throw around stain on my favorite canvas... WOOD! But Della's school was having an event with a raffle, and ... [ Read More ]

How to Paint your Kitchen Aid Mixer

It's been several years since I painted my Kitchen Aid Mixer and shared this post, and the finish is still FLAWLESS after all this time (and mannnnnny batches of chocolate cookies). I get emails all the time from people wondering how the new finish ... [ Read More ]

Turned Root Tumbler

If you've followed our kitchen build closely, then you might remember that we had an ENORMOUS pine tree taken down in the backyard in preparation to dig the foundation for the kitchen. Also, it was insanely close to our house, and a miracle that the ... [ Read More ]

Kitchen Update – THE KITCHEN HOLE

As slow as this kitchen-building process has been going, there really has been a lot that's gotten done since my last post update. Let's ignore the fact that it's taken the entire summer to make enough progress to garner a new 'kitchen update ... [ Read More ]

Our Tornado Experience and Emergency Preparedness

It's been two months since a devastating EF3 tornado hit our town, and I finally feel like I'm ready to talk about it. Inexplicably no one killed, but it's still painful to see your town shredded down to the nubbins. When the Today show talked about ... [ Read More ]

Room Design for the Girls’ Bedroom!

It's painful to see ABSOLUTELY NOTHING happening at the new house (as in, the kitchen hole is still just a big concrete hole), but I can't say that things aren't happening in general. We've been working our tails off at the old house to get it ready ... [ Read More ]

This Rainbow Art is LIT

Y'all, the design process is in FULL SWING for the girls' new room at the new house! With all the chaos happening there, and the shuffling back and forth between two houses, it will be so nice for the kiddos to have a dedicated space that's clean, ... [ Read More ]

Solarium Reveal and an Announcement!

Here's a thing I never thought I would say... I'm officially a homeschool mom.And if you've been following my blog for awhile, you might remember how I used to be homeschooled myself as a child and had strong feelings about the matter (I lamented ... [ Read More ]

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