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Thoughts on my painted linoleum area rug

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A few weeks ago, we posted a tutorial on painting a remnant of linoleum to look like an area rug for our dining room. We couldn’t believe how popular this post was! It has been SO ideal for us because having an actual area rug under our dining table is impractical with two toddlers… but I love how a rug really grounds the room. I thought since it’s been almost a month, I should do an update on ... [ Read More ]

Meaningful Mother’s Day Gift Idea

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I’m not really one to think too much about holidays and seasonal décor. You won’t find me bedazzling any Easter eggs or making a 4th of July American Flag out of pallet wood. But one holiday that I do like to put some thought into is Mother’s (and Father’s) Day. It just seems like such a special time to honor our parents and the sacrifices they’ve made for us. Since Mother’s Day isn’t ... [ Read More ]

Painted Subway Tile Backsplash Tutorial

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If you follow on Instagram, you know that we did a painted subway tile backsplash recently, and we made this one to look like SLATE! It turned out amazing if I do say so myself. *this post contains affiliate links* Trela is a long-time reader of our lil’ blog, and choosing slate for her painted subway tile backsplash was totally her call. I got really excited, because while we’re old pros at ... [ Read More ]

Dear Embryos

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It’s starting to get real y’all. We only have one backsplash  left to paint before things get serious. If you’ve been following along on our journey for a little while, you know that our twins were a result of IVF. You also know that we have been saving for ‘round 2’ which will be a frozen embryo transfer. We’re getting so close to our financial goal, and my anxiety level is through the roof. We ... [ Read More ]

The Dollhouse {Part 2}

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Good morning friends! My computer has been on the fritz lately, making me nervous to even TRY to compose a blog post... lest it might abruptly go to be with Jesus. But I wanted to at least stop in and quickly show some progress shots on what’s been happening with my childhood dollhouse we’ve been fixing up for the girls’ new room. Last time, we shared how we added the wood-shim roof ... [ Read More ]

Patching & matching hardwood floors

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Remember that time that we had a wall separating our dining room and living room? I hardly remember either. Even though it’s been less than two years, it’s still hard to remember the room being that closed off. Nick did an AMAZING JOB putting up the load-bearing beam, re-routing the duct-work, framing in the arches and pillar, dry-walling, and mudding. This had been such a long/messy project ... [ Read More ]

Now we’re PROFESH

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We’ve been using this picture as our ‘blog bio’ photo for several years. It’s cute and all, but it’s a selfie we took of ourselves about 10 minutes after we found out we were pregnant. It was 5 in the morning, and we were stupid-happy in this pic. And we love it. But it’s not professional. Also my hair is doing a weird mushroom thing, and Nick looks like he’s a tween. And recently, we’ve had ... [ Read More ]

The sisters… and stuff.

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We spent the majority of our day outside yesterday, and I made a point to carry around my nice camera instead of relying on my iphone for EVERY PHOTO I TAKE. I’m hesitant to admit this... but I haven’t printed a single picture of the girls since their 1-year photo books. I was planning to make a photo book for each girl every year. But then time got away from me last summer. And then I started ... [ Read More ]

DIY Dining Room Area Rug {Painted Linoleum!}

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Dear friends... do you want to see something gross? What you’re looking at is the grody cracks in our 114-year-old hardwood floors. I’m not sure if our forefathers installed them with spaces between them because that was a popular home décor trend in the late 1800’s, or if the wood has shriveled and shrank over the centuries. I could probably do a quick google search and find out... but I ... [ Read More ]

Wooden Kilim Wall Art

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With the weather warming up slowly but surely, our mind-wheels have been turning with plans for our veggie garden, tuning up the lawnmower, and thinking about some small landscaping projects. BUT... the ground is still frozen. And the wind has been INSANE. Like blow-you-over-insane. So I’ve been thinking a little more logically about making some small changes right around our actual front door. ... [ Read More ]

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