If you've been watching our Instagram Stories, you know we've been working on getting our fireplace up and running... at last! We've never had a house with a fireplace, and so we were stoked (see what I did there?) to get this baby LIT. After doing our research we partnered with Osburn, for their modern, quality, and efficient, wood burning inserts. We went with a wood burning insert because ... [ Read More ]
Glass Mosaic Backsplash Installation
Designing a room in advance is NOT my forte. I would be a terrible interior designer! So blindly having to make BIG design decisions about my 'future kitchen' last year... when our kitchen was only but a hole in the ground ...was anxiety inducing TO SAY THE LEAST. So when the flooring and cabinets started going in, and the kitchen started to feel like it was coming together, I think a ... [ Read More ]
Kitchen Update – Jewelry
I'm always surprised by how much time passes between my kitchen updates. OOPSY! I'm documenting everything in real-time in my Instagram Stories, so if you wanna be a part of that, go follow me @RealityDaydream! This is where we left you last time. (or click here to catch up on the whole kitchen saga!) We had recently gotten the cabinets and large appliances in place, which was SUCH a huge ... [ Read More ]
My Studio: Patchwork Stencil Wall
You all know I love an accent wall. Over the years I've done this geometric feature wall, this herringbone patchwork wall and this tone-on-tone glossy swirl accent wall. I even wrote a post sharing a big ol' roundup of al my favorite accent walls from around the interwebs! And I had big plans for this studio space... involving another patchwork stenciled wall! ONLY DIFFERENT! I should ... [ Read More ]
Kitchen Update – Floors and Cabinets!
We've been trucking along in the kitchen, friends! If you're new to our kitchen saga, or just need a refresh, click here! In our last kitchen update, we left you with this picture of our newly-drywalled kitchen, and a very happy little girl celebrating with a cartwheel. At this point, every little thing feels like a HUGE milestone. And the flooring is definitely that! But there are a lot of ... [ Read More ]
Kitchen Update – WE HAVE WALLS!
If you've been following along on our kitchen journey in our Instagram Stories (we're @RealityDaydream!) you know we've been plugging away and continuing to make progress! It's been almost a year since we demoed the old kitchen and started this whole journey, and 6 months since we moved here from our acreage and have been living without a kitchen. On our last update, we left you with this ... [ Read More ]
Modern Circle Shelf Tutorial
This circle shelf project has been in the works for weeks, and I'm so excited to be able to share it with you FINALLY! Whenever we do a video along with our blog post tutorial, it seems to take longer to edit the video than to execute the entire project. *eye roll emoji* But we're getting faster... I think? And it turned out pretty amazing (can I say that?) As you know, we've been slowly ... [ Read More ]
Kitchen updates – Insulation!
We're coming up on a year of owning this house. We never dreamed that the kitchen would take this long to complete, but we've settled in to the no-kitchen lifestyle (AKA camping in our own house) and I'm not complaining. Our ancestors didn't have running water or electricity, so I think I can handle cooking in a crockpot and doing dishes with 5-gallon buckets of water from the bathtub until ... [ Read More ]
Living Room Updates – Wall Paint and Modular Sectional
Nick's been such a champ about plugging away at our kitchen addition, but occasionally I need a small win in the part of the house that we're actually living in. I've been jonesing to prime the living room, because I'm so tired of the fleshy beige color we've been living with. And it's a big enough job that I knew we would both need to set a day aside to get 'er done. I still don't know ... [ Read More ]
Kids Upholstered Headboard Tutorial
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 ... [ Read More ]