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 ]
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 THINGS TO DO, that your brain can't process and you end up doing nothing at all? I feel that way daily. But squeezing in some fun and ... [ 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 kitchen hole situation. There was a trench around the outside of this basement that needed to be filled. We lovingly referred to it as '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 post'. The truth is, since I closely document things in real time over on my Insta Stories, I sometimes forget what's been shared here on the blog. All ... [ 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 to put on the market! Things like paint touch-ups, caulking, cleaning things that haven't been cleaned in a LONG TIME, and clearing out our 'workshop' ... [ Read More ]
Sealing Cracks and a CHALKBOARD WALL!
Back to the Solarium! Which, if you're new around here, is the fancy term for 'Sunroom'. It's what this room is called on the original blueprints of the house. And we think it sounds awesome, so we've adopted it into our everyday language. Because fancy. So let's recap the progress we've made so far in the Solarium. First we taped off and painted all of the trim and mullions. Then I primed ... [ Read More ]
New House Inspiration And Merging Design Styles
I know that my decorating style isn't exactly 'traditional'. It's sort of an obnoxious mix of Mid-Century Modern, boho, eclectic mish-mash. It's mine, and I love it. And in the weeks and months since we bought our 'new' historic home, there are a TON of people that are concerned about how I'm going to switch my style to match the style of this home. BETHANY, HOW WILL YOU HONOR AND EMBRACE ... [ Read More ]
How to Remove Stair Carpet
If you've been following our InstaStories (which you FOR SURE should be), you know that progress at the new house has been painfully slow. Since the 'kitchen project' has been delayed for so long due to rain and flaky contractors, Nick and I have been busying ourselves with things like wallpaper removal, painting, stenciling, and removing stair carpet... which, as it turns out, has ... [ Read More ]
Stenciling on a Painted Linoleum or Vinyl Floor
Sincerest apologies for leaving you hanging with the stenciling yesterday. I just hate for my posts to get too long and boring! And it's fun to divide projects up into different sub-projects so they seem less daunting. Recall for a moment that this is how our 'solarium' started out when we bought the house. Painting the trim and around all those window panes was a huuuuge pain (PUN!), but so ... [ Read More ]
TUTORIAL: Painting Linoleum Floors
I've been inching along on my floor painting adventures in the 'solarium' (fancy word for sun room), and I can FINALLY CHECK IT OFF MY TO-DO LIST! And painting linoleum floors is such a great way to update old flooring without spending a fortune! But let's back up and chat about how far we've come in this room. We started out with big-bird-yellow trim (and there's a LOT of trim). And for a room ... [ Read More ]