Between the toddler bed / fainting couches and the stenciled herringbone accent wall, there’s a lot of ‘pizzazz’ going on in the twins’ big-girl room. Adding the plain wooden dresser grounded the room a lot and brought some necessary warmth (and storage)! Even though the accent wall is fairly busy, we felt that there needed to be something hanging on the wall above the dresser. I love ... [ Read More ]
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Herringbone Patchwork Accent Wall {REVEAL!}
So sorry to leave you hanging yesterday. We had some last minute finishing touches to take care of before ‘after’ pictures were ready. But I was bound and determined to at least get a start on that blog post! So I’ll start right where we left off! A pattern within a pattern: We’ve used stencils from Royal Design Studio before (and love how durable their stencils are), so we were thrilled ... [ Read More ]
Our Home
Welcome to our 116-year-old home on 5 grassy acres in the middle-of-nowhere Iowa! I love the character of old homes, while my husband gets a real kick out of the fact that THERE ARE NO RIGHT ANGLES. Click here to read the story about us finding our dream home. It seems only natural to start our home tour at our doorstep. We put in this giant rounded patio and pergola a few summers ago, and ... [ Read More ]
Tutorials
All of our craft, building, sewing and DIY tutorials in one place! In no order whatsoever: Thanks for pinning! ... [ Read More ]
Tips to stay ahead of the Cleaning Game
Here’s a fun-fact about yours-truly. I DESPISE CLEANING. Now before you go getting all judgy and assuming I’m a slob, I would like to proclaim that I am VERY organized and love to be tidy. Everything has a place! And I’m proud of all my organizational strategies! But having a ‘clutter-free’ house is a far cry from an ACTUAL CLEAN house. So recently, I started making a list of things that ... [ Read More ]
The Dollhouse {Part 2}
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 ]
Pinwheel Collage {using scrapbook paper}
In addition to the dollhouse progress, we’ve been working on little finishing touches for the girls room to make it feel more personal and... finished. Ever since we added the papason canopy ‘reading nook’, I knew I wanted some sort of book storage nearby. I pinned this awhile back as an idea for cute book storage, but then I fell upon this black ‘x-shelf’ at a miraculous winter garage ... [ Read More ]
Looking Back at 2013
Happy New Year! How’s your hangover? We’re old enough that our idea of celebration is SLEEPING. So I’m rockin’ 8 strong hours of snoozage. I don’t do resolutions very often... but this year I resolve to get knocked up at some point. Did you make any resolutions? I know I’m a little behind everyone else in Bloglandia with my ‘2013 Recap Post’, but better late than never right? I mostly do these ... [ Read More ]
A little addition to the big-girl room!
Good morning friends! Did you have a wonderful Christmas? The girls weren’t really sure what was going on, but once they got to opening presents, they were definitely on-board with the whole Christmas thing. I think they’ll understand the magic of Christmas (and the true meaning) better next year. But we had a great day being home with our little family and making memories with the ... [ Read More ]
Herringbone Patchwork Accent Wall {Part 1}
There’s been a lot of snot flying around over here... mostly from ME. Tis the season I guess, right? Last night I slathered Vick’s vapor rub on the bottom of my feet, turned on the vaporizer, chugged some Nyquil, and went to bed early. I hope the girls don’t get it as bad as I have it! Lucky for me, I can sit back and relax because we just finished a bunch of orders from our Etsy shop and a big ... [ Read More ]