A lifestyle blog
When I got to the point of being ready and able to start getting projects done again, with the urging of my husband, I knew I needed to finish up some things I had started before I got pregnant. A few examples... 1. The set of stairs from our foyer into our living room. I [...]
I am so excited to FINALLY share this project with you all! I have been working on it for what feels like forever. Wait...you mean...having a baby will drastically change the amount of time in the day you have to accomplish things?!?! Case in point, I've been trying to write this blog post for 3 [...]
My mom is really going to LOVE this post 🙂 Pretty sure her dream is to turn an old barn into a home. Or at least into an event venue that she can run a business out of. Well mama, here is your inspiration! This is a 161 year old grain mill that was bought [...]
So it's been a month since I've posted 🙁 #1 I can't believe it has been that long! #2 That also means that this pregnancy is moving along insanely fast! In just 1 week I will already be 24 weeks!! I'm starting to panic about all the things I haven't even begun to tackle in [...]
Before baby came to be, the room getting all my attention lately has been the kitchen. Now, I've realized my bedroom and the nursery need to be ready in just 6 short months. That may seem like a long time, but, I tend to move at a very slow pace. I've really done nothing to [...]
My friend, Janine and I made a trip to Ikea the other day. On the way, we decided to pull off the freeway in search of a cute little café she had heard of. We didn't find the café, but we did find THE BEST home store I have found in Portland to date. It [...]
We moved into this house and one of the things I loved most was the huge open area off the kitchen where I could create a dining room complete with a farm table for entertaining. The only problem, and something I didn't want to tackle, there was no overhead electrical in the room! Yes, I [...]
My mom painted our front door black when I was younger and I'm pretty sure I looked at her like she had four heads...and look at me now. Yep, four heads, just like my mama. When I decided to change my front door, what I really wanted was a huge, knotty pine wood front door [...]
Ok, ok...so it's not an entire room makeover again...I haven't gotten that far yet. But only because I haven't gathered up the courage to re-tile my shower and bathtub just yet. Be patient...it will happen. This mini-makeover, again, happened by accident. I just can't help myself! I decided just before going back to work that [...]
I feel like I've been a bit MIA this week. There has been a lot going on and a lot of good things in the works but this week I definitely struggled to balance it all. Here's to hoping I get my act together next week 🙂 The exciting news is that I did get [...]
I started installing the baseboard in the foyer this week and realized I should have done this before the crown moulding because it is way easier to do. The fact that the baseboard sits flat against the wall makes both cutting and installation much easier. I actually used door & window casing as my baseboard [...]
I'm almost finished with the flooring in the foyer and I'm so impressed with the look and how easy it was to install that I just had to share the details with you all. When I was trying to decide what flooring to go with there were a couple of factors I considered: 1) Price [...]
This is the project I am most proud of so far, it took me a while to get it right (and by that I mean to get to the point that my perfectionistic personality was satisfied) but I did it and am super pleased with the result. I used 5 1/4 inch angled moulding to get [...]
Whoever lived here before us didn't seem concerned with the obscene amount of rain we get in the pacific northwest and saw no reason to put any sort of finish on the front porch deck. The wood was weathered and worn, dirty and grey; much like the wood I take off of a pallet [...]