Biggest Project to Date…

Once again, it’s been FOREVER since I updated, but this time I have a good excuse! Our new project has been taking more time and energy than previous projects…and a lot more sleep. Any guesses? Ok, most of you already know. We are having a BABY! In spite of that, we actually have gotten quite [...]

Bathroom Reno: Stage 5- The Tile!

So, it’s about time I show some photos of this tile, huh? Especially since it’s been done for…well, you don’t want to know. Let’s just say it’s been done for a while now! I’m not going to do an entire instructional post on how to tile (Young House Love and Bower Power both have great [...]

Bathroom Reno: Stage 4 – Prepping the Floor

Well, the last update about the bathroom…a long time ago…was about our painted toilet (which is still holding up fantastically, thank goodness!). The next step in the renovation was what we were dreading the most…the floor. Neither of us had ever tiled before and we knew starting out with natural stone was going to be [...]

Bathroom reno: Stage 3- A Painted Throne

Yes, I am finally updating again about the bathroom! The good news is we are able to use the master bathroom again. The bad news is that it still isn’t completely done and probably won’t be for a little while. But we have made a lot of progress and I have quite a lot of updating [...]

All the small things

Thanks to This Fresh Fossil for awarding me my first ever blog award! Go check our her blog if you get the chance, it’s amazing! Well, I haven’t been posting very much lately, but we have managed to get a few things done around the house! We are trying to prep the house to get ready [...]

Bathroom reno: Stage 2

  Wanna know how to get brand-new-looking cabinets for $12? Polystain! Another discovery from the lovely Katie Bower’s blog, Polystain is exactly what I was looking for as a solution to my old, ugly, and water-damaged bathroom cabinet problem. Katie- I am officially on your Polystain Chain Gang. It’s a slightly time-consuming process, but, if you give yourself [...]

Bathroom reno: Stage 1

And….we’re back! Life (and projects) got the better of me the past few weeks. Working on the bathroom, living room, visiting my new baby nephew (yay!) in MO, a Super Bowl party (boo hiss Saints!), parents in town, and a bout of pneumonia- followed by a lovely sinus infection- have kept me off my computer [...]

Let there be light (fixtures)!

  I have been wanting to replace the light fixtures in our entryway and hallway for quite some time. This last weekend we finally got around to it! I forgot to take a before picture of the entryway, but here is a photo of the entryway (and light fixture) before we moved into the house. [...]

Form+Function: Entryway organization

When I saw this idea on Martha Stewart’s website last week, I knew it was the perfect solution to the key and mail clutter that sits on our entryway table. Isn’t it a great idea? Now we never have to lose our keys or figure out where we put our mail again. So I went [...]

Bathroom reno: the plan

We started our master bath renovation over the weekend. Before I reveal what our plan for the bathroom is, here are a few “before” shots. Shield your eyes… These pictures were taken when we closed on the house. But the after isn’t much better… It’s like a beige heaven. Like all color was stripped from [...]