A few months ago I picked up a sound bar on a great deal at Amazon. I’m sort of a techie guy so I like to complain about things like the factory speakers in our TV. I’m beginning to learn, though, that if you’re going...
I think it’s the little details that really make a space. Yes, big things like layout and countertops and floors are important, but even the most beautiful cabinets in the world will look bad with the wrong hardware. When we replaced the icky plastic knobs...
Last week was a BIG week around here! Not only did we celebrate a brand new year, but Joanna turned two years old, and Oliver turned five months old. These might be my favorite photos of Joey ever. On Joey’s birthday we gave her all her favorite...
Growing up in the ‘ 80s, we had wallpaper in our house that was covered with pussy willows and ducks. Ugh! I bet a lot of you can relate to how those terrible 1980s patterns are enough to make anyone want to run away from wallpaper forever. But it’s SO different...
Hold onto your hats, grab a cup of coffee and get comfy, because this is going to be a big post! I’m combining posts today because holy moly OLIVER IS TWO! His second birthday was Saturday and we celebrated all weekend. We had donuts, went...
I have a bad habit of wanting to start on the next project before the first one is finished. So while we still have things to do in the kitchen before we can consider it really done, I can’t help but think about what’s next! At the...
When we were in New York, we had a chance to visit the showroom of Schoolhouse Electric, which was so fun. Schoolhouse Electric specializes in lighting and homegoods inspired by vintage designs from 1900 through the 1940s. I’ve had my eyes on some of their...
I started a blog post last week about how we don’t really do Mother’s Day/Father’s Day gifts, especially this year because we have a whole bunch of big projects coming up soon (baby’s room, new fence, bathroom update, maybe even getting the house painted!), but then...
Once again the weather over the weekend prevented us from working on the bathroom like we were hoping (too much snow to get to the store to buy the supplies we need!), so we went to work on another project: the hallway. That’s good since...
A couple of weeks ago we had family photos taken at our house for Joey’s first birthday. It was such a wonderful treat and Kalyn Mann was awesome to work with. She made us all feel comfortable and was so great with Joey, who started out with no intention whatsoever...