Happy Monday! We had a nice, pretty leisurely weekend, finished up a few small projects, and right now our new hallway carpet is being installed. I’m VERY happy about that since ripping part of it out was our first home project of the year, eesh. So one...
Holy Moly, you guys, we’re back!!!! We have about a million things to update you on, including Joey’s first birthday and some major changes in the family room. But since this is the first post of 2017, I always like to start the year with...
There is only one room in our house that we haven’t touched yet, and that’s our second full bathroom, which we call the kids’ bath. Or affectionally, “Under the Tuscan Sun.” The Italian-style tile makes it feel like you can practically smell the olive trees,...
Happy Happy Happy New Year!!! Holy moly it’s 2019! We hope you had a fantastic time celebrating the new year, whether that was with all your friends at a huge party, in front of the TV watching the ball drop, or sound asleep on the couch...
As promised, we wanted to update you on what we think of our kitchen renovation now that we’ve lived with it for almost a full year. We’ll break down some of our bigger decisions and what we honestly think now. If you’ve ever planned a big...
Yippee! The post we have been so excited for is finally here! Last weekend Andy and I finally went up to the cabin for the first time since we bought the place. We took a whole bunch of photos and filmed a video walkthrough of...
I was thinking recently about how we’ve been sharing all these pictures and projects around our house for the last five years, but we’ve never told you the story about how we actually came to live here. This is a long story, and you might as...
You guys! We are almost done! The guys working on our house said they may be done with our kitchen and downstairs bathroom as early as tomorrow!! Like, officially D-O-N-E. The thing about being “done,” though, is that there’s still a lot for us to do. 1....
It feels like we’ve been talking about painting our house since the day we got the keys almost two years ago, so we are thrilled to say that it’s finally happening! It hasn’t been all smooth sailing, though, because renovation projects never are, right? Let’s start...
Over the last few years, as Andy and I have been traveling more often, we’ve learned quite a few tips for how to pack light. When people find out that we went to Europe for 10 days, with just one weekender bag each, and no additional...