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I’m a big fan of upgrading often overlooked areas of the home to make subtle improvements that have a significant impact. Light bulbs are certainly an element of the house that don’t get much attention. I have always overlooked this interior design element as I blindly assumed, “they’re all the same, right?” Well, as I’ve […]

This year for my Thanksgiving table setting, I decided to go with some neutral décor. Lots of greenery and some pops of orange. I already shared my DIY orange slice name settings in an earlier blog post. If you haven’t seen those or are interested in how to make them, go check them out! I […]

If you’re anything like us, you have plenty of scrap wood at your house and if you’re anything like me, you’re constantly trying to find new ways to use it up. These DIY Christmas gingerbread houses were a perfect opportunity to do so. So let me walk you through how we made these cute little […]

We host Thanksgiving every year at our home. Coming from a large family this can sometimes feel like a big burden. I always stress about table settings because I am me and I always like to do something different every year. This year I decided to do dehydrated orange slices, and I couldn’t have been […]

Sometimes it’s the little things that make a significant impact. My favorite DIY projects are the ones that you can complete in a few days, use leftover materials from around the house and cost little money. This toilet room makeover was just that! The first thing I did was go through our garage to find […]

Our little toilet room project was an excellent opportunity to utilize everyone’s favorite design item: floating shelves! Since we wanted a seamless look and didn’t want to see exposed shelf brackets, we were fortunate that the small space allowed us to span wall to wall and use hidden cleats. The process of making and installing […]

One of our good friends recently hired a contractor to renovate their kitchen. Her vision was to turn her outdated kitchen into a French country-themed kitchen with earthy tones, a stone backsplash and warm gold elements. However, her contractor informed her that he was uncomfortable installing a stone backsplash or open shelving, so Noah and […]

Reese’s playhouse is our most famous project and easily our personal favorite. What started as a glimmer in our eye and a half-serious “hey, ya know what would be kinda cool..” turned into a transformative project for our basement and the entire house. Inspired by Harry Potter’s under-the-stairs bedroom, we decided we wanted to pursue […]

Installing wallpaper can vary depending on the type of wallpaper you are using. For our Playhouse project for Reese, I wanted to add something bright and fun right when you opened the door. Most of our home is pretty neutral, and I wanted this space to feel completely different, so we chose to go with […]

We’re always looking for ways to update and upgrade our house with budget-friendly options. A subtle but important interior design element to any house is its interior doors. When we bought our house, we had cheap-o, hollow core, flat panel doors. While we knew we hated those, we also didn’t want to spend roughly $400 […]

When renovating Reese’s playhouse I knew I wanted to add a kitchen set inside for her. However, the goal of the playhouse renovation was to use leftover material and do it at as low of a cost as possible!  If you have done any research on play kitchen sets you know the prices can vary […]

When we bought our house our master bedroom felt like a basic, 1990’s blah space: nice vaulted ceilings, but otherwise a lot of large blank walls and no character. We felt like the current layout was seriously underutilizing the amount of space and potential for creativity, so we decided to spunk it up a bit! […]