I've always loved peeking behind the curtain and seeing how people live and spend their days (which might explain my embarrassing addiction to shows like Vanderpump Rules and Million Dollar Listing) but today the tables are being turned on me. Yikes! My friends Amy & Christy of 11 Magnolia Lane put together a fun blog hop where we each document and share a typical day in our lives. Honestly, I came super close to saying, "Thanks but no thanks" when they asked me to join along because a day ...
Behind The Scenes: A Day In My Life!
Garage Organization: Tackling Our Crazy Mess with Elfa
When we finally finished our it-took-forever kitchen remodel last month, we had the beautiful new kitchen that we had dreamed of but we also had a garage that looked like it came out of an episode of Hoarders. To be honest, it wasn't exactly neat and tidy before our kitchen renovation but the addition of extra tools, molding samples, packaging materials, painting supplies, and a massive layer of construction dust took it to next-level chaos: Not only could we not get even one of our cars ...
Cabinet Storage & Organization Ideas From Our New Kitchen!
It's been so much fun to share the details of our kitchen renovation with you guys over the past few weeks but you still haven't seen one of my favorite things about it - the behind-the-scenes (or actually behind-the-cabinets :) ) storage and organizational features! I LOVE smart organization. Closet systems, desk organizers, labeled storage bins... you name it, if it's something that's organizing my home a little better, it makes me happy. Other than having a much larger pantry, my new kitchen ...
Favorite Fall Decorating Finds for Your Porch & Front Door!
Fall and I have a bit of a love-hate relationship - I hate the fact that fall means the end of my favorite season and the start of the downhill slide into the miserable Connecticut winters. But I love the gorgeous colors of the changing leaves, the fun of Halloween, anything pumpkin spice, and decorating my house with the warm tones and textures of the season. Since I killed the flowers in the planters by my front door weeks ago (seriously, I'm THE worst plant killer), I decided that our front ...
Six Simple Ideas for Creating a Guest Bed Your Guests Will Love!
One of the temporary casualties of our recent kitchen remodel is that our guest bedroom was out of commission for months. Because it's off of our laundry room and kitchen, it ended up being the storage depot for most of the stuff that we took out of our kitchen cabinets before demo so it's been piled high with bins and boxes. It's taken a while but we finally got all of the kitchen items out of the guest room, gave it a top to bottom cleaning (luckily we covered most of the room with sheets ...
My Kitchen Remodel Reveal!!
Four months of living in a dust bowl without a kitchen, two huge winter storms leaving us without power for days, a conveyer belt moving bucket after bucket of concrete rubble from our jackhammered kitchen floor, a flood in our basement, unexpected reworking of sagging kitchen ceiling beams, delivery delays, orders getting lost... I was convinced at times that our kitchen renovation was 100% cursed but you guys, cursed or not it's finally done!!!!!!! You won't find ten foot ceilings, soaring ...
