I absolutely love the transformative power of wallpaper! It doesn't take much to completely change the feel of a room, giving it more of a designer look than you get with paint alone. I've been looking at wallpaper for several spaces in our home and coming up with ideas for using wallpaper in different ways than your typical floor to ceiling installation. Several of my wallpaper ideas are perfect for decorating commitment-phobes since they involve only small amounts of wallpaper. And if ...
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Fall Doormat Favorites!
The first day of fall is just a little over a week away and I'm ready for it! I never got too excited about fall in Connecticut because it got cold so quickly and it also meant that the unbearable winters were just around the corner. Now that we're in North Carolina, I'm totally looking forward to the more comfortable temps and less traffic from the beach goers that come with the season. I'm not going to be doing as much fall decorating inside our house this year since I'm still working on ...
10 Best Kitchen Drawer Organizers!
It's already been a month since moving into our home in NC but we still have a ways to go before we're fully unpacked 🙈. Part of why it's been a bit slow-going is because instead of stashing stuff anywhere just to get it out of boxes, I've been organizing as I go. I've spent a lot of time organizing our kitchen because unlike the kitchen we remodeled in our last house, our "new" one doesn't have any of the same built-in organizing features. One plus is that it's loaded with drawers and roll-out ...
Our Powder Room Remodel Plans + Mirror Sizing Tips!
Remodeling our powder room was way down on my things-we-need-to-do-to-our-new-house list! But... once we removed our old toilet and pedestal sink to have our hardwood floors refinished, it just made more sense to work on it now instead of putting the old stuff back in and then taking it out again six months down the road for a remodel. So I've jumped into removing the floral wallpaper (fun times!) and figuring out everything else that's going into the space. I thought I'd do a quick post ...
15 Home Remodeling Ideas To Steal For Your Own Home!
During the 8 years we lived in our Connecticut home, there was never a period of more than a few weeks that we didn't have some kind of home remodeling project going on! Today I've put together 15 of my favorite home remodeling ideas - the ones that made the biggest difference in our home and that I'd do all over again in a heartbeat! Actually there are a bunch that I AM doing all over again in our new home (#6, #8, & #15 are all at the top of my to-do list). Let's get right to it... (post ...
Hardwood Floor Refinishing: Our “Before” & “After” + Tips & Details!
Right before moving in, we refinished the hardwood floors in several rooms of our North Carolina home. I got so many questions from those following along on Instagram Stories that I decided to share a post with all of the details about my floors and the start to finish process of hardwood floor refinishing. Having moved around a lot, this is the fifth time that we've refinished hardwoods and each time I learn something new that helps me make better choices for the next time. I'm going to share ...
A Peek at Our Home Remodeling Plans!
It's been almost two years since we bought our home in North Carolina with a plan for eventually moving here from Connecticut. It seemed like forever away at the time but those two years flew by! We officially closed on our home in Connecticut last week and the moving truck arrived in North Carolina with all of our stuff on Wednesday. It's basically complete chaos here with unpacked boxes EVERYWHERE... I'd be lying if I told you it wasn't hard to move from our completely remodeled home to one ...
“Before” & “After” of Our Living Room with Sherwin Williams Anew Gray
Sherwin Williams Anew Gray is one of my favorite greige paint colors! Come tour our living room for a peek at what Anew Gray looks like in our home and see how it compares to other similar greiges Soon after buying our home, we painted our living room and dining room the same dark greige color, Sherwin Williams Keystone Gray. While I love this rich greige color in our dining room, it felt too dark for our living room that gets less natural light. So after several years of trying to live with ...
My 2021 Nordstrom Anniversary Sale Picks!
The Nordstrom Anniversary Sale is now open to all cardholders (it opens to non-cardholders on 7/28/21)! I dove into all of the sale options and have put together my 2021 picks including (1) my tried and true favorites that I already own and are part of the sale and (2) my favorite new finds I'm eyeing. Due to the popularity of this sale, some things go out of stock quickly but but if there's something that you really want, keep checking back! With free shipping and free returns, Nordstrom gets a ...