As much as I’ve enjoyed working on a few big things in secret in the past (the kitchen makeover and my suspenseful DIY flooring reveal spring to mind), I also love walking you guys through a project step by step and sharing the choices and projects that go into creating a gathered room. Well, our master… [Read More]
A Modern Victorian Kitchen Makeover: The Plan
Nope, we haven’t started on our own kitchen makeover yet (moodboards so far: 3, kitchen makeovers to date: 0), but I do have some fun news to share today… My parents live about an hour away from us out in the country in a farmhouse on a hill. The views are incredible, and it’s a really… [Read More]
Fall In Love: Living Room Plans
Hey guys! Last Monday I introduced you to the “Fall In Love” room makeover series I’m participating in with 17 other amazing bloggers and showed you the room in our house that I’ve had the hardest time loving: our living room. An odd floor plan, poor lighting, and my furniture hoarding tendencies added up to… [Read More]
So It Begins: The Kitchen “Before” & Plans
I do not have pretty pictures for you today. I’m just going to say that upfront so you don’t scroll down expecting something remotely lovely to happen by the end of the post and then leave disappointed with assaulted eyeballs. I apologize for any retinal regret you may experience. I hope to make it up… [Read More]
My “Radiant Orchid” Dream Preteen Room
The other day my friend Katy shared a moodboard with the theme “If I was 12 & had your black AMEX…” I thought it was such an adorable concept, and it brought back such fun memories of my own youthful dream designs. In fact, I remembered that as 12 or 13 year old, I once… [Read More]