make it cute
For Christmas, Sean asked for a redesigned home office. Can’t blame him – it had essentially turned into a room where furniture, papers, and electronics went to die. A glorified storage unit if you will. I hadn’t taken on a home project in a bit…
So you bought a new house and you’ve spent the last few months (or years in my case) updating the interior to your liking. In the meantime, your yard has been decently maintained but has started to wear on you. All that faded tanbark is…
When we moved into our house two years ago, project #1 – WITHOUT A DOUBT – was adding built-ins in our family room. The room was SCREAMING for built ins as you can see below. Hi cute 3 year old Kendall! It’s a little hard…
***THIS POST WAS WRITTEN OVER THE COURSE OF WEEK 6 OF THE ONE ROOM CHALLENGE AND CHRONICLES SOME OF THE CHALLENGES I FACED DURING THIS TIME. IT IS LONG. FEEL FREE TO SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM FOR THE REVEAL PHOTOS AND LINKS*** Friday May…
Goodness gracious I feel like each week that goes by I have less and less time to work on this room – and even less time to blog about it. On Sunday we took a quick family trip down to Monterey to check out the…
Hi again! Oh my it has been a busy week. Between Easter, prepping for the both kid’s birthdays, planning a last-minute trip to Monterey, and experiencing a family health scare, I feel like I haven’t had one second of downtime much less any time to…
Decisions. I loath decisions. They literally keep me up at night and consume my thoughts during the day. By nature I am EXTREMELY indecisive. I over-analyze to the point of self loathing. I always say I am going to “sleep on it” but then I…
Well, I done did it. I pushed that “enter” button. That very scary, utterly intimidating, and fully loaded “B” of a button. The button that officially entered me as a guest participant in the One Room Challenge. I filled out the form 3 times before…
Hello again dear friends! How is everyone? This last week our family was hit pretty hard with the classic cold/flu/norovirus/croup combo. Each one of us was down for a day or two and all something different. I mean WTF!!! Kendall’s cupid’s arrow (the area between…
Happy Friday everyone! Well the sun is FINALLY shining here in the Bay Area and there is no rain in the forecast! YIPPEE!!! I honestly feel like I was starting to get a spell of seasonal depression there for a hot minute. I read a…