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Well, we completed a little project that wasn’t on the list for the year. The little hallway shelf switch! I knew I wanted a more modern shelf but wasn’t sure exactly what. And we had other projects on the list that I wanted to do first. But…then we had a sort of spending freeze and I was stuck on several things and starting to feel frustrated. Then, I remembered I had an unused Ikea spice
One of our home goals for this year was to do a little revamp for our living room. Not a full change or anything, but I wanted to update a few things that felt stale, including adding some new photos and switching up the gallery wall above our couch. And as of a few weeks ago when I got all the photos switched out, it is DONE! (Well, the gallery wall, not the whole room!)
For my 30th birthday this year, we wanted to have a big party and of course, I like a good theme, so since Melissa actually means “honeybee” in Greek, and Wyatt and I have special significance to bees as a symbol, a BEE-Day bash seemed like the perfect fit.Wyatt also had the amazing idea of doing a giant charcuterie spread for food. It’s my favorite date night or special occasion food and I already eat way more cheese than most people probably would ever expect or find normal. So, we bought Sam’s Club out of cheese (just kidding. Sort of), Wyatt baked a BUNCH of homemade sourdough (the BEST!), and we had some meats and my favorite accompaniments.
I know this seems a bit crazy on the surface, but hear me out. First of all, let me give you a little backstory. I have been looking for a carousel horse like this for years! Since before Will was born. Why? Because my Grandma Betty had one in her bedroom and I have very vivid memories of taking naps in her huge bed (it was just a queen) with the windows open (they lived
Well, we now have two houses, friends. Our house, and the playhouse. You know when you think you know what projects you are going to focus on, and then something comes along and swoops in and takes over? That’s sort of what happened with us this summer. We went from doing landscaping and planning a deck remodel and preparing to replace a couple of doors to putting all that on hold in order to fix
First of all, if you’re asking, “do I really need to anchor my mirror to the wall? I mean, it’s leaning, so it’s sturdy,” then let me just say, YES! (And if you have no idea what I’m talking about, CLICK HERE for the post on this master bedroom update.) I mean, if you don’t have small children or pets at home, then maybe you’ll be okay. But if you do have small children or
In the last month or so, we had a garage sale and sold several bigger pieces of furniture as well, and we’ve made a total of around $1200 from everything. Of course, a lot of that was from our big dresser. (Which I talked about selling here.) But, I got a lot of shocked comments from friends and family about the luck we’ve had with selling things so I wanted to share a few guidelines
So, if you follow me over on Instagram (you should!), you’ll probably know I recently sold my big bedroom dresser. When we moved into this house, we purchased a matching set with a huge chest for Wyatt and a huge dresser for me. At first, they were perfect for us (you can read the embarrassingly cheesy post HERE), but in my journey to simplify my wardrobe, I have gotten rid of over 100 pieces of clothing, and most of my drawers in this huge dresser were empty.I did still have clothing in three drawers, and we actually had a 6 drawer dresser in the basement that was from the same childhood set as the small chest in our closet. So, a little measuring and some heavy lifting to get the old dresser up the stairs, then one final rearranging to get all the clothes in the new (actually super old) white 6-drawer dresser in the closet, and my big dresser was finally totally empty.
Well, we finally made one of the biggest changes we have made to our house yet, and now when people come over for the first time, we can tell them to look for “the navy blue house on the corner,” and that feels so much nicer than “that sort of tan or green house.” Right?Last year, one of our home goals was to get our house painted. Not only did we have some wood rot issues (normal, not excessive), but we also just really wanted to ditch the sort of poop greenish brown color for something more our style. I have to say, if you’re wanting to freshen up your curb appeal and you have a couple thousand bucks to spend, this is SOOO WORTH IT. I mean…look at this before and after!
Well, friends, it’s now getting close to three months into 2019 and like last year, I’m just now sharing out home goals. But, that’s okay, because even though we never cross them all off the list, I still like that it makes us think through projects that we’ve been dreaming about and planning. I appreciate that it gives us something to work towards and to look back on and see how we did. I love that it makes the year feel like it is full of hope and potential. So, here we go with our 2019 Home Goals!