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How we did on our 2018 Home Goals

Guess what, friends? It’s 2019! Which means it’s time for a check up on how we did with our 2018 home goals.Huh? It’s already February 20, 2019? Where did January go? What about February? Was I sleeping? Psssh. No! We all know I don’t get to sleep that much. Was I working? Daydreaming? Doing dishes? Maybe. More likely I was wiping endless snotty noses and giving medicine and trying to make it through the germy mess that toddlerhood in wintertime seems to be for us. Ok, enough whining. This life is beautiful and wonderful and I love being home with our family. I just get a little frustrated with how slow progress is sometimes. So, here’s to celebrating what we got down, and trying again on the rest!

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February 20, 2019
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Beautiful Small Laundry Room Reno – Our One Room Challenge Reveal Two Months Late

Well, it’s 2019 now and that means we missed the ending of the one room challenge by two months since we were supposed to be done at the end of October/beginning of November. I know that’s technically a fail, but, honestly, October was a rough month for home projects because we were busy with projects for Emma’s first birthday, Halloween (did you see our costumes this year? Amazingly cute, right?), and tearing down our shed

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January 4, 2019
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Laundry Room Makeover – Fall 2018 One Room Challenge Week 3

Well, we actually have some progress to report this week. Nothing very exciting in terms of reveal pictures, but it’s still exciting for us. The ceiling is officially done (scraped, mudded, sanded, painted) and the walls have two coats of primer and have been mudded to repair the holes and other dents/holes in them.  Next we’re ready for our final coat of paint on the walls and then we get to start actually building the

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October 19, 2018
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Laundry Room Makeover – Fall 2018 One Room Challenge Week 2

Well, it’s been a week and we don’t have a lot to show for ourselves yet. Unfortunately, we are slow workers and had a lot of prep work that needed to be be completed before we could do any of the fun stuff. So, you want to see our big progress shot for the week? Here it is! Pretty spectacular, right? Ha! You can see we removed the cabinets and shelves. That’s something I guess. And

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October 11, 2018
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Laundry Room Makeover – Fall 2018 One Room Challenge Kickoff

Guys, I’m scared. No, not just because of this mess. I signed up for the One Room Challenge this fall. For those of you that aren’t “hip” to the design blog community, this basically means we have 6 weeks to complete the entire refresh of this space. I do like a good challenge, but if you know anything about our little DIY blog, you know we have not been the greatest at actually completing projects

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October 3, 2018
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A Little Mid-Century Kitchen Makeover

I’m excited to share a little mid-century kitchen makeover today. This update actually happened awhile ago so if you know us in real life, it won’t be news to you…but I’m still excited to share it. We had been wanting new dining table chairs for awhile because our old mismatched and painted secondhand finds were showing some wear. The paint had chipped off of some, and there were a few small stains on the upholstered cushions.

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September 6, 2018
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DIY Master Bedroom Wall Art Update…Finally!

Hey, friends! Sharing a quick DIY large-scale art print project with you all today in honor of our anniversary yesterday. We finally have some art above our bed in the master bedroom! I have to stop you right here and say that our bedroom NEVER looks this clean. I 100% stashed things like phone chargers under the bed and laundry baskets in the bathroom to take this photo. And I spent like 10 whole minutes

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July 10, 2018
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New Nursery Wall Art + DIY Hanging Air Plant Holder Tutorial

Popping in today to share a little nursery wall art update and a tutorial for a DIY hanging air plant holder made from straws! Yep, straws. I’ve spent many, many hours in Emma’s room, rocking her and nursing her in the chair. As I sit, I sometimes scroll on my phone, or try to do some work, or daydream, or fight sleep (sometimes I do fall asleep), or re-style the wall above her dresser in

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June 26, 2018
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New Upcycled DIY Raised Garden Beds

Note: There has been some debate in gardening discussions about the safety of using plastic for edible gardens. For now, here’s our stance: the half lives of any potentially leached phthaltes, as well as the amount that is present in the soil, are the main factors. Our beds are very large and do not have bottoms on them, so the soil microbes in our healthy soil are likely to remove most of these concerns fairly

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June 4, 2018
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Emma’s Black and White Nursery

Well, Emma is now almost 6 months old. What? I mean, I can’t. She was just born. We’re still in the blurry after-baby days where you can’t quite remember what day it is and everything feels a bit like a joy-filled survival mode. Right? But, nope. I guess not. So, here we are, at the point of having been a family of four for almost half of a year. So, even though her room is not

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April 14, 2018