You guys, I’m ecstatic. After nearly a year of living with our couch propped up on building blocks, it is finally fixed and back to normal. After asking an IKEA employing if they sold replacement couch arms, I had lost all hope of ever repairing it when she answered no. Since I had already attempted […]
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Some Shelves
Before our renovation, I made a track-shelving desk near our bed area. It worked out great while we had a queen bed positioned the way it was but once we acquired a king bed and rotated it, the desk became a nuisance. As a side note, I’m pretty sure any event from here on out […]
Nesting and Keeping Busy
I’ve had a few dreams lately that our little baby was born early and that nothing in the house was prepared for him. Three of these dreams in a row has plunged me into nesting overdrive. We all know that the most logical thing to do while nesting is to head to IKEA and purchase […]
The First Holes
It’s official, our brand new addition has acquired its first set of wall holes. There’s something about the new drywall factor that made it so hard to finally drill into it. But alas, our coats and bags needed somewhere to hang. Our entryway now looks a bit more filled out than it did before. I […]
Practically Done!
Praise God! The construction phase of our home renovation is officially done. Alright, it has been for about a month now. The front yard is still sporting piles of leftover dirt, we still have some painting that needs to be done and there is no art on the walls but let’s focus on all the good parts […]
Exterior Paint Color: Charcoal
With the quickly approaching arrival of a new exterior wall comes the arrival of a new exterior paint color. First, I was convinced I wanted our house to be white but after observing other homes with white paint, I noticed how dull and dirty they look. I could go outside after each rainstorm and clean […]
The Act of Taming Toys
For months now, I’ve been in the process of turning our girl’s shared bedroom (the one that used to be our’s) into a functional space for sleeping, playing, and storing everything in between. After painting the room but before hanging the black-out curtains, I installed this wall full of shelves. I used Rubbermaid shelving tracks and […]
Dining Table Decisions
Can we talk about our dining room table for a bit? When I first came across this table, I was infatuated. After all, it was a pretty great deal. Since then, I’ve collected (and collected, and collected) more chairs to place around it and we’ve enjoyed many meals at it. I had always planned to […]
Yet Another Chair
Remember that whole no-more-chairs rule I came up with? Yeah, I think it is safe to say it is officially nullified. It was going great, until I drove passed this chair outside of a furniture store. I kept on driving and even made it all the way home. Then a few days went by and […]
A Simple DIY Desk
Our desk situation has recently changed, which you may have noticed in this post. We were previously using a vanity-with-a-story as a desk. It was left in a historic home that my mother lived in when she was a child so it’s been in the family since. We removed the mirror to make it more […]