We woke up Thanksgiving morning to the sound of running water. Wondering what could be the cause of the noise, we checked the water meter to discover a quickly spinning leak detection dial. The spinning dial confirmed there was a leak, especially since we had all faucets turned off. To find out whether the leak was […]
Renovation
The Beige Bathroom: Before
When finding motivation to get out of my paralysis, the bathroom seemed like a logical starting point. Without a complete renovation, bathrooms can be fairly inexpensive to update. I feel a little confident with this project since I’ve had some experience with bathrooms in the past. As much as we’d love to gut the bathroom and […]
Paralyzed Progress
Paralyzed. That’s how I’ve been feeling lately when it comes to making progress on our home. I want to do something and need to start somewhere, but every task seems to rely on another task being completed first. For instance, unpacking boxes requires some shelves to place all of the contents. Installing shelves requires paint. […]
Paint Decisions
Choosing paint colors was on the top of my priority list for our new place, so as soon as we moved in, I got straight to work painting multiple samples on every wall. After weeks of deliberating (this one is too beige, but this one is too blue!), we settled on two paint colors for our […]
We Moved!
Nearly two months ago, we packed up our small home of five years, handed our keys over, and after a dozen signatures, sold our home. Before we put our old house on the market, we already knew the next house we’d be buying (spoiler: it’s my childhood home!) We accepted an offer two weeks after our house was […]
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 […]
Almost…
Lately, little things have been making a huge difference in this renovation process. Things like baseboards, outlets and face plants, a mailbox, and ceiling fans are a nice reminder that we won’t live in chaos the rest of our time in this house. We need two ceiling fans for our living area. One was existing […]
Dust, Dust, and More Dust
This week has been a little crazy in home renovation land. Last weekend we painted the exterior of the house and removed the carpet in the girls’ shared bedroom. Right after getting out of paint mode, we moved on to demolishing our tile floor. I’m not gonna lie, it was a little fun. Since then, […]
The State of Our Living Room
I mentioned in this Instagram post that I had rearranged the living room. We recently upgraded to a king size mattress and needed to reconfigure the living room for it to fit. If our living room/bedroom/dining room was staying the same small size, we probably wouldn’t have expanded from a queen bed to a king […]