• Life
  • A Week for Rest

    Leather Sofa, Gathre Mat, Living Room

    This week I decided to take a much needed break from house projects. One of the bigger shelves in the kitchen is warped, so we will need to cut it shorter to use on another wall and rebuild the big shelf. For now I have it installed even though it’s super unleveled. Next week I […]

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  • DIY
  • Where Would You Tile?

    Kitchen refrigerator with cabinet

    There is a small cabinet and countertop (21-inches wide) next to our refrigerator in our kitchen. It is a few feet away from our island, on the opposite wall from where our oven is. It has served as a catchall counter while we finish the renovation and work towards building a desk (more on that […]

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  • DIY
  • Two Shelves Down, Two to Go!

    Installing Floating Shelves in Kitchen

    This week I’ve been working on installing floating shelves in our kitchen. Soon after we finished tiling last week, I prepared the shelves for installation and have been working on them ever since. My dad joined two pieces of ash wood together for the shelves and they turned out beautifully. I had planned to install […]

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  • DIY
  • Weekend Tiling

    After taking months to decide, I finally chose a tile for our kitchen backsplash. By finally chose I really mean that I purchased subway tile from one store, changed my mind the next day and returned the tile, then went to another store and purchased my second choice. I could have waffled some more (confessions […]

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  • Life
  • Backyard Shed: My New Workspace

    backyard shed workshop

    Over the past few weeks I’ve been working on running electric to our backyard shed and completed the feat last week. Immediately afterwards, I cleared out my work desk and took these photos to share with you. This is my little oasis, tucked inside the little building my husband and father built (I helped a […]

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  • Our Home
  • Entry Way: The Reveal

    black door kwikset entry way

    Kwikset sent me some products to make this makeover possible. This is a sponsored post but all of these opinions are 100% my own. Our little entry way has been a work in progress since January and I’m happy to be able to call it complete. Here’s where it all started, back in October. Then […]

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  • Life
  • Dennis’s Birth Story

    I’m a big fan of birth stories, so today I’m sharing the story of Dennis’s birth. If it’s not your thing, no worries, I’ll be back next week with the entryway reveal. I woke up one morning in June, one week after we started building our backyard shed, feeling unusually nauseous and took a pregnancy […]

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  • Our Home
  • Inspiration: The Entry Way

    The entry way in our home isn’t an official entry space. Our front door opens up into the dining room with the kitchen not too far behind. An entry way is a heavy worker in a home, it needs to be functional and tidy, mainly to avoid keeping the front door open for a long […]

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  • Life
  • All Set – Well, Kind Of

    cradle, mid century changing table, nursery, bedroom

    Last week I woke up with an itch to paint our bedroom and managed to finish in one day – which is a huge feat for me. The next day I trimmed out a door in our bedroom and spent the next couple of nights painting the new trim and old, yellowing door. Although our […]

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