Let me preface this post by stating that I’ve never actually participated in a full blown remodel project, at least not to this extent. We added on to our living room by enclosing a screened porch in our last home, but I was pregnant with Philip and my father-in-law was our general contractor. My role […]
This home has been owned by three people prior to us, my mother being the third owner. The second owner completed an addition in the back of the house off of the kitchen, remodeled the kitchen, and ran air conditioning to the garage for his dogs. The back addition beyond the kitchen is our living […]
Let’s talking about plumbing. More specifically, let’s talk about repiping a house. After we confirmed that the mysteriously leak we discovered on Thanksgiving was under our home’s foundation, we knew the only option would be to reroute all of the plumbing to run through the attic and walls. In some cases, it is possible and feasible […]
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 […]
I had intended on sharing Isabelle’s flamingo party this week but things don’t always go according to plan, so I’ll substitute that post with this random one. Next week kicks off Thanksgiving week and we’re pretty excited. We’ll be sous vide-ing the turkey this year, instead of our typical untraditional method. Philip is excited to […]
While our new home boasts a lot of space (for us!), it’s seriously lacking in functionality. Out of necessity, I had put up shelves in multiple places in our old house; the bathroom and the living room shelves were used daily, and the toy shelves in the girls’ room were super handy. Now that we […]
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 […]
This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 1 John 4:9 Merry Christmas, guys. We’ve been working silly in the kitchen today preparing for tomorrow. Our Thanksgiving turkey came out so good we couldn’t help but make another […]
I recently discovered the wonderful world of homemade marshmallows. I was pretty intimidated to make them myself but it turns out they aren’t that hard to concoct. I made some and dipped them in chocolate for Eliana’s Zebra Party (more on that some other time) and they were a huge hit. Here’s how I did […]
Wow, it’s been a crazy couple of months. The kind of crazy where when one busy period ends, another one shortly follows. We managed to pull together Eliana’s zebra party and immediately after turned to Thanksgiving planning. I gotta say, I love Thanksgiving. It may be my favorite holiday. Last year was my first year […]