Once upon a time, before the land of blogging and social media, I had just completed decorating my very first dining room in our new home.  I was beyond proud.  I had just finished design school, landed a job designing hotels and thought I knew it all.  I threw our first dinner party and my friend said “This looks so cool!  … Read More

The library has been a major flex space for us.  Temporary guest room, equal parts dining room and office… We created the space knowing that when the addition began the existing builtins would remain, but the windows would become a cased opening.  Basically this will be the main entrance into the addition from our existing home.  Now that we have our plans and are moving forward with interviewing contractors, I decided to take the room one step closer to its future use.  … Read More

I am not sure why sharing this plan has been so nerve-racking for me.  I feel like I have been talking about this renovation forever… but this my dear friends, this plan, the roll of blueprints in my hands makes it real.  So, here it is…

The existing house basically stays exactly the same… untouched.  Which is fantastic as far as construction goes.  … Read More

Thank you all for the kind comments about the new Party Shack over at #ProjetFamJam.  The before and after results were pretty major!  While I knew that the paint and staining the floors would make a huge impact in the space, I also knew that furnishing this space would be just as important.  The end goal, after all was to create a lounge-y area that would be great for entertaining… no matter the weather.… Read More

This post is sponsored by Sherwin-Williams®. All opinions are my own.

Sometimes the idea of a project is so good that I put blinders on to the actual amount of work that needs to go into it to make it happen.  This is the story of one of those projects!  When I first started working on #ProjectFamJam we knew the main house had to be tackled first, but in the back yard sat a cinder block detached garage that had potential.  … Read More

This post was sponsored by Sherwin-Williams.  All images and opinions are my own.

Have you ever had one of those projects that you can just never get finished?!  Well I have had one in my daughter’s room for the past year.  It is always on the to do list, but for some reason or another it kept getting moved to the bottom.  … Read More

It was Birthday party time again this past weekend.  I can hardly believe that my little lady turned 8!!  For her party this year she decided it was time for a Sleepover Party.  I suppose it is a right of passage of sorts?! So I agreed, as long as the guest list was much smaller than her previous parties! She may have been ready for a sleepover, but I wasn’t sure if I was!… Read More

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Oh my Summer!!  How are y’all surviving?! Because I feel like I am barely holding on.  These past few weeks have been non stop swim team, pool, playdates, pool, amusement parks, pool, waterslides, pool… did I mention the pool?! Phew.  Well I snuck away from the pool deck to share another round of our Renovation Wishlist.  This time around I am discussing our Master Bedroom and the future vaulted ceiling.  … Read More