I could write about painting a foyer or patching holes in walls. I could break down the steps for installing a new light fixture or show you how I’ve installed the moulding in my foyer. Would those really be useful topics for you? Maybe. Most likely, they won’t be that valuable because they’ve been covered in-depth by about a million other blogs. Maybe what I’m going to write about today has been covered a bazillion times before as well. I’m writing it anyway because the questions I receive most often are NOT about home improvement projects. They aren’t related to color choices or trim work. They’re about the One Room Challenge™. So let’s dive in and answer some of those questions; …

With each new season, it seems we all get an itch to update the decor in our homes. It makes sense. We see all of the beautiful updates in nature and we want to mimic them. But there’s just something about Summer that encourages a specific (lazier?) decor technique that can be hard to emulate. We all want the effortless look, but how much time do we actually spend trying to achieve it?

the best posts from my favorite blogs this week

It’s a new weekly blog feature! Every Friday morning, come back here for a round-up of the things I’ve discovered online this week! From DIY building, home decor, parenting and recipe ideas, these blog posts are all the best of the best! I don’t want you to miss them.

This week was busy and kind of trying. Last week, I was all NEXT WEEK WILL BE BETTER and I was half right. This week has been far more productive because I sent my family away for the weekend so I could focus on the foyer. Last Friday, I hired a company to come install the stairs with hardwood. The appointment was set for Wednesday of this week. Feeling great with that task marked off my list and our brand new hardwoods installed upstairs, I spent the weekend installing trim moulding and painting the two-story foyer. …

We have two guest rooms now. Previously, we had a guest room and a mess of a storage room (bunker?). This had actually been our daughter’s nursery when we first moved into this house last year. Two months after we moved in, she outgrew her crib and was ready for a “big girl room”, so we transitioned her by decorating our fourth bedroom just for that purpose. Since then, this nursery / 2nd guest room has just been ignored. Over time, it became a dumping ground for miscellaneous bedding and decor. Here’s what it looked like a week ago.