Furniture

A Custom Fluted Vanity: One Room Challenge Week 7

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From the beginning of this project, I knew we would be making a vanity for the hall bath. While the space we had available for the vanity wasn't necessarily odd, it wasn't a typical standard size. And I'm all about maximizing storage in small spaces, so every inch counts. Once I convinced Andrew there weren't any good options in a reasonable price range online or from the home improvement stores, he agreed to make one. We are into week 7 of the One Room Challenge, which means, theoretically I'll be posting the reveal photos of our hall bath next week.…

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Room Designs & Makeovers

Hall Bath Fixture Choices and Mixing Metals: One Room Challenge Week 6

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It's week 6 of the one room challenge and most of the design decisions have been made. From here on out, it's all about execution. Most of the major things are done, but we still have some tile work, painting, and carpenter work left to do. If you missed the beginning of this One Room Challenge, you can catch up on all my posts here: Hall Bath Inspiration and Befores: Week 1Demo + Prep: Week 2Hall Bath Tile Picks: Week 3Tile Installation: Week 4How to Take the Red Out of Red Oak: Week 5 Today I want to share how…

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DIY

How To Take the Red Out Of Red Oak: One Room Challenge Week 5

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I have this thing. I really, really, really like the look of white oak. When searching for our new flooring, I kept telling everyone "I want it to look like white oak that has been clear-coated, nothing else." No gray tint, no whitewash, no stain. Just plain ol' white oak. Turns out, after all the samples I looked it, I came back to the Stuga Tivoli sample, the first sample I had ordered. And sure enough, it has no stain, just a lacquer clear coat. We ordered the Stuga Tivoli flooring for the majority of our house, and as I…

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Hall Bathroom Tile Installation: One Room Challenge Week 4

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We are halfway through the one room challenge and I can confidently report that we are 90% finished with the tile work. If you missed the beginning of our hall bathroom renovation, you can catch up here: Our Hall Bath Renovation Before + Inspiration: Week 1Hall Bath Demo + Prep: Week 2Hall Bathroom Tile Picks: Week 3 First, I want to start off by saying we are novice tile installers, at best. In our last home, we hired out the bathroom tile and kitchen backsplash tile, but gained some confidence to give it a shot by the time we renovated…

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flay lay of several tile samples - white subway tile, chair rail tile, blue hexagonal tile, marble penny tile, and marble stone
DIY

Hall Bathroom Tile Picks: One Room Challenge Week 3

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We are onto week 3 of the One Room Challenge! This week I'm sharing all of the hall bathroom tile choices we made and how we got there. If you missed the first two posts about our hall bath you can catch up here: Our Hall Bath Renovation: Week 1Hall Bath Demo + Prep: Week 2 We started our design knowing we wanted to use classic white subway tile. It's neutral and very affordable. We used it in our last bath and also in our previous laundry room, so it felt like a familiar place to start. It lends itself…

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DIY

Hall Bath Demo + Prep: One Room Challenge Week 2

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Welcome to week 2 of our hall bathroom One Room Challenge! As with most DIY projects, theres a period of 'it gets worse before it gets better' and that's week 2! In case you missed the before photos and mood board for this space, you can catch up with the week 1 post. Just to recap, we started with our bland 1970s hall bath and will be bringing it into 2022 to match our Modern Ranch aesthetic. (Or, what we hope will be a Modern Ranch aesthetic when we are done renovating our house) Demo Since this space is a…

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Our House

Our Hall Bath Renovation: One Room Challenge Week 1

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New project announcement! If you missed this post, we recently bought a new house and moved to a ranch style home in North Austin. Every room needs updating and we are starting with the hall bath and two secondary bedrooms. So, for the Spring 2022 One Room Challenge, I'll be sharing our clean and fresh hall bathroom renovation progress, start to finish. We chose to start with these rooms because they will serve as our kids' bedrooms and shared bathroom and we want to get them settled as soon as possible. Also, these are the smallest rooms in the house…

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Entertaining

A Festive Unicorn Birthday Party

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That's right ya'll, can you believe its birthday season again? I refer to the months of March, April, and May as 'birthday season' in our house because 4 of our 5 family members have birthdays in those months. It's one celebration after another as our youngest daughter and myself have birthdays in March, our middle child in April, and our son's birthday is in May. So this past weekend, our daughter rang in year 3 with a unicorn themed birthday party. And what unicorn birthday wouldn't be complete without some rainbow cameos? I DIYed this streamer rainbow with 6 different…

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Our House

New Year, New House!

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If you haven't heard the news already, we moved! The end of 2021 was a whirlwind of events and we finally found our next chapter after seriously searching for 4+ years. Our Second Home - A (Before) Tour When searching for our first home in Austin 10+ years ago, we had one criteria for our realtor - a fixer upper that would appreciate in value over time and when we went to sell, would make us a little profit. We were open to all areas of Austin (Andrews job moves around and I could easily transfer to a different school…

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Gift Guide

Gift Ideas for Adults

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Last week I posted my annual gift guide for kids and this week I am back to share my favorite items for adults in this adult gift guide! These are items that I personally have gifted or been gifted, or have been recommended by friends and family who have them. So you are sure to find something great for all the grown ups on your holiday shopping list this year. Dash Air Fryer ($49.99) - Air fryers make quick work of getting dinner on the table, so this would make a great gift for any busy parent on your list.…

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