Over two years ago we finally moved in to this house we had been remodeling for about 9 months. The remodel was no picnic. In fact, making expensive design choices, babysitting contractors, shuffling back and forth to the house everyday to monitor progress with children + newborn in tow while also trying to carry on a normal life nearly did me in. On the flip side we did get a beautiful house in the end and we're really enjoying living in it.
Hemming and hawing over design choices was tougher
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Kitchen, Living, Dining Reveal.
Making it through a renovation is kind of like catching a fly with chopsticks...
if you survive it you can accomplish anything.
I would have never believed a renovation could be as stressful as it was.
It completely turns your life upside down and oh, do I have some stories to tell.
It's been a long, laborious and expensive lesson project.
None the less, this house has a become a home.Without further adieu...
BEFORE pictures.
This is a shot when we first walked through the house and
When life gives you lemons, make cake.
I've often seen older generations quickly spiral mentally and physically after retiring from their life-long careers. Taking away one's sense of purpose has a huge effect. In the very mildest sense I feel like I can relate. The after effects of selling our vintage shop in January has been challenging. I went from having every second of my day filled with work and activity to having it all gone in a snap. I stand by our decision to sell, as everything in my life was suffering during store
Apartment Makeover with Frog Tape – The Reveal.
For the past month we've taken you along our journey as we given our basement apartment a makeover with the help of FrogTape.
Today we finally get to show you how the space turned out!
Let's first take a quick revisit as to what this space looked like when we first started.
After...
Before:
After:
Just because you live in an apartment does NOT mean you can't add personality with paint.
Instead of painting the actual walls, we painted two floor-to-ceiling IKEA panels with a
The ONLY chocolate chip cookie recipe you’ll ever need.
Chocolate chip cookies can be tricky.
Most recipes leave your cookies looking flat and deflated.
When I found this recipe I never went back to my old recipes again.
Cookies come out of the oven hearty, chunky and substantial (and they even stay that way after they cool).
My little chef and I spent the afternoon in the kitchen baking up a storm.
My little helper often gets more ingredients on the counter and floor than in the bowl.
When that happens he just looks at me and shrugs his,
Keeping your carpets Bissell clean + Bissell Upright giveaway.
Whenever we tackle a new project the whole house goes to crap. 100% of the time we inevitably leave a trail of mess and disaster in our wake. Case in point our plank wall project that we posted about yesterday.
With the magic of before and after's it may look like we've got everything under control but with 4 men and myself living in a construction zone it's anything but organized and our carpets really take a hit. While I was painting, my youngest stepped in the paint pan and my oldest