‘m always itching to put up the tree long before Thanksgiving. In fact, I’d be happy putting it up in September. So the day after Thanksgiving is always a great flurry of unpacking the ornaments and setting up the tree. I thought I’d share for a few reasons, but mostly so I can remember next […]

hen we first bought our home earlier this year, we didn’t notice the slight negative slope of a small portion of the yard back toward the house. Overall, the yard was nicely sloping away from the house so it wasn’t very noticeable. It wasn’t until our basement flooded that we realized we needed to fix […]

efore we bought our house, we lived in a condo. It was a 2-bedroom, 2-bath condo, a lovely start to our life together. But, the longer we lived there and the more my business grew, we quickly outgrew the place. The 2nd bedroom had a guest bed, an overstuffed chair (that couldn’t fit in the […]

I’m so glad that this space of our house has finally changed from disaster area to finished basement. When we first purchased our house, it was finished with neutral walls, white trim, and laminate flooring. We hadn’t planned on doing anything to the area; it was the one part of the house that was completely […]

Our living room was the space I was most looking forward to decorating when we moved. I created a style board and everything. My vision for it was to be modern, eclectic, clean, and comfortable. By clean, I don’t mean dusted and vacuumed, but rather, uncluttered. And after several months now, I finally feel like […]

I am so excited to be able to have a real guest bedroom in our new house. In our condo, the 2nd bedroom was a closet, office, storage room, and guest bedroom all in one. In fact, we ran out of room and had to just prop the mattress up against the wall towards the […]