When it comes to furnishing your patio, it can get pricey pretty quickly. Patio furniture tends to be a hefty cost that can make or break your outdoor patio experience! While sometimes it is better to buy the big-ticket items, patio furniture is one of those categories where you can get away with saving and […]

When it comes to furnishing your patio, it can get pricey pretty quickly. Patio furniture tends to be a hefty cost that can make or break your outdoor patio experience! While sometimes it is better to buy the big-ticket items, patio furniture is one of those categories where you can get away with saving and […]

The outdoor space at Project Modern Family truly feels like an oasis. The lush landscaping and thoughtful play of pattern, color, functionality and beauty in both the natural elements and design details are the perfect combination. We completed this portion of the home late last summer, and have been holding on to it through the […]

We can’t talk about the Parade Home without talking about the views. The VIEWS! This house sits atop a mountainside and the views from every window and deck are truly spectacular. You can literally see every part of the Salt Lake Valley. It’s unreal. Today I’m sharing the Parade Outdoor Spaces which include the roof […]

After a crappy contractor left us high and dry (yep, I said it.  C.R.A.P.P.Y.), a spring snowstorm that left us wet and muddy, and a day spent in the cold and muck trying to make sense of the patio, we made it to shoot day with one of my favorite furnishing companies, Crate and Barrel! […]

When we laid out what was possible financially and in what timeline with the #staggreno, we knew we would be leaving the backyard out for awhile.  The yard was overgrown and in bad shape to begin with, but after having to rip up the sprinkler system and dig down to add our two additions off […]

We’re entering one of my favorite months for decorating: July.  Something about this middle-of-summer month makes me want to run around barefoot in the sunshine and give my home and yard that carefree, fresh, summertime feel.  Here are my picks for July decor. I’ve rounded up a few of my favorite summertime images from around […]

Hello, hello.  Where have I been, you may be asking?  We’ve been pushing to get the house finished and as a result I’ve been single-parenting it while Jon has been working at his job and at the house non-stop.  Soon I’ll do a post about the craziness that is renovating/having a baby/running a design business/raising […]

Let’s take a little glimpse back in time, shall we?  To a time when this part of the #staggreno was all brick, boring, dark, dysfunctional, and hadn’t hosted a gathering in at least a decade.  This is the space formerly known as a patio no party had any business being.   Doesn’t it make you […]