Hello everyone!  Hope you’re having a wonderful week.  I thought we were going to make it through the winter cough free, but Ruby has come down with the icky virus that’s going around and we’ve been out of commission since Saturday night.  Boo. Today I’m sharing a space that will likely be Ruby’s favorite in […]

Hello everyone!  Hope you’re having a wonderful week.  I thought we were going to make it through the winter cough free, but Ruby has come down with the icky virus that’s going around and we’ve been out of commission since Saturday night.  Boo. Today I’m sharing a space that will likely be Ruby’s favorite in […]

My friends, I have seen the deeper depths of hell known as potty training and I can say with a wee bit of apprehension that our girl is about 80% there.  At over 7 months pregnant with a husband working around the clock in the office and on the house, there were some dark days […]

It only took one look at the kitchen to know it was going to need a complete makeover.  We really couldn’t save a single thing in there.  The layout was terrible, the cabinets were outdated, and the appliances were original to the house (I think it has the first edition of the double oven from […]

Merry Christmas Eve!  My goodness, this holiday season seems to have snuck up on me and I can’t believe it’s already this time of year (and that I’m in my third trimester– holy moly!).  Time is marching on and we are pushing to move forward on demo and home progress. Two rooms I can’t wait […]

Sorry for the slight delay in today’s post.  I’m having internet issues this morning.  Why can’t technology just work effortlessly at all times? Today I’m giving you the first look inside our new/old home and giving you a tour of the living room.  It’s a pretty large space with the best view in the house, […]

If one thing sums up the backyard area of our new/old house, it’s trees.  And not just trees, a lot of dead trees.  While the backyard is where a lot of the action will be happening right off the bat, there is also an area back there I want to preserve.  I give you the […]

Well folks, it’s here– I can finally spill the beans on our new/old home and start leading you through the not-so-pretty before so we can get working on the very-pretty after. So here’s the plan: I’m going to break it down based on space/room with a before home tour.  Then in a follow-up post, I’ll […]