Open shelving is one of the hottest trends in kitchen design right now.  It doesn’t show any signs of going away any time soon and allows for both a beautiful display area and a practical, go-to for every day dishes and cookbooks. You can create your own, as I did with Frigidaire Professional, and instantly […]

Open shelving is one of the hottest trends in kitchen design right now.  It doesn’t show any signs of going away any time soon and allows for both a beautiful display area and a practical, go-to for every day dishes and cookbooks. You can create your own, as I did with Frigidaire Professional, and instantly […]

Tiling is consistently one of the DIY projects I get asked about the most.  It can be intimidating to launch into tiling your backsplash when you’ve never tiled before.  Tiling the first time has a bit of a learning curve, once you get the hang of it, it’s really pretty simple and straightforward. I teamed […]

I hope you had a lovely fall weekend!  We had planned to go out of town but instead opted to stay home, hit up some local Halloween festivities, and relax.  It was perfect. We are slowly (so, so slowly) getting all of our window treatments up.  I don’t know why it’s been so slow, as […]

While I was recovering from delivery with Anna, a lot was happening at the house and I couldn’t wait to go up and shoot an update for you, including exterior work, railing, and a whole lot more. Here’s a little video tour of progression at the #staggreno (follow along on instagram): video/editing: James Young We have […]

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 […]

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 […]