I’ve done a post about my closet before (both in our old house and our new house) but I thought I’d film a video this time too. For those that don’t have time to watch my video tour, I’ve included photos of my closet in this post. Let’s take a look at what my closet looked like when we first got the house: This is actually from when ...
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A Painted House
Our home is nearly completely painted! All that’s left are bedrooms and bathrooms. I am so excited that our home now feels more like “us.” We ended up choosing Benjamin Moore’s “Revere Pewter” for the majority of our home. When your home is as open-concept as ours is, you really need to use a paint color that transitions well ...
Benched
As we continue to decorate our home, there has been one area of our home that I could never really figure out. When we first went to look at our new home, it was a decorated model home. There was this space between the kitchen windows, fridge and island that was quite large and the designers put a little round table and two chairs ...
Home Reveal: Kitchen Island Chandelier
You know that expression "everything happens for a reason?" A couple of weeks ago I was driving back to work after grabbing some lunch and as I was waiting at a red light I noticed a truck in front of me that had an 800 number for a home handyman. Thinking this was "a sign" I quickly grabbed my iPhone and snapped a shot of the ...
I Am Slowly Going Gray-z
Yes, gray-z. Not crazy, but gray-z. That's because we've got a whopping 16 paint swatches on our kitchen walls that we're testing to find "the one." Now, keep in mind, these colors may not be showing up on your monitor exactly as they look in real life, but it's probably pretty darn close. Here's what you're looking at: colors on the ...
How I Organize & Store My Makeup
I filmed this video over the weekend and I realized I never posted it on my blog and since not everyone subscribes to my YouTube channel, I thought I'd post the link here. These are the trays I use to organize my makeup drawer. They are from The Container Store and they're fairly inexpensive. I feel fortunate to have a big drawer like this in our ...
Home Updates (or Lack Thereof)
I haven't written about our new home in a long time because our house is in shambles. I went on one of my manic cleaning sprees and threw away a ton of stuff and we bought these vacuum seal bags to store things we never use like older bed sheets and pillows, etc. Basically, our house looked better the day after we moved in than it does now. We've ...
Home Tour: Updates w/ Furniture & Decor
I am excited to share with you a photo-tour of our new home with furniture and decor! I took these over the weekend after cleaning like a maniac. Dark hardwood floors are beautiful, but I've never vacuumed so much in my life. Because our second floor is basically one long rectangle, the vacuuming is actually pretty easy so no ...
Moving Tips & Tricks & Staging Your Home
After I posted our moving post, I asked if some of you ladies might be interested in a post about my packing process and staging your home and many of you said yes, so here are my best tips for a successful move and for selling your home: Pack the fragile first. Oh yes, my friends, this was one of my top "glad I did it" packing moves. ...
How I Spent…August (Packing, Stressing, Moving)
So let's not beat around the bush here and just say it how it is. I haven't blogged in what feels like forever. Many of you may remember me alluding to the fact that August was a very stressful month for me but I never quite said why. I was too nervous and didn't want to jinx anything (yep, I'm a little superstitious). Well, as you know, we ...
