Making the most of a small entry

images (left to right): 1 / 2 / 3 My mom teased me the other day that I'm always changing things, and I guess she's right. I pinne...

HomeSense Finds

Lindsay just posted about one of her HomeSense finds, and now it's my turn. I've popped in on my lunch hour a couple of times in th...

New shelves + a realtor's decluttering tips

When we were thinking about putting our house on the market, we got some great tips from a realtor about decluttering. He suggested that we ...

Patio updates

It's finally summer here and I can't tell you how much I love being able to eat outdoors again (I really, really, reaaallly love it)...

The most embarrassing spot in our yard (yes, it's really that bad)

In my last post, I teased that we were thinking about moving. We even had a realtor walk through our house. Our house is pretty tiny (~1000 ...

Choosing a rug for the living room

I meant to post this a little while ago, but I guess I forgot. My floors were still wet when I took these photos, but you can imagine how lo...

Conquering my fear of the mitre saw (holy baseboards!)

Notice anything different? We finally installed baseboards on our main floor! Actually, I installed baseboards and I did it All By Myself ...

Making progress with pillows

Our living room is slowly coming together thanks to...pillows! I found the large textured pillow at HomeSense. I wasn't sure about it in...

On changing tastes and figuring it out

One of the biggest differences between hiring a professional and doing something yourself is surely the amount of time it takes to complete ...

A new old couch

As you may have guessed from our Easter photos, we got a new couch! Technically it's an old couch, passed on to us by friends, but it...