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If you read my blog post "Living Rooms Are For Living" you know that although our living room looked fine, it didn't function ideally for...

It's easy to get caught up in designing a living room for looks, but I say design for looks AND for life. Don't get me wrong, I love a s...

Product selections in a backyard renovation can be challenging and overwhelming. Here I'll share the materials we chose, the reasons we ...

Sharing the details of this purpose driven design, from what we used, to the aesthetic we had in mind, to the functionality behind the se...

The good, the bad and the ugly. All you need to know from selecting the product to cleaning it, and living with it. Some design ideas ar...

A brief step-by-step (non-expert) guide to deconstructing an old chair. Who knew tearing a chair apart could be so exciting? I obviousl...

Furniture shopping can be fun, but also frustrating if you don't have a plan. Follow these simple steps to make your shopping experience...

Bedding change for a better fuctioning kid space Mothers have been dealing with children, and their inability to keep a tidy room, for ag...

A short series dedicated to making simple changes, for big impact, in the new year. The new year is here, and many of us are ready to hit...

Make holiday decorating less stressful, with these easy to follow tips and suggestions, that will work for decorating this season and bey...

I've done a great deal of soul searching over the past few months. I have one more year of kiddos at home, and truth is, I'm scared. I'...

It's time for the BIG REVEAL! I can't believe 6 weeks have just passed me by. It's funny how that sounds like plenty of time at first, u...

Oh my goodness, there are so many amazing rooms to discover on the #oneroomchallenge. I found myself scrolling through and thinking, "ho...

Love is in the air, it's officially wedding season! My brother and now sister-in-law, were married in a beautiful ceremony last weekend....

I wrote last week about changing direction, from my initial design board. Since that time, I worked on a new design plan, ordered all the...

Well, week 3, and things are not going as planned. I spent time making a design board, a few months back, and now I've pretty well scrap...

Not much progress this first week, but wanted to share some of the details, and things we've changed in this space, thus far. The walls w...

I've been out of the design, decor, share, post, and interact game, for a few weeks. I needed a break from social media, and the constan...

Each year, something in the world of design, catches my eye. This year, that something happens to be making it's way through decor, furn...

Paint can be an intimidating part of the design process. It can be the icing on the cake or even the star of the show, but it's a lot of w...