Category: Rooms
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BIG Landscaping Update – Phase 2 Is Done And Our “Mistake” Is Finally Fixed!
I can’t tell you how happy I was to fix our own HUGE mistake – 1/3 of the sports court is now gone in favor of a lot of greenery, flagstone, picnic tables, and trees. We hired Dennis’ 7Dees to design and execute, and it went SO WELL. Started in February and done by late…
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BIG Landscaping Update – Phase 2 Is Done And Our “Mistake” Is Finally Fixed!
I can’t tell you how happy I was to fix our own HUGE mistake – 1/3 of the sports court is now gone in favor of a lot of greenery, flagstone, picnic tables, and trees. We hired Dennis’ 7Dees to design and execute, and it went SO WELL. Started in February and done by late…
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The Mid-Year Kitchen Trend Report: Butter Yellow, Red Marble + 8 More Ideas For Your Next Reno (Or Dream Pin Board)
Our biggest post of the year around here is undoubtedly our kitchen trends exploration in January. You and the internet at large just love to see what’s new in these utilitarian-cum-showpiece spaces in our homes. So we decided to do a mid-year check-in to see what else might have materialized in our research since then,…
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The Mid-Year Kitchen Trend Report: Butter Yellow, Red Marble + 8 More Ideas For Your Next Reno (Or Dream Pin Board)
Our biggest post of the year around here is undoubtedly our kitchen trends exploration in January. You and the internet at large just love to see what’s new in these utilitarian-cum-showpiece spaces in our homes. So we decided to do a mid-year check-in to see what else might have materialized in our research since then,…
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Looking For Cool Cabinet Hardware?? Etsy Is A New Source And Here’s Where We’ve Used Them (+ 34 New Finds!)
There are two things we love over here — cabinet hardware and Etsy. And after talking about it, the river house is full of hardware from Etsy, so we thought, why not do a little deep dive and roundup? I myself have also bought knobs that I’ve loved from Etsy that I’ll show you in…
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Looking For Cool Cabinet Hardware?? Etsy Is Our Go-To And Here’s Where We’ve Used It (+ 34 New Finds!)
There are two things we love over here — cabinet hardware and Etsy. And after talking about it, the river house is full of hardware from Etsy, so we thought, why not do a little deep dive and roundup? I myself have also bought knobs that I’ve loved from Etsy that I’ll show you in…
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Was My Custom Primary Bedroom Bed Worth It? And Do I Regret Selling It 8 Years Ago?
Nine years ago, we designed this bed for our then-primary bedroom, and I have a lot of unresolved feelings about it. So Bold! So Fun! So Big! So Expensive! The reason we are talking about it now is that you may or may not know the custom bed that is in our current bedroom was…
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Was My Custom Primary Bedroom Bed Worth It? And Do I Regret Selling It 8 Years Ago?
Nine years ago, we designed this bed for our then-primary bedroom, and I have a lot of unresolved feelings about it. So Bold! So Fun! So Big! So Expensive! The reason we are talking about it now is that you may or may not know the custom bed that is in our current bedroom was…
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Great Dupes: Emily’s Favorite Outdoor Pieces
I think I can say that the majority of us love looking at beautiful homes filled with beautiful things that are often outside of our budgets. It’s both aspirational and sometimes a bummer because WE WANT THOSE BEAUTIFUL THINGS TOO. The good news is that there are so many products on the market, including so…
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How We Made Vintage-Inspired Corbels For The Outdoor Kitchen Gazebo
As I was designing this “kitchen gazebo,” I found almost no inspiration that looked and functioned like I wanted ours to look/feel. They were mostly big boxy McMansion-looking Texas-style structures or hexagonal sweet old timey gazebos, but I found almost no images of rectangular covered structures that looked charming and pretty. So I knew that…