Blog Posts - New House

I posted my plans for our main floor half bath more than three months ago, and then things went quiet. We had a busy Fall, and a hard time finding back-to-back weekends that we could devote to working on the bathroom.Thankfully, Demo Day is finally h...

In my last post, I shared a few "before" photos of our home's main bath. We've already started on some inexpensive updates that will make the room more liveable while we save for a major reno, but mood boards help me visualize where I'm going and kee...

Welcome to our main bath:It's pretty special :)Not surprisingly, we'd like to gut this space and start over. It's a decent-sized bathroom, but the layout is all wrong.  If we move things around, and steal some space from the guest room next door...

1/2/3/4/5/6/7High on my list of new home requirements was a second bathroom. We ended up with 2.5 and I couldn't be happier. The bathroom above was designed by Natalie Myers, whose work I love and drool over on Instagram, and my plan was to straight...

I recently teamed up with Arhaus to collaborate and brainstorm with them on the subject of turning an outdoor space into an additional living space with the comfort and warmth of the indoors. This trend is growing everywhere as we seek...

,A main floor powder room was on my wish list for the new house, and this is what I got - ha! So far the only thing I've done is upgrade the light switch to an occupancy sensor (life-changing if your child can't yet reach the light switch), but we've...

spotted hereWhen we bought this house, I was 100% convinced that we'd install shelves like the ones in Isaac Mizrahi's NYC apartment (pictured above). Our big plan was to open up the wall between our dining and living spaces, leaving a shallow sectio...

Our new dining chairs finally arrived! The chairs are from Structube, and while they weren't in-store yet when I visited, I decided to take a chance and order them anyway, and I'm so glad I did. They're comfortable, they look great, and the price ($7...

Here it is, our new living room:Yes, it needs a little work :)The flooring is actually in great shape (the former homeowners even had the carpets professionally cleaned before we moved in) so while we'd like to replace it with hardwood, we're not 100...

Hannah's hideout is done, so I wanted to share it here. This little space is pretty tricky to photograph, but I think you'll get the idea :)The last time you saw this space, I'd removed the upper shelf and that was about it (it would probably look ni...

This is the current state of our dining room table. Oh, the fun of building a house!Our cost-to-build estimate for our new house went over budget of what the new house appraised for--by quite a bit. So, we are finding ourselves having to cut or chang...

via the way we playThe best feature of Hannah's room, by far, is this closet, which extends over the stairs (she termed it her "hideout"). While her room is mostly finished, we haven't touched this space yet, and it's going to be fun!the before: hey,...

From the moment I started daydreaming about this house, I pictured a large dome pendant hanging over our dining room table. I'm pretty sure I've looked at every oversized dome pendant available online, but the versions I liked were all way more than...

In my last post, I shared my plans for our shared kitchen and dining space (you can see the befores here). I have my heart set on dark kitchen cabinets, but because this room isn't bathed in light all day, I wanted to first see how far a little...

This quote has become my motivation recently. I had posted it not too long ago on my Instagram and my Facebook page because it truly described what was happening to me that day. The day that I posted this quote was actually the day that I put my noti...

Adele just spent $9.5 million on a four-bed, six-bath home in California. The home is in one of the Beverly ... Continue reading...

Khloe Kardashian’s house was revealed by the reality tv star in a tour given to Architectural Digest (AD) magazine. The 10,000-square-foot Mediterranean house, she bought from Justin Bieber, was designed by Martyn Lawrence Bullard. This interna...

I shared some "before" shots of our new kitchen here, and now I'm back with my plans to transform it. After Hannah's room, the kitchen and shared dining area are next on my list. I love the two-toned cabinets in our old kitchen, but I want to tr...

Hannah's room is mostly pulled together, so I wanted to share a few pictures. It took some effort, but I finally got the curtain rod I wanted. The brushed brass finish is a great match for the pink walls, and I especially like how it looks with the c...

Hi All - I thought you might like a peek at my new art studio, please be kind as I've only recently moved in and have not yet found homes for everything! Truth be told it's a royal mess right now and I'm still looking for ways to organise, store and...

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