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Renovation Progress: The Entry Way

In our last home, our entry was really just a 3ft x 5ft stretch of tile that dumped you right into the living room. In the winter when we had people over, it got so crowded with everyone’s shoes and...

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Renovation Progress: Paint

We’re officially in the final few stages of our renovation! Somebody shout! We started the first week in July, and it looks like we should be wrapping everything up in the last week of September/first...

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Renovation Progress: The End

Well friends, it’s been a long Summer filled with very hard work, but today it all pays off!  Earlier this Spring, I shared with you how we found a house we loved,  decided to sell our very first home,...

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Home Tour: The Kitchen

This week marks one month in our new home. It’s funny, now that we are on the other side of the renovation the hard work and long hours don’t seem nearly as hard or long. This must be why people choose...

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Why Making Matters to Me

I’m a maker by nature. I honestly don’t remember a time when I wasn’t making something! I’m sure it started as coloring pages, but quickly progressed into a full on obsession by the time I was 5! My...

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Home Tour: The Entry Way

I get asked on an almost daily basis how Andrew and I’s renovation is going. The snarky side of me wants to say “Well, if you’d read my blog you’d know how it’s going!” But of course, my mom raised me...

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5 Things I’ve Learned in 5 years of Homemaking (things I wish I knew when I...

Today my dear beloved Andrew and I celebrate 5 years of marriage. 5 years! We basically know everything there is to know about marriage now… Kidding! We don’t know everything, but in 5 years we have...

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Choosing Wallpaper for Your Home (Plus a Coupon for 30% Off!)

Hi, my name is Sallie and I am a wallpaper addict. I blame it on my mother who loves wallpaper as much as I do. My addiction is affecting my family in that I can’t stop putting up wallpaper and...

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How to Hang Wallpaper Yourself!

If you grew up in the 90s, then most likely wallpaper resided on at least one wall in your home. If you lived in MY house in the 90s, then wallpaper was EVERYWHERE! I’m not kidding. I don’t think my...

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Home Tour: The Bedroom with Brewster Wallpaper & Eclipse Curtains

Did you ever watch the TLC show “Trading Spaces”? I LOVED it! Vern and Genevieve were of course my favorites, and while I applauded Frank’s personality I could never get behind his designs. And don’t...

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