As you know, the progress of my “extra room”, which is downstairs in my house, has gone through many transformations. When we bought the house, it was an extra room used completely for storage – with a weird inside …
Charlie’s Outdoor Play Area + A Shop The Look
I grew up way out in the country in Oregon. We may have only had 2 acres but it was backed up to a forest so it felt like 1 squillion acres of backyard with streams and rivers and just …
The Patio Makeover + Patio Decor Roundup
You know that chick who needs a bikini vacation or a wedding in order to be really motivated to lose weight? And then, all of a sudden, they look like Kiera Knightly, and you kinda wonder why they waited so …
Brass Faucets – a roundup
The master bathroom is almost done y’all. I’ve never had a new bathroom, I’ve always had ‘vintage’ bathrooms as I’ve never lived in an apartment or house that is less than 50 years old. It’s all stopping by the end …
I love lamp: Best Brass Wall Sconces
After a year of bathing myself and my baby in a 1960’s disgusting tub we are finally remodeling our bathroom, see all the before and progress images here. It’s not all ‘easy decisions, affordable, no mistakes and glamorous fun’. Trust …
The Master Bedroom – Where We Are Now
The older I get, the more I want my master bedroom to just be super simple. I used to sleep walk really badly – like REALLY, REALLY EMBARRASSINGLY BADLY – imagine the worst; I did that. I often have nightmares …
The Master Bedroom Wallpaper
I’ve got a story for you. It’s not exactly ‘The Jinx’. The ending isn’t totally UNHAPPY, nobody dies, but it’s not my happiest story I’ve ever told. Let’s recap to what the master bedroom looked like when we bought the house. …
An Update on My Family Room
The family room is kinda a disaster and not exactly moving forward very well and yet we spend SOOO much time in here eating strawberries and getting them on our shirt, obviously. I’m not sure what my problem is and …
Bookcase update
Remember that time I spent a lot of money and time designing and building the built-in bookcase? (See this post for that whole process.) Well, we’ve shot it now what feels like 19 times, although I think it’s just been …
California Winter Wonderland Glam
Lately I’ve been asked the same question over and over – “Since you have a blog, do you feel pressure to decorate differently every holiday, year after year?” and my answer is “maybe.” But I’d say it’s more like “desire, ” …
