It’s a new year, which means transplanting “get organized” from your 2018 resolutions to your 2019 hit list, just like you did last year… and the year before. (Tell me I’m not alone here?) Despite being increasingly allergic to “clutter body,” …
Portland Reveal: How the Bathroom I Was Most Nervous About Turned Out to Be My Favorite
This is a story about how the bathroom I was the MOST nervous and stressed about actually turned out to be my favorite in this whole house. In case you are thinking “another Portland bathroom?” know that if you click in …
How to Choose Windows for Your Whole House (and What We Did for the Portland House)
Choosing windows for a whole house at the same time is like choosing a wardrobe for an entire decade on a random day in March, except way more stressful because it’s not just for the day, year or decade—it’s FOR …
Reveal Alert: How I Transformed the Dark & Dull Downstairs Guest Bath in the Portland Project
No, we haven’t forgotten about the Portland project. We have 15(ish) more posts about it, and today’s Portland reveal is the downstairs guest bathroom, which serves for those partying in the media room as well as any older kids or …
6 Key Elements to Create the Exciting & Fun Portland Powder Bath
An (underrated) luxury of the Portland house was the presence of a powder bathroom. It’s the only bathroom on the main level (there used to be two full baths, but once we added the top floor, we shuffled things around), …
The Portland Dining Room Reveal + How to Create A Room That Is Interesting Yet Sophisticated
Welcome to the Portland formal dining room reveal. It’s big, bright and can be seen from most of the rooms on the main floor. Although I say this for just about every room reveal that we’ve done (if you’re just …
The World’s Most Beautiful Stove (+ All About the Portland Kitchen Appliances With Build.com)
Yesterday’s much-awaited Portland kitchen reveal excluded talk about what some might call very important elements of a kitchen—the whole “cooking and cleaning” machines. Up until recently, I didn’t understand the point of these inventions, but now that I’m the world’s …
All the What’s, Why’s & How Much’s of the Portland Kitchen (+ Big Reveal)
I am very excited to reveal the Portland kitchen today. You know as a parent (of kids or pets) when you find yourself staring at your child unknowingly whispering ‘I just love you so much‘ while they eat Raisin Bran? That’s …
Portland Reveal: Creating the Dreamiest of Master Bathrooms
Before I had kids, I was kept in the dark on the world’s biggest domestic secret—that the master bathroom is quite possibly the only space (and time) that you get to yourself. Being finally in on this secret makes me …
Portland Reveal: A Light & Bright Home Office
Welcome to the Portland project office reveal. You may have gotten a peek of it when we showed you guys the entry, but here it is in all its petite glory. It’s a sweet little room right off the entry …