We Have Doors In and Trim Up at Holiday House!
/
It seems like with each passing day, Holiday House is getting closer and closer to being complete. We’re in the home stretch now.
Read More
A Small Tour of Our Little Beach Shack
/
Grab a cup of coffee, settle into a cozy chair, and let’s take a tour of our Beach Shack!
Read MoreA Sneak Peek of Our Beach Cottage!
/
We’re at the beach staying at the little beach shack we bought and renovated last year for the first time!!
Read MoreOur First Official House Tour!
/
My loves, remember back in February when we teased something fun we filmed for the day? Well we can finally show you what it was: Our first official house tour we’ve ever done (after six years of living here, no less), and we filmed it with HGTV!
It only feels appropriate we shared our house with them behind the wheel, since they were the ones who filmed our house’s renovation back in 2016/2017 for our pilot Down to the Studs that premiered on HGTV back in the summer of 2017. It’s crazy to think that was six years ago. What is time anymore?
Anyway, in the tour we tell the story of our house, how I grew up here and how we bought it back, and show almost every room (with the exception of a few that we couldn’t show because they were in no way shape or form ready for cameras), explaining along the way the story behind every one. It was such a fun, exhausting day, and I love that we can finally see what we filmed all those months ago. We didn’t get to see any of the footage until it aired, which happened to be on the day of PJ’s accident, so we ended up watching our house tour from the emergency room. Life is kind of funny sometimes, isn’t it?
You can click here to watch, if you’d like!!
DIY Project: How to Give a Vase Texture and Patina
/
I don’t think I will ever get over PJ and his DIY skills.
Remember how I mentioned he completed a couple of weekend projects a few days ago? One of them was taking a plain old ceramic vase and giving it some character by adding texture and patina with everyday household products like spackle. It took no time at all and now it sits in our guest room and looks so good against the green walls.
You can see how he made it in this one minute video, if you want!!
All About the New Velvet Curtains in Our Living Room
/
This room FINALLY feels finished (after 6 years) thanks to these beautiful, affordable curtains.
Read MoreThe Perfect Dark and Moody Green Paint Color
/
If you’re looking for just the right dark green paint color, look no further.
Read More6 Wreaths for Spring (Plus 3 Ways to Makeover Your Front Door!)
/
Spring has sprung now that we’ve officially decorated the front porch, so we’re sharing a round up of our favorite front door wreaths!
Read More
The House That Got Away
/
The story of a house just down the road that we’ve had our eyes on for years.
Read MoreAfter Six Years in Our Home, We’re Slowly Starting to Redecorate
/
A list of the changes we’re planning to make this year in our house!
Read MoreWe Finally Framed PJ’s Paintings for the Living Room
/
After sitting in our laundry room for a year, PJ’s paintings are framed and hung for everyone to see. Spoiler alert: They look so good!
Read MoreThe Exterior of the Beach Shack is Painted & Here's the Color We Chose!!
/
The breakdown of the exterior of the beach shack, including which paint color we used and what we’re officially calling the house now.
Read MoreA Small Tour of a Big Old Dream Home
/
It was a cold and rainy January day, and it seemed like the perfect day to go to the estate sale of one of our favorite houses in town.
Read MoreA New Rug in the Living Room: Lauren Liess x Rugs USA
/
We have adored Lauren Liess for years, both personally and professionally, so when we saw she had a new rug collection with RugsUSA coming out, we were so incredibly excited for her and eager to see what the rugs would look like!!
Read MoreA Wall of Windows
/
Here they are in all their glory.
When we drove out to the farm yesterday, we couldn’t get there fast enough. We knew the crew had been working all day the day before on framing and setting the windows, and that they would be in by now. And they were!
I wish I could show you in person how good they look. Pictures don’t do it justice because it’s hard to see the scale in photos. They make the room feel 20 feet tall and so much wider than it is. It just feels bigger all around and like you’re truly outside; one with the hill and the mountain. I can’t wait to see all the walls covered in the vertical boards and the windows trimmed out. It’s all going to look so good!
The view from where the kitchen sink will be is stunning. PJ purposely aligned the living room windows with the kitchen so that. the view from both rooms would be straight on:
The new windows are a bit taller than the old ones, allowing for about a foot more of the mountain view than before. Here’s the view now:
And here’s what the living room side of the house looks like from the outside:
I can’t imagine ever wanting to leave this place.
