My daughter Lucy has been a rockstar of a sleeper ever since she was a couple of months old, but right before she turned four she started sneaking out of her bed and into ours in the early hours of the morning. Hers was a small crib-converted-toddler-bed, so I thought maybe if we upgraded her to […]
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Last month you saw the first part of our Stair Update, where we said goodbye to dirty carpeted stairs and hello to white oak stairs with white risers. Today I want to show you the final step to updating our stairs–adding a Dash and Albert stair runner. The Dash & Albert diamond rug is something
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I remember the first time I saw penny tile. I was working as a photographer, shooting photos for an interior design firm in Breckenridge Colorado. About midway through the day I stepped into their bathroom and there it was, covering every wall from floor to ceiling. It looked amazing. I’m pretty sure I decided then
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When James and Colin were fairly young we moved them into the same bedroom so that we could convert our third bedroom into a “playroom.” That was fun for awhile, but it seemed to always be a complete disaster and I noticed that the majority of what they were doing in the playroom was drawing,
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Well hello there, ugly stairs! There were a lot of things I didn’t love about our house when we bought it and the stairs were definitely one of them. Here’s how they looked the first day we saw the house on our walk-through tour. Those balusters and handrails . . .What the . . .? And
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This simple bathroom vanity was my first DIY “furniture” project. It isn’t too complicated of a piece–basically a box with a few dividers and easy-to-build shaker style doors–definitely a feasible starter project. The Process: After browsing through tons of images of bathroom vanities, I found this one on Ana White’s DIY furniture website that I
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Jim and I spent quite a bit of time house-hunting before finally buying the home we live in now. As we searched I always seemed to be drawn to the houses that needed a little bit of “help,” and the one we ended up buying (and live in now) was no different. When we looked at
With the majority of home design choices I typically know what I want and am fairly confident and quick in my decision-making. But color-picking is more difficult for me and I find myself agonizing for days over various shades, whether I am choosing a wall color, color for a piece of furniture, house exterior color,
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Every year as my birthday approaches the present I request and look forward to the most is a whole Saturday to myself. No changing diapers, no making lunch, no driving anyone anywhere, no responsibilities and no guilt about being selfish; it’s my birthday! For the last three years I’ve spent most of this very-special-day in
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When we transformed the playroom into a children’s arts & crafts room, I knew I wanted the room to have a large chalkboard. At the time James and Colin were quite enthusiastic about drawing and coloring–they went through at least 20 sheets of paper per day–I figured a chalkboard might be a little more practical
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