I can’t believe that it has officially been a year since we moved into our new home. The past year has been a bit, unexpected. We kicked off our kitchen remodel basically the day we moved into our house, and it is just about done. There are a couple little things to finish up, such […]
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Imagine the Possibilities With Craft Ice
This post is in collaboration with Best Buy. All opinions are my own. Ice can make or break a cocktail. I’ve even been known to order a specific cocktail at a bar or restaurant because it looks cool, including a special spherical ice. I have made spherical ice in the past, but they’ve always been […]
New Home Checklist – 13 Things to Do the First Week
Raise your hand if you love checklists! *Enthusiastically raises both hands*. I love making lists and crossing things off as I accomplish them. Of course, moving was no different. I had checklists galore, my checklists even had checklists. A new home checklist is essential for a smooth moving process. Now, the average person probably doesn’t […]
Buying Your Perfect Appliances for a Kitchen Remodel
This post is in collaboration with Albert Lee Appliances. All opinions are my own. The walls have been demolished, the plans made, and everything is starting to come back together. Now comes the fun part – shopping for hardware, faucets, and appliances! I loved picking out the appliances for our kitchen. It was fun envisioning […]
The Art of Intentional Unpacking
While we might have gotten our previous house ready to sell in just a couple weeks, moving into our new house has taken quite a bit longer. In some ways, I wish we were all settled in after living here for almost 3 months; however, I’m also glad that we’ve taken our time in unpacking. […]
DIY Home Improvement – Surviving Without a Kitchen
Earlier this week marked one month since we got the keys to our new house. It also marks one month since we started our DIY home improvement project. The first DIY home improvement project that we’re tackling is our kitchen/powder room/great room (basically one giant area at the entrance of our house). I can’t wait […]
Why You Should Add Smart Lights to Your Home
We started adding smart devices to our home a few years ago. It all began because we wanted to be able to open and close our garage door (because who wouldn’t want to do that from their phones). This garage door opener was a “gateway product” to smart home technology, because there was no way […]
The Easiest Way to Update Your Home With White Baseboards
During our last floor replacement, I decided that I wanted to update our baseboards instead of putting them back up for the third time. A couple of them were damaged from the flood anyways, so instead of trying to match 15+ year old baseboard style and color, I decided that I wanted white. We found […]
Tips for Installing Bamboo Floors In Your Home
In the past 10 years living in this home, we’ve replaced the floors downstairs twice. The first one was intentional, because white carpet is never a good idea, and the second was due to our lovely unexpected remodel. With our first update, we were working with a tight budget so we went with some inexpensive […]
Updating A Small Laundry Room
For the past few years, I’ve been wanting to update our laundry room with new floors and a better layout to utilize the space. Along with our kitchen remodel, I got the chance to finally do this with our flood. Updating A Small Laundry Room Our laundry room is basically a closet without doors. Seriously, […]