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Spring 2021 ORC Framing Mementos
Week 1 LINK | Week 2 LINK | Week 3 LINK It’s week 4 of the One Room Challenge and today we are talking all about framing mementos for your home. When we were dreaming up our office design, we decided that it was important for the office to feel personal. There are many beautiful office spaces on Instagram and…
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Fixing a Beat Up Dresser
Let’s talk about the cost of new furniture. Not only is it expensive, but a lot of newer furniture is poorly made, making it more likely to break. This badly constructed furniture then ends up in landfills and contributes to greenhouse gases. I know that DIYs are not for everyone, but if you have the time and patience, they can…
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Building a Shrub and Perennial Border
Exactly one month ago I wrote about our garden plans, so today I wanted to give you an update. This update is specifically about building a shrub and perennial border along the west side of our yard. I will write another update for the rest of the garden. It all felt a bit much for a single post 🙂 As…
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Spring ’21 ORC How to Convert Hard Wired Lighting
Hello from week 3 of the Spring 2021 One Room Challenge! If this is your first time visiting, you can get caught up with our ORC project here and here. The time is flying by, and Colin and I are working hard on weekdays and weekends to get the office done. This week we touched up the paint and installed…
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Spring 2021 ORC My First Time Wallpapering
Welcome back to week 2 of the Spring 2021 One Room Challenge. It has been so much fun to connect with other participants and see what rooms are getting makeovers. In case you missed it, we decided to overhaul our office for this challenge. We got all our clutter cleared out, and made room for painting and my first time…
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Spring 2021 ORC Design Plan
What?! We’re doing another One Room Challenge despite not finishing our last project on time? We sure are! And I am feeling very confident that we will finish this time around. Our last ORC was thrown off when Colin almost cut his fingers off and we never quite got back on track. BUT, we’re so ready for this round! We…
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Our Three Seasons Room Plans
Our 2021 house schedule has changed yet again. First we decided that we didn’t want to tackle the kitchen quite yet, and now we are bumping the bathroom renovation too! Instead of spending our summer working, we want to enjoy ourselves and spend time doing things that we missed out on in 2020. Because this summer is all about relaxing…
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Mid Century Vanity Lights
In case you haven’t heard, we are pivoting our home plans and putting off the kitchen until next year. We have decided to remodel our guest bathroom this year instead. I thought I had plenty of time to make decisions about the bathroom, but now I’m scrambling! The guest bathroom does not get any natural light, so lighting is massively…
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2021 Garden Plans for Zone 5B
We are just weeks away from the unofficial gardening season kickoff in Chicago and I could NOT be more excited! Early May is generally considered a safe time to start planting in zone 5B because there is less risk of frost. If you are itching to get outside, I wrote a garden to do list for April that will keep…
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Mid Century Modern Kitchen Inspiration
If you follow me on Instagram, you know that we are about to embark on a kitchen renovation. It is equally exciting and scary since we have never attempted a project this large. Any hot tips or recommendations are welcome! We need all the advice we can get. To start us off, I thought I would share some of the…
