These pictures are a reminder to me of how far we have come in renovating our home, but it also reminds me that going slow is not a bad thing and can be helpful to the design process.
We moved in to our house and the first floor bathroom looked like this…Except the paneling was dark wood (we painted that before I took a picture.)
Read MoreSomeone dm’ed me on instagram and asked if I would share about how we have been able to renovate our home while pinching some pennies. My words…she didn’t actually say pinching pennies.
This is how we have done every house we have renovated, really. This is our fourth house and 3rd fixer upper. My husband is a five on the enneagram and so basically is always in fear that we need to save money and not spend anything, and as a result, we have learned to do a lot ourselves and tried to find ways to have high end design on a low-medium budget. For most of our lives, we have done this on a small ministry budget and we just are careful about how we spend money.
Read Moreme in November: hey! want to see our home decorated for Christmas?
boxes sit around for weeks and now its mid-december and more or less finished…
Read MoreWe finished our one room challenge - studio basement apartment. Details including sources.
Read Morethis is a gift guide - basically my favorite things…
Read MoreSometimes I have spent months looking for the right rug…and something tells me I might not be alone in that.
You look at the pictures on a website and you’re trying to figure out if the colors will work in your home (not to mention what is the right size for your room…). The easiest thing for me is when I see a room put together that I love and then use it as inspiration. It helps give me the confidence I can do something similar.
Read Morewife to philip, mom of two. mostly a hot mess, but trying to simplify our lives + home + choose joy / living in new england.
