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Half Bath | The Process

As promised, I’m back to bring you all the lovely details of our little half bath reno.  There were tears and frustrations involved, but we worked through all the craziness and now are done with one room in our home 🙂  So we started this project back in November (so three months ago) and thought […]

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Half Bath Reveal!

This bathroom represents much more to me than the secondary powder room for guests, or the smallest room in our house.  This bathroom is a bittersweet conquest for DIY victory, a symbol of patience and forgiveness in relationships, our first glimpse of completion in a constant state of progress, and a wishful vision that actually

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Stair Finishing Options

We are well on our way to finishing up most of the flooring upstairs which means pretty soon we’re going to have to make some decisions about our stairs.  There are so many beautiful options, it’s going to be so hard to decide! This is the current situation.  The carpet that used to be upstairs

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Home Renovation Progress

It’s been so long since we’ve talked reno!!! So, I think it’s time to catch you up 🙂  Slowly but surely, we are progressing on our house projects.  Over Christmas break we were able to get a few things done and prepped for a few others. In the flooring department, we finished two upstairs bedrooms

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Irish Mist by Behr

So long Illini orange and seaweed green, and hello Irish Mist from Behr! We’re nearly finished painting the two extra bedrooms and wow! What a transformation 🙂  I wanted to find a color that was nearly white, but with a complex undertone that made you unsure whether or not it was white.  Does that make

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The Master Schedule

You may not know this, but my husband is a Project Manager.  Basically his job is to schedule projects and ensure they run smoothly in a timely fashion.  So naturally I deferred to his expertise in the matter when it came to our master renovation schedule.  He has a much better grasp on how long things

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