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Bathroom Updates

$500 Master Bathroom Refresh

We’re coming up on being in our house for three years and I feel like we have made SO much progress in that time. However, there are two rooms that have virtually been left untouched: the basement bathroom and the master bathroom. After we moved in, we went back and forth on whether we gut […]

Updating the Powder Room : Round 2

I’ve never been 100% pleased with our powder room (the only bathroom on the main level of our house), even after the updates we did in 2017. I knew it wasn’t “finished” and it was just asking for more. So I gave that little powder room what it asked for. Recap This is how the […]

Fireplace Built-Ins Revamp

One of the things I’ve always wanted in a house is built-ins, preferably around a fireplace. Lucky for me, the house we purchased 2.5 years ago came with exactly that! Except it was nowhere near what I had envisioned. The fireplace and built-ins in our family room were original from when the house was built […]

Kitchen Reveal

Our kitchen is finally done! We love how it has turned out. Well technically it’s been done for months, but there’s still a few finishing items to cross of the list.  So let’s go down memory lane on how the kitchen looked last fall when we moved in. Terrible floor tile, broken cabinets, navy blue laminate […]

Our Floor Fiasco

Our floors have been the BIGGEST pain the rear end. Back story: the previous owners of our house installed pre-finished hickory flooring in the formal dining and living room about three years ago. We actually love the color and grain of the flooring. And with it being hickory, it’s a nicer wood than your traditional […]

Kitchen Remodel Pt 1 : The Plan

I had mentioned in this post that we were gearing up to replace flooring on the main level of the house and also a kitchen remodel. Well, we officially have plans for the kitchen! Cabinetry has been ordered and flooring is being purchased this week. There’s no turning back now! Before We purchased this house […]