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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 […]

E’s Room

When we moved, it was pretty easy to pick out which room would become E’s new bedroom — the brightest one with the double closets. With being a little lady, she’s going to want that closet space as she gets older. BEFORE Before, this room was a terrible shade of green with a gray ceiling. […]

New House at Seven Months

We’ve officially been in our house for seven months and I feel like we have accomplished A LOT! We’re still trying to figure out how to use each space, arrange furniture and are slowly chipping away at the to-do list. There are several rooms we haven’t even touched (bathrooms, bedrooms) but there are other rooms […]

Abandoned Train Car

There’s this old, abandoned, decomposing train car in my hometown that has been parked in its spot for my entire life. Right next to it is the original brick train depot that is also falling apart. The pair has always intrigued me, but for some reason I’ve never stopped to check them out. Well, actually, […]

Anniversary in Hermann, MO

Tim and I celebrated our five year wedding anniversary this fall and did a weekend getaway to Hermann, MO. I’m pretty sure most of our friends have actually done this same thing. It happen to be right in the middle of the town’s month-long Oktoberfest festivities, so the town was really active. We received a gift […]