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Lake House Basement Family Room

Popping in with a little lake house basement family room update today! If you’ve been following along for a while, you know we have new furniture upstairs. So, everything upstairs came downstairs in a...

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Round Coffee Table and Weekend Sales

The basement family room progress continues! I’ve been taking my time with this space down here to sort of feel out what works and what doesn’t. Rather than just rushing in gung- ho and buying a bunch...

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Rustic Homework Desk

Summer is officially over and my kids are back to school.  Well, they went back last week already, but I needed a week to get my house back in order.  With the Mr. at Stanford’s Graduate School of...

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Simple Fall Home Decor

I’m normally breaking out my boots and sweaters, ready to embrace my inner pumpkin spice latte this time of year (although ew, not really a PSL fan – anyone else out there with me?).  However, I’ve...

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White Kitchen and Bar Stool Update

One of the questions I get asked the most is how certain things are holding up in our house.  From our couches to our kitchen table to certain paint sheens – you all want the scoop!  I’m always happy...

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White Nightstands – Tween Girl Bedroom Progress

Now that the house is good and fall-ified, and before the Christmas crazy hits (I know, I don’t even want to think about that yet – yikes!), I thought it would be a good time to revisit the progress...

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Pool House Exterior Plans

I’m a day late with my post this week, but I’ve been a busy little bee meeting with contractors, picking out windows, and looking at pool tile. If you follow me on Instagram you know that we have big...

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White and Blue Lake House Master Bathroom

I’ve received a few questions about our master bathroom recently, which made me realize I haven’t shared this space since we moved in 2 1/2 years ago!  Since I know not all of you have been around that...

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Cozy Winter Master Bedroom

Hey!  I hope you all had a fantastic Thanksgiving yesterday.  We had a great day at my in-laws, and now we are having a cozy morning at home.  I may be sneaking a little online shopping in too…  I’ve...

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Colorful and Fun Kid Christmas Tree

I have another fun Christmas decor blog hop with some friends for you!  Today, we are talking about colorful and fun kid’s Christmas trees and decor.  We’ve all created some fun Christmas spaces in our...

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Putty Colored Cabinets and Cabinet Painting Tips

Guys, I did a thing! I finally painted the wet bar cabinets in the basement! And they aren’t blue! Remember, I talked about this project waaaay back in the fall in this post here. Ok, and really I have...

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Navy and Gray Nautical Boy Bathroom

I finally finished up all the little details in my son’s navy and gray nautical boy bathroom, so today is the big reveal!  This bathroom looks nothing like I thought it would now that it’s done, but I...

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Neutral Lake House Family Room

There always seems to be that one room in a house that you can’t get just right. Especially when building a house. Sometimes visualizing how a room will look and function and then actually living there...

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Navy Island White Kitchen

I read a tweet the other day something to the effect of  “It’s crazy how fast I got to the rearrange all the furniture in my house stage of quarantine.” And I feel seen!  Except I weirdly started with...

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Wood Beam Breakfast Nook

I should title this wood beam breakfast nook version 6.0 as I think I have changed this space around a zillion times now. If you are keeping track, I’m on table number two (well technically it’s the...

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Lake House Dining Room Light Fixture

I have been a busy bee planting my flower boxes, garden, and planters this past weekend! I was so excited to share with you all and then it proceeded to rain the last 3 days nonstop. Hopefully, it will...

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Teen Girl Bedroom Decor

Ok, look at me all on time and delivering on my post promises for once! Last week I shared the design board for my daughter’s Tween Bedroom Refresh – which, note the title change for this post to Teen...

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Neutral Fall Fireplace Mantel

I’ve been working on fall-ifying my house this past week. No pumpkins in sight yet, just bringing some cozy textures and pillows into the mix. Today, I thought I would quickly share my neutral fall...

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Fall Living Room Home Decor

I’ve been teasing little bits and pieces of my cozy fall living room decor for the last few weeks, but I’m finally sharing all the details today! I’m so excited to be partnering with the Home Depot for...

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My fave 10 projects of 2020

Hey friends, and Happy New Year!  I hope you all enjoyed the holidays.  It was great to take a little time off here to hang out with my kiddos and the Mr.  I’m sloooowly trying to get back into the...

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