The first view when you walk into our new, little fixer upper is this back window. It used to be framed out by a 4 foot pass though with walls on both sides, enclosing the …
I love houses. They tell stories of lives, families, and adventures. They reflect values, culture, and taste. I have lived in large and small houses, apartments, and traveled all over the world, wide-eyed with wonder …
From the moment we bought this little fixer upper, I was looking forward to DEMO DAY! Of course, the idea of ripping out walls and tearing up countertops is glorified by hundreds of episodes of …
Last week I shared about our new house with lots of photos of the interior (and a video walk-though on YouTube.) This week, I want to give you a glimpse of some of my exterior …
This was one of those situations when the house chose us, not the other way around. In fact, the day before I spotted this little yellow cape cod on Zillow, I had been telling my sister …
When we moved into this tiny rental house back in August, it was clear that I would need to do a little work to make the spaces functional and pretty. We pretty quickly whipped out …
We have lived in rentals most of our married life, and one thing that always made them feel like our own home was for me to paint the walls. With the exception of the very …
Last night we put up the Christmas tree, and started the holiday tunes, and just like that it feels like The Most Wonderful Time of the Year. As we dug through boxes to get the …
We knew when we downsized that at least two of the kids would share a room. But when we ended up leasing a 2-bedroom house for our family of 5, the scenario quickly change to …
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You could say that I am somewhat of an expert mover. Living in our last home for four long years gave the deceiving appearance that we were a long-term sort of family, and I was …
"With opportunity comes change, and with change comes opportunity." This phrase has been echoing through my head the last few days as I've been absorbing, processing, and planning for our upcoming move from Austin, Texas to …