When we were first designing our home, we tried to be super intentional about which areas of our home that we splurged on and which parts we could be a bit more frugal. One of the ways we saved money in our kitchen was by opting for faux marble countertops instead of authentic marble. I've always dreamed of having marble kitchen countertops. When I saw how much they would cost us in our kitchen....our game plan changed a bit. We looked into doing concrete countertops because I love the ...
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What I Use to Seal Furniture
Recently, I've been a painting-fool and giving lots of the furniture in our home mini makeovers. A little bit of paint can go such a long way and totally transform a piece from "blah" to beautiful. I typically gravitate towards milk paint when I'm painting a wooden piece of furniture and I've learned over the years that it is so important to seal your piece at the end. Unfortunately, I've had to learn this lesson the hard way by seeing pieces get discolored over time. When this happens, I ...
Summer Throw Blankets
There are a couple of things I like to do around our house to make it "summer ready" this time of year. I typically crave a lot more simplicity than the winter months. One thing I do every year to freshen up our home is to swap out the heavy cable knit throws for lighter ones! A few weeks back, I went to HomeGoods on the hunt for some lightweight throws to add to our living room. I was hoping for light cotton or linen blankets in cool colors (to go with our rug!). I found two that I ...
Tips for Styling Shelves
One of my favorite parts about having a blog is being able to look back and see how I have improved in my craft. For some reason, I used to struggle with styling shelves in our apartment/home and now it's one my my favorite things to decorate! We have this antique hutch in our kitchen that I just love! We opted to leave the doors off of it because I wanted this to be a fun spot to display lots of treasures. These pieces are much better on display than behind closed doors. I'll admit, this ...
Wooden Architectural Towel Rack
A little truth-bomb about living in our home: We have yet to use our master bath shower. I know I know...it sounds crazy. We have yet to finish this space since our shower is still without a door/curtain but we are hoping to finish that in the coming weeks. Since I knew this bathroom project would be in the works soon, I wanted to buy a few practical things so that the room would be fully functional. I've been looking all over for a unique spot to place our towels and I found a cute ...
Antique Bathroom Chandelier
If you've been a blog reader for awhile now, you probably know that our home is actually a modular build. We were super lucky to be able to customize lots of the aspects of our home through this process! There were a couple things that we just didn't have the budget for initially and I knew maybe "one day" I'd like to switch up. One of these things? Our bathroom lighting. Last weekend, I popped into one of my favorite antique malls and found quite a few treasures. Now, I don't like picking ...