Whew! The One Room Challenge is serious! Serious pressure, and serious motivation! It's been an exhausting six weeks! I was working down to the wire, but now that our master bedroom redesign is finally complete, I am ecstatic to be sharing the reveal photos today! Let me pause for just a moment to catch you up. The One Room Challenge is a twice annual blogging event hosted by the fabulous Linda, of Calling it Home. During the ORC, bloggers redesign an entire room in just six weeks time, ... View the Post
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Dining Room Facelift Progress
It's the final week of the One Room Challenge before the big reveal next week. Our kitchen dining area has come a long way, but we've saved the best for last... which is really just another way of saying that we've procrastinated on a couple of the biggest projects and we'd better hope everything goes smoothly so we can make it to the finish line! This post contains affiliate links. If you purchase something I recommend, you'll pay the same price, but I may receive a small ... View the Post
{one room challenge} Week 4: Knock Off Art & TV Gallery Wall Inspiration
Finally! Finally a week where I feel like I can see real progress and I'm excited to write my One Room Challenge update! Nonetheless, the chaos in our master bedroom {which I referred to last week as the "Storm Before the Calm"} remains. In fact, the chaos increased when we had to move all of the furniture to the center of the room in order to paint, but hubby and I have temporarily relocated to the guest room and having a restful place to sleep has improved my perspective. This week, my ... View the Post
Home Made Smarter
As I get older, I'm determined to keep up with the newest technology. Sure I haven't heard of the latest dating app, and there's always some new social media aimed at the generation a decade younger than I am, but I do pretty well {mostly thanks to my husband, who sometimes has to drag me along when I complain about why the TV needs three different remotes}. Our house is the same way. Built just about 10 years ago, it came before smart home technology really became mainstream. And I've ... View the Post
Link Parties
Link parties are an awesome way to share projects, and to admire and recognize the work of other amazing bloggers! Each week, I co-host The Creative Circle link party with my friend, Kathy, of Up to Date Interiors. We would love to have you join us every Thursday to link up your very best DIY, home decor and design projects! We feature our favorites at each week's party, as well as across social media! You'll always find a direct link to the current party in my sidebar. Below is a list ... View the Post
Week 2 – Does Shopping Count as Progress?
This post is sponsored by Home Decorators Collection, but, as always, all opinions are completely my own. You can view my full disclosure policy here. Two weeks of the One Room Challenge have already come and gone, and what do I have to show for it?! If you walked into my master bedroom right now, you would think I'd accomplished nothing. But what I have been doing is a whole lot of shopping. So that counts as progress, right?! via My focus this week has been on identifying a new rug ... View the Post
{seasonal style} My Modern Christmas Table + 10 More
Ever since my husband gave me a set of gorgeous white and silver snowflake dishes for Christmas a couple of years ago, I look for any excuse I can find to entertain around the holidays and throughout the winter! When I was invited to participate in a Christmas table blog hop with some of the most talented bloggers I know, and hosted by the lovely Aniko of Place of My Taste, I was a little intimidated because tablescapes aren't really my thing, but I was excited to see how my snowflake ... View the Post
{home tour} Entry and Living Room
UPDATE: Thanks for stopping by to see our entry and living room. The photos below are a couple of years old, so if you want to see some more updated photos of the living room, you'll find them in these seasonal home tours: It's open house time again, so come on in and have a look around... Today you don't have to go far past the front door, as I'm giving you a tour of our open entry and living room. Here's a reminder of the first floor layout to help you get your bearings. And in ... View the Post
{seasonal style} Modern & Colorful Christmas Home Tour + $500 Giveaway
Happy Holidays! Is it snowy in your neck of the woods? Here in Denver we got a lot of snow this past week and it put me in a jolly, Christmas decorating mood! And just in time, too, because today I'm participating in the Very Merry Christmas Home Tour blog hop with some of my favorite bloggers, hosted by Lovely Etc. Love Christmas? Love to peek inside other people's homes? Then you're in luck, because all week long you can tour over 20 fully decked out Christmas homes! AND to make it an ... View the Post
The Stylish, Smart Device That’s Keeping My Kids Safer
Out of the blue, my six year old came up to me a couple of weeks ago and started running his hands through my hair. His little fingers were clearly searching for something. I asked him what he was doing, and he turned to his four year old brother and said, "I can't find them, but I know mom REALLY does have eyes in the back of her head." I couldn't stop laughing! I don't even remember telling them this, but I must have said it at some point in time, and they'd been having a debate about whether ... View the Post
Designing a Comfortable, Modern Guest Room
Remember a couple of months ago when I showed you the very colorful design plans I was working on for a client's hip rooftop deck? Well that same client also had two extra bedrooms that he wanted to transform into stylish and comfortable spaces for welcoming guests. Today, I want to show you what we're working on in the larger of the two guest rooms, where we're even managing to squeeze in a little work space as well. When I toured the home for the first time, the room was literally a ... View the Post
{organizing with style} 24 Tips to Organize Your Kids’ Rooms to Perfection
Nothing puts a giant smile on my face like stylish organization that makes life with kids a little less stressful and leaves more time for fun. That's why I've rounded up these 24 awesome ideas for everything from toy, book and lego storage, to closet organization, and even DIYs for creative play. (* = pictured above) TOY STORAGE Numbered Storage Bins for Toys Rolling Wire Basket for Toy Storage* Underbed Storage Repurposed from Old Drawers* Wood Crate Toy Crate* Modern Toy Storage DIY ... View the Post