Like many people this year, we have been using the extra time at home to work on improving our space. Even though we’ve been here for two years, we are still making small changes and improvements. I’ve never loved this foyer area – we’ve thought about putting up a wall to separate the dining area and maybe creating a drop zone, but I’m worried we’ll lose the light coming in. For now, we replaced the jute rug that was falling…
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Hello! I wanted to share our lovely backyard – fall grass is so pretty! If you’ve followed along for a while, you might know we’ve had trouble with drainage and growing grass in our backyard. Here’s what our yard looked like the we moved in two years ago: We had drains installed and seeded the yard with fescue and here’s what it looked like after: Grass was growing but it looked like weeds and wasn’t very high quality with lots…
Anyone have wallpaper at home? After growing up in a historic house with wallpaper from the 70’s (60’s?), I never thought I’d want it in my own home. But, it’s very trendy these days, and I’ve gotten into the idea of an elegant wallpaper + wainscoting in our dining area. This area is so open though, and Matt and I are having a hard time finding one we love and can commit too. We ordered a ton of samples, and…
When we found our house, we loved that it was a blank slate. But decorating and interior design take a lot of research, time, and money! We’ve been in our house 1.5 years, and are just starting to think about some updates to the walls. Here’s the entryway – it’s nice that’s open and flows right into the dining area and kitchen, but it’s also a waste of space. We have a nice big closet, so don’t really need…
Here’s a little peek at baby Allen’s nursery! It’s a little bit plain/simple for two reasons. One: I was too tired this time around to plan every little detail and decided it was too expensive to do wallpaper or deal with paint, which is really what this bright white room needs. And, two: because after using Emerson’s room (well the stuff in it) for 3 years, I realized that the decor and room will evolve as baby acquires stuff and…
How was your weekend? This week is dragging slowly because Emerson is sick and Matt is traveling. But, we had a wonderful weekend with some incredible fall-like weather! We had our porch screen in last week and we spent a ton of time outside enjoying the space over the weekend. At one point we even had to bring blankets outside because it was so cold! I am in love with the porch and am sooo happy we did it. We…
We continued the theme of home improvement over here this weekend. We worked all day Saturday, and I was so tired by Saturday night that I could barely find the energy to go out on a date with Matt. We knocked so many things of our to-do list, though, so we had a Sunday funday that involved a movie and a concert. Matt worked from a co-working space on Friday, so we kicked off the weekend with a trip to…
I’m nesting like crazy over here. It’s more intense this time around because: We haven’t been in our house that long and there are still a bunch of things I want to work on Emerson was in camp for 3 weeks this summer and I felt like I had to accomplish all.the.things during those 3 weeks. I want to spend some good quality one-on-one time with her in August rather than be running to Homegoods and such. Having one baby…
If you’ve been following along since we moved into our house, you know that our yard has been somewhat of a headache! When we came down to Charlotte to see the house, it had beautiful green sod and we fell in love with the yard. But when we arrived in December, we found a wet mud pit for a yard. The combination of no one taking care of the sod while it sat on the market, lack of gutters, and…