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DIY · November 22, 2021

Easy DIY Mirror Barn Doors Using Reclaimed French Doors

I’m so so excited about this project for a couple of reasons. First, we’re refurbishing old French doors that we saved from demoing our office (any time I can use old rather than buying new is a win for me) 2. I'm going to take inspiration from our glass barn doors and create cohesiveness in our ...

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How-To · November 4, 2021

Make a Doorway in an Existing Wall

It’s been such a whirl wind so far and I feel like we’ve barely touched the actual bathroom! But now that the original closet door is closed up, we really need to move forward on this project, which means creating a new doorway and for now, building a closet that's at least functional again asap. I ...

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How-To · November 4, 2021

Moving A Doorway: Demo And Rebuild In One Day

It’s Demo Day 2 and frankly we didn’t even know there was going to be a day two! The original plan was to finish all of the demo between the old bathroom and the vanity room and leave it at that for a while. There are a ton of projects in this room so my goal was to prioritize them as best I could ...

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Recipes · October 29, 2021

Cornbread Croutons – The Best Fall Addition

We don't have cornbread very often, but recently my mother in law stopped by with a huge batch of it leftover bread from a recent party, I certainly wasn't going to say no... but there was so much of it! Cornbread isn't really Kevin's favorite thing and I knew there was no way I'd be able to eat it ...

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How-To · October 27, 2021

Quickly Remove a Bathroom Vanity

Removing a vanity sink seems scary and I'll be the first to admit that I was terrified by the whole plumbing aspect, but it’s actually a lot easier than you think. We’re gutting and completely renovating our master bathroom and that starts with getting rid of everything currently in the space. Now ...

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How-To · October 18, 2021

Removing a Toilet – It’s Easier Than You Think!

Toilets, am I right? I don’t care how you try to describe it, you can’t convince me they’re not gross. At least once in your life, you're going to have to remove the toilet, even if temporarily. So far we've had to do it twice. The first time was to redo the floors in our powder bathroom and now ...

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DIY · October 14, 2021

Check Out This Trick to Naturally Age Terracotta Pots

Terracotta pots. They’re beautiful, super functional, and super inexpensive. Basically they're everything you want in outdoor decor. But if we're being honest, (we're friends, so I know I can be) Terracotta pots are pretty boring looking when new. In the stores, whitewashed or pre-aged terracotta ...

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How-To · October 7, 2021

Our Master Bathroom is a Complete Gut Job – The Demo

The day finally came. The start of the project that equally excites and completely terrifies us. We’re going to gut and demo the Master bathroom OURSELVES. But to call this a master bathroom seems like a reach because it’s more like powder room that’s stuffed a shower into the corner. We’re so ...

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Home Updates · October 5, 2021

Glass Barn Doors Gave Our Office A Stunning Modern Look

I can’t remember where I first saw glass barn doors, but as soon as I did I knew we had to have them. We wanted the option to close off the office to the living room but since we don’t get a ton of light in the house, we didn’t want anything solid that would make it darker. The glass barn doors ...

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How-To · September 22, 2021

Easy Landscape Lighting Makes Our House Look Glamorous

To say Kristen just wanted landscape lighting on this house would be a major understatement. I’m pretty sure it’s one of the first things she talked about once we bought our house.  She claimed since our house has such a flat, regal front it was “basically begging to be done”. Without seeing it ...

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With the nursery almost ready to go and baby girl coming any day, we can only begin to imagine the great things 2023 is going to have in store for us! 

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