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Christmas Decor, Holidays, Our House

December 24, 2019

Holiday Home Tour 2019

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Hey there! This week’s post may be slightly boring, because not a whole lot has changed visually… but a lot has been done. This post is also going to be somewhat brief, because I’ve been down for the count the past couple days and am catching up on life outside my mudroom and the internet. […]

One Room Challenge, Our House

October 25, 2019

Mudroom Makeover: ORC Week 4

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Here we are, folks! Whoa, we’re halfway there there (cue Bon Jovi). If you walked into our laundry room right now, you’d think that it doesn’t look like we got a lot done this week, but trust me, what looks like nothing was actually a lot of work. You’ll just have to take my word […]

One Room Challenge, Our House

October 17, 2019

Mudroom Makeover: One Room Challenge Week 3

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Welcome back to our One Room Challenge room for Fall 2019: our mudroom! So many things have happened this week. And the frustrating thing about home projects… is that you can’t actually see them. I changed my vision this week for our mudroom about… eight million times. Not exaggerating, because I NEVER exaggerate. But in […]

One Room Challenge, Our House

October 10, 2019

Mudroom Makeover: One Room Challenge Week 2

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Hey y’all! You may be wondering what the One Room Challenge is, and why I’m doing it. Let’s break down what exactly this challenge involves: every Thursday from October 3 (today!) to November 7, twenty designers and unlimited guest participants will post updates on the room they’ve chosen to makeover. I’m participating as a guest, […]

Our House

October 3, 2019

One Room Challenge Week 1: Mudroom

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Drumroll please…. our first “after” photos are here! If you need a refresher on the “before” photos for our house, click here. We bought our 1926 bungalow in Nashville in March 2019, and I’m going room by room through our house renovating and redecorating. I’ll share each room as I finish them, one at a time! Our living room is the place we spend a lot of time when we’re home, and the place we do a lot of our entertaining, so it was important to me to get it finished first.

Our House

September 18, 2019

Living Room – After

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I feel like this could be a book rather than a blog post… but I got so many questions about our music room yesterday after I posted a sneak peek on Instagram that I decided to answer all of your questions in one blog post. When decorating your home using musical instruments, it’s important to […]

Our House

July 31, 2019

How to Decorate with Musical Instruments

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Hello friends! I figured that the best way to start this blog (about home design and lifestyle) would be to start with my home base… literally. Many of you may know that Jonny and I have both been licensed Realtors in Tennessee for several years, and on March 1, 2019, we bought our first personal […]

Our House, Real Estate

July 2, 2019

“Before” photos… we bought a house!

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