The start of a full renovation on a 1940s cottage in Nashville, TN
A 1940 Cottage Renovation in Nashville – Part 1: Before and Backstory
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How to Sell Your House in 2020 – Part 2
Let's see... where did we leave off? Oh, right. You were Marie Kondo-ing your house and asking me how much value re-tiling your powder room would add to the value of your home. Moving on... These next steps are where I'll more or less take over, so breathe a big sigh of relief as we [...]
How to Sell Your House in 2020 – Part 1
It may seem early in the year to be talking about this, but if selling your home this spring, summer, or fall, is even a remote thought in your mind, it's best to start getting prepared now, even if it's just mentally. This process can be really overwhelming if you go at it all at [...]
Holiday Home Tour 2019
Come tour my home, all decorated for Christmas!
Mudroom Makeover Reveal: One Room Challenge Fall 2019
After six weeks of sawdust, paint fumes, our dog eating steel wool, and an infinite number of trips to Home Depot, I am SO excited to say that we have completed our first One Room Challenge: our mudroom! I'm thrilled with how it turned out, and I hope you enjoy looking through our photos and [...]
Mudroom Makeover: One Room Challenge Week 5
Okay, y'all. My mudroom is *actually* done now, because we're leaving the country on Tuesday, but you don't get to see it until the final reveal, so you'll have to come back at this time next week. What I can show you, however, is that I painted the board and batten. It took a lot [...]
One Room Challenge Week 1: Mudroom
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, [...]
Living Room – After
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.
Blueberry Coffee Cake with Lemon Icing – (With Dairy Free Option)
I know it's September, but it's technically still summer, y'all. Now, before you start throwing pumpkins at me, google it--fall officially begins on September 23rd (nerd alert!). But seriously, we've got to hang on to the last shreds of summer and long days when the sun stays up with you until late in the evening. [...]
Friday Favorites: August 22, 2019
It's been a couple weeks due to 1) vacation and 2) not having my life together enough to post a blog post, but I'M BACK. It's time for my weekly roundup of some of my favorite things from around the internet and Nashville--enjoy! In case you missed it, I posted this Sourdough Strawberry Shortcake recipe [...]