The start of a full renovation on a 1940s cottage in Nashville, TN
A 1940 Cottage Renovation in Nashville – Part 1: Before and Backstory
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 [...]
Mudroom Makeover: ORC Week 4
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. [...]
Mudroom Makeover: One Room Challenge Week 3
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 [...]
Mudroom Makeover: One Room Challenge Week 2
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 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, [...]