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Sean’s Nautical Nursery

On September 14, 2016 · 1 Comment · In home improvement, nursery, sean

In celebration of Sean moving into his own room earlier this week—excuse me while I simultaneously cheer and weep—I figured I would finally get around to taking photos of his nursery.

Rewind to when I was pregnant with baby #3 and “team green” AGAIN. I was not feeling another gender neutral nursery. I was totally […]

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Kid/Guest Bathroom Facelift

On June 17, 2013 · 38 Comments · In home improvement, new house

One of the things on our DIY house projects list for before the baby is born was to redo the kid/guest bathroom. It wasn’t a huge undertaking, since the previous owners of our house gutted both full bathrooms within the last five years or so. There wasn’t anything horribly wrong with the bathroom, except that […]

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Kitchen Reno: The Reveal (The AFTER!)

On March 18, 2013 · 11 Comments · In home improvement, kitchen makeover

The time has finally come. More than 13 months after it first began, I’m sharing the official “after” photos from our kitchen renovation. (If you didn’t see the before pics last night—or last year!—you have check ’em out.)

The majority of the work was done by ourselves, hence why it took so long. […]

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Kitchen Reveal: But First, The Before

On March 17, 2013 · Leave a Comment · In home improvement, kitchen makeover

It has been well over a year since I first posted about our kitchen, and our plans to renovate it, mostly by ourselves. What can I say? We embrace DIY.

We started demo in February 2012, redid the drywall in February and March, primed and painted the cabinets in March through […]

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DIY-cation

On June 25, 2012 · 2 Comments · In home improvement

Michael and I are taking a random vacation day tomorrow. But here’s the thing: We’re using it to work our asses off–not behind our desks, but in our house.

Nora is going to daycare.

We’re setting out on a home improvement extravaganza.

I haven’t shared a kitchen update with you in FOREVER–I haven’t even shown […]

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