Anyone who knows me well, knows that I LOVE to host a party! Although there are so many places to hold a gathering, I find that hosting at home is easiest right now for this season of my life. I am working around nap times and melt downs, so the closer I am to home, […]
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My Top Tips Before Hosting Overnight Guests
Are you having expecting company soon at your home? If so, then here are my top tips to do before your guests arrive: Make sure you bathrooms are stocked – This would include making sure that there is plenty of toilet paper, the soap dispenser is full and you have fresh hand towels. It would […]
5 Unexpected Expenses While Renovating Your Kitchen
After finishing our massive kitchen renovation, I noticed several expenses that hit our monthly budget unexpectedly. None of these were game changers, but they did add up to a decent chunk of money after not having a kitchen for about eight weeks. Although they may seem somewhat obvious now, these were misses that we didn’t […]
5 Questions To Ask Yourself Before You Decide To Renovate
Over the past several years, we have completed A LOT of renovation projects. In case you didn’t know, Bradley and I decided to buy a total fixer upper, and then during the closing process, we found out that I was pregnant. 🙂 Our timeline was definitely altered when we found out this “small” piece of […]
Kitchen Update – Cabinets & Pulls
I recently posed about how we had officially chosen the granite slabs for our new kitchen. YAY!! Well, now the kitchen cabinets have been selected too, and we are so excited! We are going to go with the door style below, but this is not the exact color. Our color is called “French Vanilla,” and it is […]
Mommy’s Pretty Powder Room Transformation!!!!
We knew when we first bought our home was that we were very quickly going to renovate the first floor guest bath. This was a room that would be utilized a lot, and to be honest, it DESPERATELY NEEDED A MAKEOVER! LOL! It had this HUGE mirror that went across the length of the room, along […]
Kitchen Renovation Update
We are getting closer to our kitchen install date, and I am getting extremely nervous and excited. Most of the materials have been selected, and now we are in the “hurry up and wait” phase. All of the cabinetry and granite slabs have been ordered, but we are going to wait until the middle of […]
Happy Birthday, Dada!!!
About four months after Madeline was born, Bradley celebrated his birthday. During this time, I was on an extended maternity leave, which meant that I was bringing in zero salary. Even though our budget had been cut literally in half, I knew that if I was creative enough, I could still host him a small […]