Now that you’ve seen how the front of the house turned out, let’s check out the backyard. You saw a glimpse in that post of this courtyard in between the garage and the sunroom. I love the location of the sunroom on this side of the house – it’s quiet and shaded and surrounded...
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Welcome to our first finished flip! Technically I don’t know if we should even call it a flip, given that it took us a year and a half to finish and it was also our home during the time…BUT that was the intention all along, so that’s what we call it. Now that we have...
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I don’t think I could be any more excited about our new adventure – we bought our next house! We had been wanting to buy a fixer upper for awhile, and we stumbled upon this amazing foreclosure with tons of unique architectural details. It was right after I started my new job (drafting for...
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I know, I know, I really suck at blogging. And if you’ve emailed me recently – I’m sorry I haven’t responded yet! I let my inbox get away from me, and now I’m paying for it and working my way through them. I’ll be adding common questions to my FAQ page from now on,...
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It’s time to start the Christmas house tour! Today I’ll just show you the outside, which probably isn’t deserving of its own post…but that’s all I have photos of at the moment! I didn’t hang any Christmas lights outside last year because we don’t have an outside outlet…much to my dismay. This year, I...
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A few weeks ago, one of our neighbors threw away an old planter. It was just a little plastic one, and it was pretty dumpy looking, but you know I couldn’t resist a freebie, right? Besides, I hate seeing things get thrown into a landfill when there’s still some life left in them. Snatched...
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I mentioned way back in this post that our gloomy mailbox was next in line for a makeover, after painting the shutters & the front door last fall. Well, I finally got around to crossing that project off my constantly growing to-do list. I’m a big fan of oversized house numbers. So I got...
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I am very excited to show you all my winter wreath! I actually finished it a couple weeks ago but decided to save it to share after all those little Christmas trees. Do I sound crazy when I say that I made a wreath out of trash bags, light bulbs, twigs, & bottle caps?...
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I’m way behind to just now be posting a fall wreath…considering that everything will be Christmas-ified in a week or two. But I’ll share how to create this wreath anyways, since you could easily make it a winter wreath if you used a different color scheme. First gather your materials – you’ll need a...
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Our house just got a lot happier 🙂 After removing the storm door, I was about to paint our front door bright red and the shutters black for a classic look… Buuut at the last minute, I changed my mind. I really wanted something different from what we had, and going from burgundy to...
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