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Starting a DIY upholstered platform bed: Part 1

IT’S FABRIC TIME, Y’ALL! We’re finally going to start on our new bed – the resurrected version of this guy – and you can expect the full play-by-play so you can copy it, improve upon it, and send me pictures of your fabulous new bed that blows mine outta the water. (Update – see the […]

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DIY Hardwood Flooring: Part 3

If you’re just jumping in, don’t forget to check out the posts on selecting hardwood floors, preparing the floors for installation, and why hardwood floor glue is trying to seduce your boyfriend. Now for the fun part: throwing those babies down! We put down a chalk line straight across the middle of the floor and […]

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DIY Hardwood Flooring: Part 2

[DIY Hardwood Flooring Part 1 starts here…] This is the part of the story where it sounds like I’m exaggerating – you’re going to be positive I’m exaggerating – but friends, there is no hyperbole here. Installing hardwood floors using glue? It’s the Mount Everest of DIY projects. You get started, thinking, all I have […]

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Glutton for Punishment

You’re going to think I’m certifiably insane, and I might be inclined to agree. We just sold our bed on craigslist! Yes, this bed. The one that took for-ev-ah to make. Goodbye, old friend. But before you turn me in, let me explain… When we finally set out to redo the master bedroom, I made […]

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DIY Hardwood Flooring: Tales from the Frontlines

I’ve had a few questions about our floors, so I’m going to answer them all here and in a follow-up post, plus some lessons learned from two survivors who knew exactly nothing about hardwood floor installation before undertaking this giant project. You’ve probably seen a few episodes of some HGTV show in which hardwood floors […]

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Baby-Decor Compromise #456

Things that don’t mix: oil and water. Toothpaste and orange juice. Icy driveways and me, walking. Also: babies and beautiful home decor. And because I can’t send him back where he came from, and don’t want to, because he’s really pretty cute and I’m getting kind of emotionally attached…  Requisite smiling baby photo … I […]

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Resolved for 2011: Take down my Christmas Tree

Do I really, really have to take down all my Christmas decorations? You wouldn’t think it was weird if I had a Christmas tree in my living room next June, would you? (See, that’s why we’re friends.) Okay, okay, I’ll take it down. But I can already tell my ornaments have multiplied like bunnies in […]

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Least Grandma-ish Thing Ever: My Plate Wall

It’s controversial. It’s divisive. It tears families apart. It’s my plate wall. Andy and I have a standing “disagreement.” He believes walls-o-plates are grandma-ish, while I – having seen lots of incredible plate displays in beautiful rooms (see below) – know he’s wrong. I present to you my first piece of evidence, from Apartment Therapy: […]

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Decking the Halls

It’s taking everything I have within me not to title this post, “It’s beginning to look a lot like…” You’re welcome for avoiding the blog post cliche. You’re welcome. But really, it looks like Christmas around here! This was my first year decorating our house for Christmas, and Michaels and Dollar Tree are thanking me. […]

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A Post by Weston: My Household Contributions

Listen, it’s tough being a baby, let’s just be honest. When’s the last time you had multiple people laugh at the face you make when you poop? But there are some major perks, like riding in strollers. And being undeniably cute. And free room and board. I try to help make up for my cost […]

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Annabelle’s Baby Shower

I recently hosted a baby shower for my beautiful friend Emily, along with a few of her friends.  (Okay, if I’m being honest, it was just a brilliant excuse to play with crafts.) I made this banner out of scrapbook paper and cardstock. (See the full tutorial here.) I really stretched that one pack of […]

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Wedding Weekend

In November, we went to Michigan to see my sister-in-law get married. The wedding was beautiful and we had so much fun. Weston had a lot to say during the ceremony, but with both Andy and me in the bridal party, there wasn’t much we could do except look on and smile! (Weston wore a […]

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Seeking Uncomfortable

I’m so sick of being comfortable. Living in air conditioning and driving places in a car and building up treasure on earth and never pushing myself beyond comfortable. I’ve had enough. (God’s been messing with me lately.) I started reading a book called Radical: Taking back your faith from the American Dream and it’s going […]

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Sofa Table

One thing my living room is missing: lamps. During the day, you’d hardly notice. But if you plan to do anything task-related on the sofa after dark, you should probably bring your night-vision goggles. And unfortunately, there was just no good place to actually put lamps. So, I put in an order: one super-long, very […]

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Pendant Light

Clearly, I never tried internet dating, or I would have known that nothing ever looks quite as good as advertised online. For example, the pendant light I ordered online to hang in my breakfast nook? As advertised: chic, glowing and glorious, made of capiz shells! Awesome! In real life? Fat and bland. But worse, it […]

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