Bathroom Painting, Shower Door, And A Number Craft

The good news is that I don’t have strep throat.  The bad news is it is bronchitis and I am lurking around with my antibiotics, tylenol, an inhaler while leaving a trail of tissues.  Since LJ and Will are also on antibiotics, you can imagine how fun the Bower house is right now.  #likeatoddlerdancevideo So since I […]

Kitchen Planning

Disclaimer: This post is sponsored by Cabinets.com.  All opinions are 100% my own. OH BOY!  This is exciting!  I have been looking forward to this post all freaking week and I can’t wait to show you everything we have planned for our basement kitchen. Ok…first let me tell ya, if you have been on vacay […]

On the Hunt for a Stylish Office Chair (on a Budget)

How’s everyone doing this freezing cold week? Wearing oversized sweater ponchos and leggings like me? (Yeah, yeah, leggingsarenotpants, but you don’t see beerisnotdinner stopping me from making that happen occasionally, either.) Anyway… I’m still on the hunt for an office chair. For my new office design plan, the idea has been to get something on the small […]

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A Random Bunch of Baby

I am really grateful for the support and kind words from so many people about this little surprise bump I announced recently.  I gotta say…it is nice to hear that I am not alone in the pregnant-and-didn’t-know-it-until-later category. SOoooo….I thought in the spirit of love-month, I would fill ya in on the answers for some […]

The Biggest Tiling Job of my LIFE

I’m not the Chuck Norris of tiling.  Not even close.  Although I may pretend I could roundhouse kick a pallet of marble, I would end up probably face down with a twisted ankle and an overextended groin muscle.  So I gotta admit that I was really intimidated by this tiling project.  The fact is….tiling an […]

It All Started With a Woodpecker.

About a week and a half ago, I was woken from a nap by the sound of a woodpecker kicking in my front door. Kidding. I mean, he was making noise, and it was actually a pretty tiny hole, but it also happened to be taking place on the exterior of the house directly behind my headboard (which is […]

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Guest Bath – Niche and Waterproofing

The biggest thing I learned with the guest bathroom shower project was how important it is to seal little tiny cracks.  One tiny crack = big gross problems.  That same equation applies to children.  Just sayin… So anyhoo…today’s post is a continuation of the last guest bathroom post where we talked about the way to […]

Guest Bath – Board and Floor Prep

Y’all ready to jump back into some heavy DIY? Anyone? You don’t actually have to lift a finger….err….maybe one just to scroll but it’s relatively low energy….   I’ll take that silence as a resounding YES to the DIY post.  I am sharing the journey that we took to get our bathroom in guest-ready shape […]

But First, Coffee

Everyone who’s going to post a lot of updates this week, take one step forward. Not so fast, Sarah. I had good intentions this week to get out a number of updates with some design dilemmas and additional progress made in the dining room and laundry room (Giant canvas purchased? Check. New light fixture installation? […]

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Something Blue

DISCLAIMER: This is a sponsored post brought to you by Blue Apron.  The opinions are 100% my own. This past month our family got really exciting news!  My little brother Tim (some of you call him Hot Tim….shweebies!) got engaged! That’s right!  He is officially off the market.  And I am so thrilled for him and […]

Guest Bath – Demo & Rough In

I hate to divert from the basement.  I really do.  But my camera is dead and I can’t find the charger or card reader and I can’t get the photos off of it!  AHH!  So we will have to wait to share the basement plans for the kitchen and washer/dryer area.  Sorry.  I know I […]

THREE – FOUR

Yesterday I turned the big three-four.  Whoa.  How did that happen?!  My life is seriously flashing before my eyes.  It’s crazy how time flies. And I had the best kind of birthday….it all started this past week when my close girlfriends threw me a mini birthday party complete with dinner and dessert and presents.  It was […]

How to Clean Granite Countertops with Steam + SteamMachine Plus Giveaway

My kitchen counters are generally a disaster.  Except for on Sunday afternoon when I force ask my family to help me clean the house, they are covered in school work, backpacks, empty plastic cups, and half-eaten bags of Goldfish. I've never been mistaken for Martha Stewart, y'all

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But, our food prep area gets wiped down (most) every night. This is always the place I worry about being super germy, but I don't want to use anything too harsh on my granite countertops.  And whatever I did use ended up leaving them cloudy and streaky.

But now, they look gorgeous. Come on over and see how I was able to get my granite countertops shiny and streak free (and win a little something for yourself)! Click here!

    

 

New Copper Light Fixture in the Dining Room

When it comes to this house, the only significant lighting changes I’ve ever really made in the last couple of years have been in the kitchen and bathrooms. But now that the dining room has finally reached a decorative stage, I took a little time this past weekend to install something I’m really excited about: […]

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