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About a year ago, Ryan and I agreed we were pretty happy with the house and wanted to start saving for other life events and emergency...

By far the most exciting part of 2024 for our home has been our kitchen refresh. I wrote about this briefly in my newsletter last week...

Announcement! I've decided to try my hand at longer form writing on other aspects of life outside of mid-century design and start a...

I took a little “home improvement” break after we brought home our Brittany puppy (now 10 month old), Linus and have been focused on...

We are finally updating our guest bathroom! This is our largest bathroom on the upper level with a bath/shower combo. This bathroom is...

When we bought our home in June 2021, I was convinced that all of the changes we needed to make were “cosmetic.” I was thinking paint,...

When we bought our house last year, I was thrilled by the space for outdoor entertaining - upper and lower decks, a sizable, grassy...

The calendar tells me that fall is just around the corner, though you wouldn't know that from the 91 degree days we are battling in the...

Our powder room has been a long time in the making. This room is just off the entryway of our home and greets guests when they arrive....

I'm back from a two month hiatus (wedding, honeymoon, life) with plenty of MCM content to kick off summer. We enjoyed a week long trip to...

We painted the interior of our home and I couldn't feel better about that decision. We saved probably close to $8,000 by doing it...

I say this nearly every year but I can't believe the holidays are behind us and we are stepping into a new year. This year was especially...

Having purchased our home six months ago, I've had a chance to reflect on what went well and what I would have done differently. We love...

We just spent eight days in beautiful Palm Springs, where we will be getting married in May at the O'Donnell House. We used the trip both...

I very much thought when we bought our mid-century modern in Holmes Run Acres that I would have oodles of content for the blog - and I...

As we cruise into fall, I want to ensure we are surrounded by luscious plants on the inside and outside of our home, especially plants...

When we bought our house, the dining room was my biggest concern. The prior owners added onto the home about twenty years ago and they...

My mom came to visit last weekend to see the house and help us get settled. We spent a significant amount of time at Merrifield Garden...

Wow, it's been a whirlwind the last few weeks and we have been BUSY getting acquainted with the house and the neighborhood while throwing...

The Fourth of July holiday is upon us and I'm heading to a ranch in Colorado with Ryan and my family for eight days before we make the...