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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...

I've been getting some questions on the DMV housing market for mid-centuries so I thought I'd share my thoughts and hot takes. Rewind to...

I've always wanted to attend the Hollin Hills House + Garden Tour but for the past few years, was either out of town or did not purchase...

One of my favorite substack writers, Leslie Stephens, who lives near where I grew up in Portland, shared this AD article on a gorgeous...

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...

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....

Lately I've been noticing an uptick in mid-century modern homes and styles in Architectural Digest, the swoon-worthy publication for...

There are many options for a kitchen remodel, most of which are costly, and often overwhelming. I recently discovered several bespoke...

We have finally reached the point in our home-buying and designing journey where we are saving money for future renovation! The first few...

Many of the homes we looked at during our search were seriously lacking in the bathroom department. Even homes that went for over a...

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...

Our family room is finally coming together - we added a wall between our entry way and the family room to create a space for the...

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 some of you know, we are slowly working our way through some projects with the house in between our recent engagement and now planning...