Looking for inspiration on hanging string lights (sometimes known as cafe lights or bistro lights) in your backyard? Here’s how we use ours, and where to buy affordable outdoor LED backyard lights! We’ve done a ton of work to the…
Best Closet System + How to Organize a Closet
I was thinking about closets the other day and realized that pretty much no closet upstairs has a door anymore because of the closet organizer systems we use. I don’t know when that became a “thing” of mine, but with…
Navy Blue and White Kids’ Bathroom
One of the rooms that I have unexpectedly fallen in love with (before it’s even fully done) is the navy blue and white bathroom. It’s the only bathroom we had upstairs for years, except now it’s gut-renovated – and now…
Our Kitchen Renovation
I asked on Instagram Stories what you all wanted to see first from our home renovation, and the kitchen was the clear winner. (I won’t lie, I was a little bummed – I wanted to start with the closets! hah!)…
Home Renovation Tips and Tricks
Today I’m sharing our tips and tricks after our experience gut-renovating our Cape home… what we are SO glad we did, and what we wouldn’t do again! We bought our house back in 2010, thinking we would be there for…
(Not Fully) Moved In! Renovation Update
Exciting news from RenovationStation: We moved in! So… it’s echoey (we have no curtains and no rugs on the first floor) and we’re still getting used to it, but we’re so glad to be here! It was a long summer…
Home Renovation Q&A
Last week I responded to a bunch of home renovation questions on Instagram, but I wanted to share them here so they can “live” longer than just the 24 hour Stories! I’m happy to do another Home Renovation Q&A as…
Navy Blue and White Home Color Palette
When we started designing our kitchen, we knew that we wanted white cabinets. Our kitchen for years has had light-colored wood, stainless steel appliances, and beige-ish tile floors. I couldn’t wait to get rid of those cabinets – or the…
Home Renovation Update: Month 3
When I last updated on our home renovation, the new addition was framed, the electrical and plumbing were done, and the doors and siding were on. What I didn’t share is that’s when I started to get homesick. It’s a…
Home Renovation Update
Our renovation is moving at lightning speed now! For a while it felt like things were crawling along… It was about a month from breaking ground to finishing up the foundation, but once the new foundation was inspected and got…
Mudroom Inspiration
One of the things I’m most excited for about our massive home renovation? The mudroom. I’ve saved this image from The Lily Pad Cottage as inspiration! It might sound a little silly to some, but we haven’t had a mudroom! Our house…
Baby Girl Nursery – Small Space Neutral Nursery
Our baby girl’s pink and gray nursery used to be my closet/office. When we found out we were expecting, though, we decided that would be her room, and we (jk… T didn’t think we needed to set up a nursery…