When we were picking out paint during the renovation, I used Pinterest a LOT. (I highly recommend looking on Pinterest to see how various rooms look with a single paint color! Just search for “(paint color) living room” for example….
Planning A Big Girl Bedroom
We’re finishing the process of putting together a big girl bedroom for our little miss, so today I’m sharing the mood board and some of my thoughts about this new big girl room! When we moved back into the house…
Pool Safety with a Toddler
We have had a pool for about 10 years, and I never thought much about extra safety beyond fencing – until our daughter became a water bug. Since starting swim classes about a year ago, she got a lot more…
The Best Backyard Cafe Lights for Patios
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…