You want this: But you have this: Let me help. Following these tips will guarantee you success if you stick to them carefully! Identify the cause of the mess and deal with it accordingly. Most likely, the number one barrier between your current home and your perfect home is children. If you have junior-sized people living in your home, you will need to remove them or messes ... View Post
Oh Happy Day
Hi guys! I'll bet most of you already know this, but today is the official day that our issue of American Farmhouse Style magazine hit newsstands! (By "our issue", I mean the issue that features our home and our kitty.) Apparently it hit a few places early, because I saw it at the grocery store a couple days ago and got mine in the mail last week. But. Now it's officially here across the ... View Post
Magazine Photo Shoot, Part 1
We are still settling back into normal life after our photo shoot with American Farmhouse Style magazine! It sounds glamorous, but preparing to be in a magazine involves a lot of late nights spent dumping things you actually use into the garage. It also involves ungodly amounts of cleaning and tidying, plus asking kids not to use the couch/nice towels/table/bowl of fruit. For all these reasons, ... View Post
How We Spend Our Free Time
Hi guys! I wasn't planning to post again until our new website is up and running, but I thought you might like a peek into what we're up to. (Our new website is coming and this one will be down for a few days during the switch). It seems like we don't have a lot of free time, but that's not true. We tend to have the hours between 8pm and 3am free, which is a good thing, because we've been ... View Post
What Clients Consider the Grossest Thing Ever
Hi friends! I promised I'd write shorter posts and write them more often, but I have been seriously sidetracked! I can't wait to share with you what's going on. Some exciting things are coming for Holly Thompson Homes and I will be sharing them with you this spring. We deal with a variety of people who are wanting to update their homes or sell them or want our opinion about whether they ... View Post
Our bathroom rehab!
When we moved into our house, the upstairs hall bath (which was soon to be the toothpaste-encrusted kids' bath) was the least of our concerns. It had an intriguing shell-sink made of swirly off-white cultured marble, a decent-sized cabinet under that, and a teeny-tiny cabinet from Kmart or somewhere hung above the toilet. It had a sheet-vinyl floor that was oh-so-convenient for potty-related ... View Post
