Once our kitchen was pretty much done, we started to realize just how irritating our existing pantry situation was. And not in a nit-picky, I-only-live-in-perfect-houses sort of way. In a my-husband-will-lose-it-if-the-garage-door-keeps-slamming-into-the-pantry-door sort of way. When our house was built, it was gifted with an abundance of doors in a very teeny space. There was one standard ... 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
Beautiful Lighting (on a budget)
Hi, guys (or y'all, to those of you in the South), So I'm trying to do blog posts more often and keep them shorter since I know you all get bored after a couple of sentences. Or at least that's what I hear from expert bloggers. You like bite-sized pieces like M&Ms rather than a Hershey bar, which will melt in your pocket if you break it into squares to save for later. So here goes. Even ... View Post
Master Bedroom Progress
Hey guys! It has been awhile since I mentioned the master bedroom...remember the vintage door wall? You can see how we did it here. The door wall got finished, but the room never did, because we used it for storage for our master bath reno. (Here is the beginning of that, if you are interested.) Both of these projects got put on hold in order to finish the main floor, which is just a few ... View Post
A Fresh Start
I always love starting fresh every January. It's especially fun because my husband gets the kids to help him put away the Christmas stuff while I get to stare at the clean surfaces and imagine all the decorating possibilities. I'm still pondering those, but when I figure it out, I'll have some more January pictures for you! For now, here's one of my favorite Christmas pictures. These three ... View Post
Protected: Creating Cozy, Part 3
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