It's hard to believe it has been one full year since our photo shoot for American Farmhouse Style magazine! It has been such a busy year since, and I was so burned out on decorating that I thought I would never care about decorating our own house again. Then, we found ourselves opening a shop that was originally just kitchen hardscapes (cabinets, countertops and tile), and turned into all that ... View Post
Christmastime is Here
Merry Christmas! I meant to do a post earlier with some Thanksgiving pictures, but now it's a little late! Did anyone make the eggnog coffee cake? I did, and then made it again! We had decorated for Christmas early so our magazine photographer could get some shots, and were pretty excited to forego the fall decorating since we did so much of that for the Fall magazine photo shoot. But on ... View Post
How to Use Barn Doors. Well.
Welcome back, guys! Hope you had a good 4th! I always have good intentions of updating the blog often but then life gets in the way. But, since I know you are on the edge of your seat about this farmhouse/barn door discussion, I thought getting back to it right away might save someone from decking out their whole house in brand new "barn doors" from Lowe's. Though I might be too late because ... View Post
How to Do Farmhouse Without Becoming Trendy
The word "trendy" sounds exciting sometimes, like when you buy a house that's so outdated that some of it has come back into style. It's also great when you have a limited decor budget and happen to find something at Goodwill that's actually "on-trend." Or when your grandma gives you her old dishes and you see similar ones in a magazine. In these cases, trendy is awesome. It gets you back in ... 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
Creating Cozy, Part 3
Hi there, all of you who are reading this! It's nice to have you! I wish I could have you over and show you some fun ideas in person, but since you're there and I'm here, let me just try to do it over the blog and hopefully you'll enjoy it and get a few ideas. So if you've been following along, we've already talked about some easy ways to make vignettes with collections of like items and with ... View Post