Week One | Week Two | Week Three We are wrapping up the fourth week of the Better Homes and Gardens One Room Challenge. This week did NOT go as smoothly as I had hoped, for a number of reasons. I didn’t have my favorite stain for the roof, Special Walnut, so I had to […]
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Month: April 2019
Checking In On the Rehab
I have been really invested in the One Room Challenge lately, and it has eaten up a lot of my time. In fact, this week was one of the hardest (they said it would be!) because of so many things, which I will get into for tomorrow’s post about moving into week four. However, I […]
Halfway Point – ORC Week 3 Update
We are over the hump in the Better Homes and Gardens One Room Challenge! We have moved into week 3 and the cabin bed build – the part that I anticipated would take me the longest – is wrapping up this week. See What’s Up with our One Room Challenge Week 1 – Introducing the […]
6 Tips for Getting Things Done with a Toddler
Toddler (n.) Emotionally unstable pint-sized dictator with the uncanny ability to know exactly how far to push you towards utter insanity before reverting to a lovable cuddle monster. I wish I knew who came up with this definition, but it is pretty spot-on. Despite its challenges, this age is definitely my favorite by far. My […]
Emily’s Room – Week 2
It’s that time again – Thursday, yes – but also time to share what has been happening with Emily’s Room for the second week in the One Room Challenge. This past week, I built all four panels of the cabin bed – which is way more than I expected I would have done at this […]
7 Mistakes We Made as Newbie Real Estate Investors
We are deep into our fourth investment property at this point, which still qualifies us as newbies, but we have picked up on a few mistakes lessons that we have taken away from our first two years of doing this. Real estate can be very profitable, if you can recognize good deals (and bad ones). […]
Update on the Small Town Renovation
I won’t try to beat around the bush – we have had a lot of things going on these past few weeks. From closing on our own rehab project to starting up some more of our home renovations, our focus has been occupied with that excitement. So, the time spent on this project has not […]
Emily’s Room Renovation by Us, Truly
On Tuesday, I announced our guest participation in the One Room Challenge. We will be tackling the transformation of Emily’s room from nursery to toddler room! So – a quick recap – what is the One Room Challenge? It happens two times each year – in the fall and the spring – where 20 designers […]
Home Renovation Under Way!
As someone who is new on the scene of the blogging world, I am always up for challenges that gets our content out there, especially if it involves renovating! I did a little exploring on some of my fellow home renovation bloggers’ sites and saw something that caught my eye. The One Room Challenge. Established […]