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Scantily Clad Is Better Than Nekkid: A Wall Update

Last week, I wrote about our bare walls. I called them “nekkid,” which perhaps is a bit harsh, but the truth’s the truth, right? Well, we are trying to help our poor walls be a little more, um, lady...

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Roadside Sofa

Remember when I wrote about our FLOR update (here and here) and mentioned that our after picture wasn’t quite accurate because we have replaced the couch? Do you also remember when I said I’d post...

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Laundry Scrub

 Anybody else a huge TLC fan back in the day? In so many ways, not the least of which is the whole washing machine scrubs our clothes thing, the laundry room is a scrub. For one, it is pretty much a...

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Thresholdin’ It Up

We’ve recently made some small-to-large improvements in our house’s flooring by putting down FLOR carpet squares and then pulling up old carpet in another room. After we made these changes, we were...

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Cheating, Still Married

Ed once gave me two rules about home decorating:No bowls of balls, such as this one here.No throw pillows on the bed.Both require extra work (i.e., dusting in the case of balls, placing/removing from...

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Door Knobs and Broomsticks (Sans Broomsticks)

A while back, Kristen picked up some little ceramic closet doorknobs to replace the plain door knobs we have on some of our closets. (These are non-magical knobs by the way, unlike those in Bedknobs...

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Flea Market Vanity and the Rest

Now that we’ve shown you the play by play on the important stuff, we can show you the fun (and easy!) details that really bring the room together.But before I get to that, let’s revisit the original...

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Classic Yuletide

The holiday season is one of our favorite times of the year. We get to have lots of friends and family around, cook delicious goodies, and take a few extra days off work. We also enjoy pulling out the...

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And up in the nursery an absurd little bird…

…is popping out to say… Oh wait, we’re not there quite yet. First, a quick back history. For my birthday a few months ago, Ed’s parents gave me a gift certificate to Crate and Barrel (cue choir singing...

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The Endearing: My favorite part of our house

Sometimes it seems as though we always talk about the improvements we’re making to our house without thinking much about the parts that we actually like as they are. I’m sure many people are the same...

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