Since the first moment I saw my bathroom and decided to put an offer on our home, I knew that it would need to be remodeled as soon as I could afford it for the sake of my sanity. It’s our upstairs bathroom that I use, exclusively. Although guests didn’t trek upstairs to use it and Ryan had his own bathroom downstairs, the yellowed plastic shower walls and spongey laminate floors creeped me out. ... read more
My Dramatic Bathroom Remodel Reveal
Happy Cinco de Mayo! Break Out the Margaritas and Guacamole.
When it comes to Cinco de Mayo, save your money and skip a full-fledged party. Just whip up some tasty, homemade margaritas and guacamole and it’s a fiesta, friends. 💃🏻 Lucky for you, I’m sharing my Uncle Kirk’s to-die-for margarita recipe! Margaritas, Please My Uncle Kirk is a cocktail genius and king of creating a meal I will actually eat with a bunch of stuff from the fridge that needs to be ... read more
9 Ways I’ve Changed in the Year I’ve Owned My Home
It was one year ago, give or take 2.5 weeks, that I was handed the keys to my very own home.* I was so crazy fortunate that first day and weekend to have so many of my friends and family members crawl out of the woodwork to scrub walls and cabinets, paint ceilings and pretty much every wall, knock out a handyman's list, and move me out of a third-floor walkup and into my home 15 minutes away. It ... read more
Mini Gold-And-White Home Office Reveal
In my opinion, home offices can be such a waste of space. Since I have a laptop, my office can be the dining room table, the living room couch, or my favorite, bed! I have always wanted an organized control center for home, auto, life documents/manuals/tax info/mail/etc., though, and as my life has changed over the course of the last 6 months a home office started sounding more and more ... read more
12 Reasons We Love Our Corgi On Her 1st Birthday
Our (fur) baby, Penny Love, is ONE today and I am feeling all the feelings! So, today I’ll tell the story of how we got Penny and my favorite parts of life with our beautiful (and unbelievably spoiled) Pembroke Welsh Corgi. Fall of 2016: I don’t even remember why I became obsessed with getting a corgi, but I bet it had something to do with the really cute Pinterest photos of corgi pups and their ... read more