Behind Our Red Door

Sharing our family life and lessons learned as we raise 3 little kids in the Midwest.

How to Design Rooms on Your Computer

I’ve been getting some questions about how I put together my room mockups for the spaces we’ve been working on in our house—and ones still to come in the future! It really helps to see different furniture, flooring, paint colors, etc. together before making a decision and it REALLY helps me get the roomie on board for another project. 😂 I totally get wanting to make your own! But I’ll say ... read more

Adjusting to Our Home’s Modern Traditional Style

In a weird twist, I’m having a hard time adjusting to the style of our new home. It is exactly the style and era of home we were looking for–even in the location I’d dreamt of–but this is a house built in the ‘90s and I’m used to some very old homes. The home I grew up in was built in 1907. It had all the charm of that era meaning a double staircase, creaky floors and door frames, ancient ... read more

The Powerful Upgrade That Inspired $375.26 in Other Updates (so far)

If I’m honest, I think I had forgotten about this stage of homeownership. The stage when you start making a few updates that spiral into a MILLION changes and different ways to drain your bank account. Pair that instinct to make design changes with the nesting stage of this pregnancy and I think the roomie deserves some credit for trying to manage all of the ideas/updates/online shopping I ... read more

A Love Letter to Our First Home

We officially handed over the keys to our first home to another young couple today and I have had so many emotions about leaving our sweet house behind in the months since we purchased our new-to-us home.   It was that first home that inspired this blog. It will always hold such an immensely special place in our hearts as it was the place we became the homebodies we are today. Many of our ... read more

Friday Five: 3.13.20

What a wild week of paranoia and precaution. I'm choosing to entirely ignore all of that and focus on all the fun of moving, a baby on the way, and that fact that the days are stretching longer and sunnier lately. ☀️ Here are my five things this week! 1. Tell Me Everything Finished this book this week! It was a welcome distraction throughout the move. I’ll admit that there was one scene ... read more