Yup — the faint scent of bacon, spray paint, and sweat can only mean one thing: it’s Pinterest Challenge time. (Not sponsored by Pinterest or anyone else; this was dreamed up by Katie Bower to get us to stop pinning and start doing.) So let’s do this together. In bikinis (let’s be honest, bikinis haven’t … Read more

We’re excited to share that we recently rearranged another room in our house — this time the combined living and dining area. We loved moving our dining table into the large open space next to the new kitchen; the open-plan layout has always appealed to us. But after shifting the couch and one chair to … Read more

Oh happy day! We have another design-after story to share with all you makeover lovers. A few months ago Corinne and her husband Keith asked for help with their formerly cluttered den. They had been working with a designer, but the budget tightened, so they reached out for a simpler transformation: turning a melting-pot room … Read more

Alternate post title: Paint Me Like One Of Your French Girls. Much like Rose’s famous plea to Jack, the dusty blue back of our front door was begging for a fresh coat of paint. The transformation felt oddly romantic — just me and the door — and the result brightens our foyer in a way … Read more

We love looking back at our Day One photos from our previous house, so we did the same for our new home — on the day all our big furniture finally arrived — and snapped these shots. The place already feels like home. What do you think? The living room: The kitchen: Other side of … Read more

While recently rewatching an early episode of Parks & Recreation, we laughed out loud when we noticed an item in the background that looked exactly like our repurposed card-catalog-turned-spice-and-spoon-rack behind Amy Poehler. The scene was especially funny because the episode revolves around Leslie’s outspoken dislike of libraries. It’s uncanny how much it resembles the $5 … Read more

*** This contest is now closed – see who won below!*** And this week’s random winner is… Stacy (who says “when I was little, I got the local radio dj’s autograph and thought I was so cool! Looking back, it is just funny how silly it was!”). Congrats Stacy! We’re big fans of Candice Olson … Read more

Sometimes you have to let things “shake out.” John rolled his eyes as I dashed back and forth from the guest room all day, trying “one more thing” here and there. I love that final stretch of tweaking—adding this, subtracting that—and seeing how small changes transform a room. We shared yesterday’s in-progress photos to show … Read more

Last year Thanksgiving arrived so quickly we hardly had time to decorate, aside from one post where we shared seasonal inspiration. This year we made time for a bit of Thanksgiving sprucing and transformed our Halloween console into a warmer, fall-friendly vignette. We swapped spooky accents for white pumpkins, shimmering votives, a stack of cream-and-brown … Read more

Last month’s arctic blast brought unusually cold temperatures to Florida. We experienced three consecutive nights in the low 20s, with a low near 18 degrees — a severe deviation from our typical winter lows in the mid-40s. Local meteorologists dubbed this a “once-in-a-century” deep freeze, and it became the ultimate test for our landscaping. We … Read more