Alternate punny post title: The Updated Light Fixture Blues. We’re not sad about our “new” office fixture—we’re delighted. We spray painted the old brass chandelier indigo and added a large drum shade, hence the blues joke. Read on for a closer look. To refresh your memory, here’s the original fixture (ignore the too-small frames leaning … Read more

Since we’re in a kitchen state of mind, we had to share Kacie and her husband Kyle’s recent makeover. With help from their parents, they opened up their home’s floor plan and created a bright, much more functional space for morning breakfasts and everyday cooking. Here’s Kacie’s note about the project: My husband and I … Read more

We were busy bees this weekend. As some of you noticed in yesterday’s post, we’d already begun clearing out the liriope, weeds, and overgrown bushes where our future deck will go. We started with this: Our first step was calling Miss Utility to make sure digging and future deck footings wouldn’t hit any underground utilities. … Read more

Choosing paint isn’t always easy, and we had a tough time deciding on a color for our beach house. If you follow us on Instagram or Facebook, you may have seen several photoshopped options flash by in a slideshow a few weeks ago: We also discussed the options on our podcast. In Episode #28 we … Read more

*** This giveaway is now closed – see who won below! *** After 10,000 memorable name-origin stories, random.org selected our winners: Beth (who shared, “my dad picked it out and to this day I’m whole heartily a daddy’s girl.”) and Chelsea (whose parents chose her name from the 1981 film On Golden Pond, where Jane … Read more

A lot of you have been asking what I picked up from Target for Nate’s big weekend debut. I’m a devoted fan—remember when our hands almost touched?—so I was at the store the moment it opened on Sunday. Even though we’d just returned from Cincinnati late the night before, I couldn’t resist the hunt. I … Read more

Q: Do you ever worry you’re pricing your house out of the neighborhood? There are so many things I’d like to do to our cute little house, but then I think, “don’t do it — you’ll spend too much and never get your money back.” It’s definitely too small to stay in forever. For example, … Read more

Anyone looking to add a touch of old-world French charm to their home this week is in luck. Nineteen Mercièr is offering one lucky winner a $500 shopping credit to spend on any item in their collection. The shop features pieces inspired by the textures and tones of historic France—weathered woods, patinated metals, and strong … Read more

Here’s the second half of Farah’s home makeover (see our first post for the mom cave). HomeGoods generously offered some product to help refresh a home, and we asked if we could pay it forward by transforming someone else’s space — and they agreed. After seeing Farah’s family room, we couldn’t stop at the mom … Read more

Just like our first house floor plan and our current house floor plan from years ago, a lot of readers asked for a new floor plan of the house — so here it is. Floor plans are helpful for visual people who want to see which walls are where and how rooms flow into one … Read more