We (heart) ugly houses. Actually, we love what we can do with ugly houses. We purchased our first home as a bank foreclosure in 2007 and our second home as a HUD foreclosure in 2010. We renovated both from top to bottom. Check out all the before and after photos below. Our first home renovation. […]
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Renovation progress report – week 25
I’m super excited to be guest blogging at Remodelaholic today about our bathroom remodel (from way back in the stone age – or 2007). Talking about making it big! Remodelaholic is such an awesome blog, and I’ve found many like-minded bloggers through the blog. Many of you may not have seen this full before and after […]
Paint swatches
I’ve been getting a lot of emails and comments about that one thing that can make us cheer or make us cry. PAINT! Our current home has a lot of tan in paint and furniture. But, I adore the blue and green rooms in our house the most. So, in the new house, I’m leaning […]
Buying American-made
I’ve gone back and forth about writing this post, but I decided to document it. I tried to be respectful and I hope you see that. Edited to add: Please scroll down to read the mid-day update to this story. Ryan feels strongly about buying American-made goods. That’s why he chooses to wear these tennis shoes, these […]
Your questions – answered
Our renovation posts have been eliciting the same questions in comments and emails again and again, so I thought I’d dedicate a post to it. (But don’t let the prior sentence lead you to believe I don’t love getting comments and emails. Makes me feel as famous as my girl J-Lo, sans the money and […]
It’s September, meet my pumpkins
I had picked 9 pumpkins by the end of August, but I convinced myself to wait until September to put them out (thanks to the advice of my Facebook friends). Once Labor Day hit, I put out the pumpkins and planted a few $1.50 mums in the pots where my poor petunias had kick the […]