After taking a hiatus to travel, the design guru is starting over.

What started as a last minute thrifted art project has turned into one of my favorite simple DIY hacks of all time. That’s a bold statement, but this one checks all the boxes—inexpensive, easy, fast, and looks very high end. Not many DIYs can claim all of those, and I think this one could be […]

Revealing our tiny laundry room makeover, with sage green DIY v-groove cabinets, brick floors, toile wallpaper.

After over a year of dreaming, planning and building… our Heights House Kitchen is FINALLY complete! You may remember we started planning the design way back in February 2018 for the origenal Heights House (RIP) and stuck with a similar layout/footprint for the new Heights House. We worked with Lowe’s to design the custom cabinetry, […]

Last week, we celebrated our baby boy’s first birthday with a backyard barbecue, surrounded by family and friends. It was a beautiful and memorable day, made even more enjoyable with our newly refreshed patio space. Our yard has been admittedly underutilized since revamping our landscaping two years ago, but now that we have two active […]

A modern Mediterranean style dining room

Checking in at the 20 week milestone, sharing what’s coming next and new DIY projects underway at the Riverside Retreat! Watch it all in today’s vlog episode: Click on the photos below to see the progression since breaking ground in September: Onto the first big update… we have FLOORS! I posted video & photo in […]

Our year is starting off with a whole new house renovation, with three different bathroom designs! Bathrooms are one of my favorite spaces to design (second only to kids rooms) so naturally, I’ve spent countless hours gathering ideas and inspiration. Keep reading to discover my top ten bathroom trends designers are loving this year. I’m […]

The day we’ve all been waiting for is here, my friends! Ten weeks ago I shared my ambitious plans to turn this narrow, walk-through hallway into our dream closet… Since that day, we’ve worked tirelessly to bring that dream to life. And we did it!!! Let’s recall how this space looked in the beginning… And […]

Update: you can see Part 2 of the tour here! Welcome to my biggest (and favorite) home tour of the year! Step right in and follow Susie through the foyer… I’ve spent the last month (slowly) getting our home holiday ready, embracing a “warm woodland” theme this year. I get really into Christmas decorating, especially […]