I figured I’d follow up last week’s not-so-uplifting post with a more positive post– a new house tour. I’m not gonna lie, these aren’t the best photos. I ran over to the house after we closed on it, and before we started moving stuff in so I only had a limited amount of time to…
Today I thought I’d share some home staging tips. We had 8 showings over the course of 4 days before we accepted an offer on our house, so I feel like we did a fairly good job. I think home staging is very important when it comes to selling your house– and selling it fast….
A little over 8 years ago, on June 22nd, we closed on our house– our very first house. We were excited twenty-four year olds. So excited, in fact, that I immediately got to work painting my office (an awful color) and the kitchen (also an awful color) before we moved in. While this house has…
Me: *texts photo of framed floral art to a friend* Friend: So pretty! Is that from Minted? Me: No, girl. That’s $4 wrapping paper. Yep, my obsession with pretty gift wrap paper continues. Here’s the story: last week I was cruising through Target when I spotted the prettiest floral wrapping paper by Thimblepress. And then the…
Chelsea is a Better Homes and Gardens contributor and Oriental Trading Company blogger. She was also Better Homes and Gardens magazine’s March, 2017 Blogger of the Month. Chelsea served as a 2015 brand ambassador for Command Brand, 2014 Lowe’s Home Improvement Creative Ideas blogger, 2016-2017 Waverly Inspirations blogger, and a contributor at IHeart Organizing. Two Twenty One has…
A few months back I gave you a glimpse into our real lives and shared what our house typically looks like. I also teamed up with 5 other bloggers to show how our houses really looked. Well, we’re doing it again, my friends. Only today is the Christmas Edition. Now, I should add that this…
First, let me say THANK YOU for all of your sweet comments on our paying off $125,000 of debt announcement. You guys are the best. As we were closing on our final goal, Brad looked at me one night and said, “I kind of can’t believe it. I always thought we’d be paying on my loans…
A few years ago I shared my family’s apple crisp recipe. It’s literally the most delicious apple crisp recipe ever. So, for fun, I decided to kick things up a notch and turn it into caramel apple crisp. If you’ve made the original apple crisp before, the topping, which is the best part of the…
I considered the following titles for today’s post: Fun In NYC & How Do These Things Always Happen to Me? How I Embarrassed Myself, AGAIN, in Front of the Second Celebrity I’ve Ever Met Reasons Why I Shouldn’t Be Allowed in Public But before you read this post, you HAVE to read about last year’s trip to…
A couple weeks ago on Facebook I touched on how the blogging world has changed quite a bit since I kicked off this adventure 6 years ago. Back when I started, acceptable blog photos looked like this: Now photos have to look like this, or better: As bloggers, we’ve upped the game on ourselves so…
One of my current goals is to knock out small organization and cleaning tasks in 10 minutes or less. Like the other night, before Brad and I went to bed, we cleaned up the toy-plotion in our living room. I timed it and in 4 minutes we had organized Owen’s stuff and put it away. So…
I’m not very good at taking photos of people or living creatures in general– mostly because they move. And I have a tough time editing photos of humans because their skin throws me off. It’s no question that photographing and editing stationary things is my jam. Which is why I love peony season around here. Because I love photographing…
I’ve gotten the question about the difference between IKEA white and white stain quite a bit. The questions mostly stem from my nursery dresser, which is the IKEA Hemnes 8-drawer dresser in white stain, and it’s available for $249. I thought I’d share the difference between white and white stain. I own pieces of furniture…
After 6.5 years it’s finally happening– I’m making over our master bedroom. Before we get to the current state of the bedroom, I thought I’d take you through the history of the room. Â 2004 Here’s what the master bedroom looked like in 2004, when it was listed by the original owners (the house was built…
I’ve teamed up with a great group of bloggers to bring you over 40 organization products for your household! Each blogger is sharing her favorite organization products. NOTE: Each link contains affiliate links to Amazon. These posts are not sponsored and each blogger has selected their items based off personal preferences and experiences. The bloggers participating, nor Amazon and their…
I never get tired of playing Oprah so today I’m sharing my favorite things from 2015. And to top it off, I’ve teamed up with a bunch of lovely bloggers who are also sharing their favorite things. Alright, let’s get this party started. Side note: Do you like how I positioned the mug and the leggings…
Raise your hand if you like a quick and easy DIY project! I’m assuming your hand is in the air right now. Don’t worry, no one is watching you. Great! Because today I’m sharing a super quick and easy project with you– a DIY state cork board. As you will see, I’m repping my state…
Did you know that you can get greetings from the White House? I first found out about this when I planning our wedding five years ago. So when I was addressing invitations, I also addressed one to the White House. A few weeks later, we received a wedding greeting from the President and First Lady. You…
Today is National Heat Awareness Day. Three weeks ago I shared a trick we’re implementing this summer as a safeguard against vehicular heat stroke. The trick is to put our left shoes in the backseat with Owen whenever he’s traveling with us. The idea is that we won’t get very far without our left shoe….
Ready for a whole bunch of randomness? Great! Let’s get started. You have to watch “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” on Netflix. It’s hilarious. I was dying of laughter when we watched the pilot this past weekend. Needless to say, I’m hooked. In case you haven’t heard about it, here’s the synopsis from the show’s website: From…
