Every night, in the middle of the night, this really fun thing happens when my dogs need to go outside, but we don’t want to turn on all of the lights in our house because we don’t want to fully wake up or wake up baby Don. We’ve used our phone flash lights, but it’s not as effective at keeping… Read More
Entry Final Reveal
Drum roll please…….. My entry is complete! Today I will reveal my final entry design and take you through the before and after. First off, I have to say that I still walk into my house I think “I love this! It’s SO classy!” Haha! I feel like the space is welcoming, is functional, and reflects the style of the… Read More
How to Choose Wood Floors
A few weeks ago my husband and I went to our friend’s new house. It was so pretty and everything was perfect. And we were jealous- haha. We love our tiny house- our friend’s house is too big for our taste, but he installed the floors himself so I convinced my husband that we could do it too. We have… Read More
How to update your front porch for $50
For a long time I have been wanting to update my front door. I live in a condo complex and to put it lightly, my curb appeal is a snooze. I can’t do any structural changes, but I do believe some small changes will make a big impact! Here’s where we are at now: Let’s break this down- here are… Read More
Entry Ideas from Anthropologie
Entry Ideas with Anthropologie I was recently looking through the latest Anthropologie catalog. And guys, it is SO good! I know, you are probably like “obviously, Ashley!” But this is a whole catalog dedicated to interiors (as opposed to a few pages in the back of their normal catalog) and the styling is something we can actually apply to our… Read More
Stairs- Removing Paint
Today we are talking about how to removing paint off stairs. As a reminder this is how my stairs looked: So scary! A DIY gone bad, for sure! My plan was to use a safe stripper to remove the layers of paint and wallpaper and polyurethane so I can redo the edges and lay down a stair runner. Here’s how… Read More