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What We Love and What We’d Do Differently

Exterior Projects, Living & Decor, Respectful RenovationFebruary 21, 2018262Views 0Likes 10Comments

When we first moved to BHH in June of 2014, the amount of work to do was daunting. Crippled by the fact that we had two mortgages at the time, we worried that something significant would happen, and we would not have the money to fix it. I had real nightmares that the stone foundation…

ORC Favorites

One Room ChallengeNovember 28, 2016162Views 0Likes 8Comments

We took last week off from blogging to focus on getting the house ready for our Thanksgiving guests. Deep cleaning a house this size is no joke. I am not particularly organized about it since I have never lived in a big house before, but we are all starting to get the hang of it. Today,…

ORC – Thoughts and Plans Post-Challenge

Living & Decor, One Room ChallengeNovember 17, 2016140Views 0Likes 8Comments

(This Post Contains Affiliate Links.) Last week, directly after posting our One Room Challenge Reveal, we all hopped in the car for a very long road trip to celebrate my Grandma's 100th Birthday in Northern Missouri. We spent four days on the road and two days preparing and celebrating. 100 years! Can you imagine? I asked…

Dining Room Renovation – ORC Week 6 – The Reveal

Living & Decor, One Room Challenge, Respectful RenovationNovember 10, 2016473Views 0Likes 41Comments

I need to be honest. Writing this post on the day after the election is brutal. This whole election cycle has been a nightmare and mustering up the interest (I want to use a much stronger word here.) to write about home renovation and decorating is taking every ounce of my willpower. It is also…

Dining Room Renovation – ORC Week 5

Living & Decor, One Room Challenge, Respectful RenovationNovember 3, 2016233Views 0Likes 13Comments

Week 5! We are in the home stretch of the One Room Challenge™, and we are getting stuff done. Right now, my entire focus is on the details. I took one last run to Lowe's yesterday, and we will finish painting over the weekend. As usual, I am meeting this project in the middle by…

Dining Room Renovation – ORC Week 4

Living & Decor, One Room ChallengeOctober 27, 2016384Views 0Likes 21Comments

Party Ready We have reached the tipping point. Just two more weeks before the big reveal of our One Room Challenge™ project. If you follow us on Instagram, you probably saw the picture of our party-ready dining room last Saturday. Getting to that point was a quite a feat. Earlier in the day, I was…