So often we want a specific design or decor piece because we saw someone else have it and it looked so beautiful in their space and then when we buy into that trend or that piece, we find that sometimes it doesn’t always give us that same feeling that it did when we first saw it in “so and so’s” home.

I had so much fun designing this house though. So much so that I wanted to share it all with you here! You can find most of the details and sources below!

There are so many components that go into making over a kitchen that it can be intimidating to know where to even begin or what to even focus on. But I’m here to assure you that you don’t need to be a design expert to take charge in this arena. All you need are a few simple tips on where to begin and what to focus on.

A sweet collection of all the things I am loving right now for a living room!

If you’re new here and haven’t had a look inside this 3,000 sqft ranch, here’s a little trip down memory lane and an explanation as to why we chose to flip this property.

I’m gonna be honest, we have something really REALLY big in the works; something that feels like a HUGE dream fulfilled for us. We can’t really release the details yet, but…..you guys, we are so freaking excited.

What I’m really longing to do is be a sounding board for those that are feeling stuck in their design endeavors, or wanting realistic feedback on how to set up pricing for their services, or share candidly about our experience flipping houses. I’m looking to help people one-on-one, in the here and now.

What if I told you Joanna Gaines financially funded the first year of our website?

Our latest flip house! This 100 year old English Tudor was built in the early 1900s on what’s been nicknamed “Professor’s Drive” located on the University of Illinois’ campus in Urbana.

Our hope and our soul desire is to redefine what home can look and feel like for you. We want your home, whether new or old, to be a representation of you. It’s not about it being “Pinterest worthy” but functional, purposeful, and timeless.

Like it sounds…finish work describes anything that is used to “finish” off your home (i.e. trim work, crown moulding, window casings, millwork, shiplap, paneling, coffered ceilings etc). All of these things are typically found in a home BUT they aren’t necessarily a “necessity” of building a home.

These rich colors really do bring us back in time especially when they saturate an entire room from floor to ceiling - Covering the walls, the trim, the ceiling, and even the doors. If you’re thinking of going bold this year, just do it! But do it with one of these 6 moody paint colors that every home needs to have at least ONE of!

Knowing how to pick the perfect white paint doesn’t have to be hard; with a little color theory and know how of these 3 basic principles will make picking the right white paint as stress free as possible.

This past year we flipped a little 70s styled mid-century modern home that had taken quite the beating over the last few decades and while many people would see this house as a HUGE project…we saw the raw potential it carried. So with no further adieu here is our House On Hillside.

Nightstands can get pricey and vary so much from site to site so after looking and looking for days upon days, I finally kept coming back to this one. It checked all the boxes for what we wanted and was such a good price! Only $140! Check it out!

When searching for the right nightstand to accompany our newly refreshed bedroom, we compiled a list of 9 of our very favorite nightstands and all under $160. Shop them out below by clicking on your favorite one!

We get asked so frequently about our floors and how we refinished them but would you believe me if I told you, this is the second time we refinished them in LESS than 2 years???? Why would anyone be that crazy you might wonder. But the answer is simple really.

I’ve always loved the look of wall sconces but in full transparency adding additional hard wired electrical was not really an option for us living in a 100 year old house with lath, plaster, etc. So the next best option was to find a wall lamp that had a clear cord we could minimize the appearance of a cord at all.

Wall lamps (are basically wall sconces but have the “plug-in” option) are perfect for those of us that can’t take on the task of hardwiring a sconce into our desired location. But the thing about wall lamps is the hideous cord that often runs from the bottom of the wall lamp to the outlet.

It seems to hold true each year, I can never do the same decorations twice…a quality my husband thoroughly loves about me (hahaha). But this year, I wanted to less faux and more natural looking. I absolutely love seeing peoples mantles draped in real pine stems but know that real is just not in the cards for our family.