House Tour is Up
Before we delve into pergola-prep and wainscoting-priming this weekend, I updated our house tour page. Take a gander here and have a good weekend! Happy Easter everyone!
Author: Emily McCauley
Vegan Quinoa and Black Beans
I’ve got another quinoa lunch/snack/light dinner recipe (still on my quinoa kick). This one is from TableSpoon from A Girl Who Ate Everything. I had quinoa already cooked from a previous recipe so after sauteeing the onion and garlic, I put it in and continued with the recipe so that it would get heated through… Read More
Project DIY Pergola – Part 1 – Planning
When we overhauled the backyard shortly after moving in to our home, it was without saying that we obviously needed some sort of an upgrade from the “pergola” the previous owners installed. The only reason we left it this long (4.5 years!) is because it’s nice to hang bird feeders from. The beams are, get this…5′… Read More
Garage Organization with Shelving
One of the three projects that formulated this weekend was getting our garage more organized by finding better storage solutions. It had two bracket and board shelf systems and two large pegboards when we moved in but the shelves were only 12″ deep, one of them was angled downwards so stuff would gradually slide off,… Read More
Projects Galore
I finally snatched some photos for the Our House page and should have those ready to go tomorrow, probably in before-and-after form too cause who doesn’t love a good B&A??? Much to my surprise, our calm catch-up weekend ended up being taken over by project ideas galore. I had planned for it to be spent… Read More
Sleek and Bright Master Bathroom Update – Part II
We are finally home this weekend and I plan to get some quality clean-home-photographing and overdue cooking time in for next week’s posts. Now that the baseboard painting project is on hold in the master until I can figure out what wainscoting I want to do (advice still greatly appreciated!) our weekend is free to… Read More
Shell All The Things – Decorating with Seashells
So I have collected many things in my life…keychains, fossils, bottlecaps, propellers, old books, snapple wrappers, Lisa Frank, and even a staple collection in 4th grade, I know…don’t ask. Luckily most of those subsided before high school but one that has always been around is also my favorite home decor, shells! Well, shells, sea creatures,… Read More
Dark Envy – Dark Wall Paint Inspiration
Lately I have been swooning over dark and moody colors in rooms and wish I had somewhere in our house to give it a whirl. I have completely fallen for the drama it brings while, in almost every case, still being able to be bright, which such an awesome contrast. And I luurrrve the look… Read More
To Wainscot or Not to Wainscot
I was hoping to get back into town early enough yesterday to get a start on house tour pics but not so much, so maybe next weekend. One of the tasks during the master bathroom update was to re-paint the trim and door. The previous paint had yellowed beyond belief and it was u-u-u-ug-ly! I… Read More
Cilantro-Lime Cucumber Salad
*please pin from original recipe, thanks!* So continuing with my healthy salad kick today. I love cucumbers, in anything, they taste so fresh and clean and there are so many things you can do with them in stuff or alone, so many flavors you can play with. Now if only the stupid things would grow… Read More
