We've done a ton of work to the yard over the years we have been here. While I think some of it shows, not everyone appreciates the number of truckloads of dirt we moved around just to make the grass greener a couple of years ago. (For real though, we had to put new dirt all around the yard to then put grass seed all around the yard...) And no one sees the hours you spend Saturday after Saturday to mulch or add colorful plants! Even though it's a small change, I'm so excited that we put …
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Toddler Closet Organization
I was thinking about closets the other day and realized that pretty much no closet upstairs has a door anymore. I don't know when that became a "thing" of mine, but with the renovation we removed all of the closet doors and just made closets part of the decor! In our toddler's room, we have a closet system that we installed a couple of years before she was born. It originally housed all of my clothes, since our master bedroom's closet was really inefficient/small for two people. Now it's the …
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Navy Blue and White Kids’ Bathroom
One of the rooms that I have unexpectedly fallen in love with (before it's even fully done) is the navy blue and white bathroom. It's the only bathroom we had upstairs for years, except now it's gut-renovated - and now lovingly called "the kids' bathroom." This bathroom pretty much screams, "Hi, a child lives here!" Pretty much everything in the house is from a palette of 6 colors we chose during the renovation process. But when it came time to order the bathroom vanity for this upstairs …
Pantry Organization: Toddler Snacks
A while ago I read a book around Montessori parenting: That is, letting little kids make choices to help them learn. (That's probably the most basic definition of Montessori from someone who is definitely not an expert!) As Eleanor is getting a little older, I decided that I want her to be able to choose her snack from some limited choices. When we redid the kitchen, we put in a pantry to store our non-perishables. This is probably the most-used cabinet in the kitchen. E isn't tall enough to …
Our Kitchen Renovation
I asked on Instagram Stories what you all wanted to see first from our home renovation, and the kitchen was the clear winner. (I won't lie, I was a little bummed - I wanted to start with the closets! hah!) Our Kitchen: Before Let's start with what the kitchen looked like before... it was pretty dark in terms of natural light. We had oak cabinets, tile floor, and a Formica countertop. In this picture you can see the slight step down from the tiled kitchen into the hardwood living …
