Transforming a 1920s house into our home in Madison, Wisc.
Long before we purchased our house, I had pinned this room as inspiration for a master bedroom. I love the combination of crisp white, emerald and teal jewel tones, natural textures and fabrics, and pattern mixing — and it’s actually a big part of what convinced me to choose a deep color for an accent wall …
Thanks to help from my parents and a few days off from work, we were able to get through a lot of painting before having our floors redone. We painted for five days straight with minimal breaks from Sat., July 1 through Wed., July 5 to get through the following: ceilings, living room, dining room, my walk-in …
We’ve had our house for just one week and have already made substantial progress. After receiving the keys to the place last Tuesday and accomplishing a few things that were at the top of our to-do list, we started working on the outside of the house to give it a little bit of curb appeal. …
After a year and a half of looking for a house, we’re finally homeowners! We closed on our house yesterday and spent the better part of the day embarking on our ambitious to-do list. We pulled carpet out of the coat closet, removed dozens and dozens of nails and screws from the walls, ripped out …