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One Room Challenge – week one

April 7, 2016June 22, 2016

Our tile for the mudroom arrived yesterday, and we have the room pretty well cleared out! As I was reading some of my favorite blogs today, I realized that a few of them were participating in the One Room Challenge (ORC) put on by Calling it Home. Some of them are invited participants and others are… Read More

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April Declutter Project continues: snail mail and purses/wallets

April 5, 2016April 5, 2016

Who’s on Spring Break?! I’m enjoying my spring break even though we didn’t go anywhere. Its always nice to have some time at home and to be with my kiddos! So far, we had a fun family night, I have seen two out of town friends, had a date night (with other couples but no kids… Read More

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Some “Befores” and what will lead to the “Afters”

April 1, 2016January 25, 2017

It’s always exciting when we have saved enough money to do house projects, but I’m having a really hard time trying to focus on one project! There are like 6 spaces currently on my radar. The mudroom is about to happen! But I also want to get little boy’s new bedroom looking like it’s his.… Read More

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Spring purge!

March 28, 2016March 31, 2016

I was going to save this post for later this week, but I thought maybe it would take a few days for people to decide if they want to do this along with me! Last year, starting April 1st, I asked my mom and sisters to join me in a challenge I saw somewhere on… Read More

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Tile Options

March 23, 2016March 24, 2016

Getting ready to tile the future mudroom has us thinking about the tile-future of the rest of our first floor. Our floors are in sorry shape due to poor workmanship and our senior bulldog. So we have plans to replace most of the first floor with wood or tile in the next few years. There… Read More

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Mudroom Plans

March 17, 2016March 18, 2016

So I’ve mentioned our plans to turn our office into a mudroom on a few posts now, so I thought I should give you a few more details on how we plan to make this happen. Here is our first floor layout:   You can see that the office (den) butts up against the garage.… Read More

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Master Bedroom Baby Steps

March 14, 2016March 15, 2016

I recently read a blog post on Apartment Therapy about making design or life decisions, and it suggested a simple and smart philosophy. They said, “If it’s not a strong yes, it should probably be a no.” This resonates with me and I think goes along with how I have approached our current house, for the most… Read More

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Check Target First!

March 9, 2016March 9, 2016

Around Christmas time, I got a rare chance to go to the mall. As I was perusing Anthropolgie just to tease myself, some bathroom towels caught my eye. I’ve been thinking about painting our main floor bathroom navy for awhile, but we have yet to do it. These towels would have gone perfect with navy.… Read More

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Outdoor living!

March 7, 2016June 22, 2016

One of our favorite things about our old house was our back yard. It was not too big but not too small, shaded, fully fenced, and had a great party deck that Parker built. We spent lots of time out there entertaining friends over the years. We also loved going out there and listening to… Read More

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My favorite blogs

February 25, 2016March 10, 2016

So I know I just started blogging, but I need to take this coming week off. My school is on trimesters, so finals are next week. That means a whirlwind of grading for me! In addition, we will be celebrating my sons birthday and getting our daughter ready to be star of the week at… Read More

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Jalene



Jalene (pronounced Jayleen): Half of the design team, the blogger, and the wife and mom in our house. I teach high school geometry but also love to read home-improvement/decorating blogs and plan projects with the husband. I'm very excited to be blogging about our own home!







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