*This series is sponsored by CommunityAmerica Credit Union. CommunityAmerica believes a big aspect of financial security is living within your means to fund your dreams, and I was thrilled when they wanted to partner up to share my love of ... READ MORE
Organization For Your Guests and Your Health
You spend hours sweeping the floors, dusting the tabletops, scrubbing the bathrooms, and mopping the tile. You light candles, turn on music, and set the food out. Your guests arrive to a beautiful home and head straight to the kitchen to talk to ... READ MORE
How to Clean Brass
I love finding a good deal, but nine times out of ten a good deal also requires a good deal of work. A few weekends ago I got a Craigslist alert if you don't know what that is, read this and one of the posts was for a garage sale in the town ... READ MORE
Creating a Hospitable Hall Bath
I've never shown you a good look at our main level bath, so today I thought we'd take a peek at where it's come from, where it is today, and what few items are essential for a hospitable hall bath. When you think about it, bathrooms are a ... READ MORE
Tips for Avoiding a Cookie-Cutter New Build
Thank you for all of the kind comments on the new build reveal! It was such a great project to work on, and today I'm going to talk about how we avoided cookie-cutter results and created a home that will stand the test of time. While Grant ... READ MORE
Photography Tips and Tricks for Beginners and Interior Bloggers
LAURA'S LIVING ROOM This post has been three years in the making. That sounds dramatic, but since starting this blog I've received questions about photography. I can't tell you how many "blog post idea" lists I have made with photography as a ... READ MORE
How to Hide Small Kitchen Appliances
I've received a lot of questions about where the microwave is, so today I thought I'd show you where the smaller appliances live in our new kitchen. Since I don't like counter clutter, and I also don't like lugging gadgets out to use them, I wanted ... READ MORE
How to Care for Indoor Plants
PHILODENDRON If you've been following along since the beginning I can't believe this little blog just turned three years old! then you may remember a post I wrote about houseplants. At the time I was probably about nine months into my obsession ... READ MORE
A Boy’s Bookcase and How to Style it Practically
While we made over Xander's room last summer, there was always one thing we didn't address that didn't function very well. Xander likes to read, and now has to nightly for school and we stored all of his books in the trundle under his bed. He's ... READ MORE