PHOTO BY JUSTIN MEYER I'm only a few shelves away from having all of the books I need! It's really hard to believe, yet also crazy to think how much time I've spent on this. It hasn't been as expensive as I had thought it might be, but ... READ MORE
The Finishing Touches on the Dining Room + A Giveaway
This space has taken some time. And I'm ok with that. I wanted it to be big on style, minimal on things - and minimalism requires every detail to be spot on. The lamps were the cherry on top of the main space, but there was one area ... READ MORE
The Kitchen: Inspiration and Design Elements
VIA While the design process hasn't really been going on very long for our kitchen, it's been going on in my head and on Pinterest since we moved in. Well, some of the elements even before then. If you've been following this blog for any length ... READ MORE
Filling the Bookshelves
Now that the bookshelves are finished, it's time to fill them! Bookshelves don't just have to be for books, but I always envisioned these cases being pretty stuffed full of them. I had a decent collection, but I soon realized it wasn't ... READ MORE
When Form and Function Fall Flat in a Kitchen
We've spent the last year improving some key spaces in this home (the dining room, the front room, the wood room) but there's one space that really gets under my skin. It's the room on the main level I spend the most time in, and it's in the ... READ MORE
A Resolve to Estate Sale-ing
Before the holidays I went to an estate sale. I don't get to one very often. They rarely seem to be close to where we live the best ones in the area are typically a 30-40 minute drive and it's not an ideal place to bring ... READ MORE
The Front Room: Moody Bookshelves and Pretty Lighting
I may have taken a break from blogging, but Micah and I didn't break from renovating. This Christmas will go down as the holiday we spent working. Literally. Micah worked all of Christmas Eve and half of Christmas day. We've vowed to not start a ... READ MORE
Happy Christmas
Thank you all for the response to our bookshelf progress on Monday! Moulding for the win! For many reasons it's just not feeling quite like Christmas this year. It could be the unseasonably warm weather or the fact that I've spent the ... READ MORE
The Front Room: Building Bookshelves
In case you missed the inspiration for this space and the initial details, you can find those here and here. If you follow me on Snapchat @themakerista you've seen the play-by-play of this build, but if not, I wanted to show you the process of the ... READ MORE
Modernizing the Nostalgia of Christmas Decor
I've found that people are typically two different kinds of Christmas decorators. There are the ones who live off the memories of Christmases past: using all of the same decor and often placing it in the same spot, year after year. And ... READ MORE