At the end of the year, I was determined to finish this house as much as possible so that for 2019 the only things left to renovate are the stair banister and the main bathroom (not counting finishing the basement because that is years out). That said, my closet was next on the list after the kitchen! And equally as anticipated by me!! Let's start with a peek at my favorite part: Alright Alright some before first might help! So there are two closets in the main bedroom becaus

Next up on the home reveal series, possibly the most often overlooked room of a house: the Laundry Room! In our case, the laundry room & landing spot as it is right across from our garage entrance door. Since it needed to be a bit dual-purpose and act as both a laundry room and mudroom, it was designed a bit differently than if it were only a laundry area. We started by removing the wire shelving - have I ever mentioned how much I hate wire shelves?! Probably not, but now you

Next up... our first floor powder room! This was one of the first things we renovated because most of the lower level of the house had wood installed by the last owners. However, they left the tiled areas, which were the foyer and its closet, powder room, kitchen, pantry and laundry room. Ripping out the tile and installing the rest of the wood was our first mission. While we were at it, we did first floor powder room since we had to take everything out - and, well, it was hi

We have lived in this house for a whole year can you believe it!? I can't; it's the longest I have ever lived anywhere. We are still doing some renovations and have started on the bigger ones (aside from the floors, which were first). First up was the guest bathroom. I wanted to do this first to see how it went before tackling the master bathroom because we did it all ourselves (by we, I mean Dustin did all the work and I picked it all out and decorated). Here is the before -