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Welcome! Me and my posse hold down fort in a late 1940′s all brick home. We love the character of our house! All brick, arched door ways and nice and cozy. It wasn’t always like this though. We have worked hard to make our house ours. We have changed just about everything in it. It has been quite a process.

Our home has a living room, dining room, kitchen, two bedrooms and one bathroom on the main floor. The upstairs is a converted attic and it holds two more bedrooms. Our downstairs is unfinished, jam-packed full of stuff and that is where the laundry is. Yes, there are days (lots of them) that I wish for a first floor laundry with lots of organization, a two car garage (attached would be nice) and lots and lots of closet space. LOTS! Some day those things might all happen, but at the end of the day we turned a house into our home. It is easy to get caught up in “it” all. I have to remind myself that a cozy home full of toys and laughter and craziness beats a big empty house any day. Living on one income isn’t for everyone and it is proving very difficult. I saw a quote by Oscar Wilde that said, “Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.” While our savings account may be practically non-existent and our house isn’t the biggest or our car the fanciest–there is VALUE in what we do and how we choose to live our life as a family. I have to remind myself of that often.

With time, love, creativity, elbow grease, trial and error and a little bit of money home can become you!

This page is a work in progress. Here are some of the most current pictures of our home. Enjoy!

We have done major things like knock out walls, gut the kitchen, tear up carpet, refinish hardwood floors, cut down trees and dig up our backyard. We have done no-quite-so-major things like tear down wall paper, paint, and change light fixtures. Then we have done the fun stuff, like stencil curtains, create gallery walls, build shelves and decorate and accessorize our home. For more inspiration be sure to check out our project gallery.

 FRONT ENTRYWAY

FOYER BEFORE

Front Entryway Makeover with Old Sewing Table

FOYER PROGRESS - IKEA HACK

Find out more about the front entryway here.

 

LIVING ROOM

Blue, Green & Yellow Living Room with DIY Stenciled drapes, Pottery Barn Pearce Sectional and a mixture of hand me down items.

Blue, Green & Yellow Living Room with DIY Stenciled drapes, Pottery Barn Pearce Sectional and a mixture of hand me down items.

Blue, Green & Yellow Living Room with DIY Stenciled drapes, Pottery Barn Pearce Sectional and a mixture of hand me down items.

For more information on the living room, click here.

 

DINING ROOM

TEARING DOWN WALL BETWEEN KITCHEN & DINING ROOM

DIY Watercolor Art Kitchen Shelf Vignette with Fiestaware

Stenciled No Sew Faux Roman Shade for Dining Room

 

KITCHEN

BEFORE KITCHEN

Moen Kiran Spot Resist One Handle Pulldown Kitchen Faucet #MoenDIYer

 

ELEANOR'S ROOM

Eleanor's Room

Big Girl Room Reveal- Full of simple and affordable ideas

For more on Eleanor’s nursery click here. To learn more about her big girl room click here.

 

QUINNS ROOM

Quinn's Room

Hutch to Headboard Boy Room Makeover

Boy Room - Red and Gray, Chalkboard Door, Basketball Hoop, No Sew Fabric Bunting

For Quinn’s full room reveal and lots more info, click here.

 

MASTER BEDROOM

Master Bedroom Progress with Mismatched Nightstands

For the details on our very in-progress bedroom, click here.

 

BASEMENT

Basement Organization: Craft Room, Work Room using #TRINITYproducts #spon

Basement Organization: Craft Room, Work Room using #TRINITYproducts #spon

Basement Organization: Craft Room, Work Room using #TRINITYproducts #spon

Basement Organization: Craft Room, Work Room using #TRINITYproducts #spon

Basement Organization: Craft Room, Work Room using #TRINITYproducts #spon

Basement Organization: Craft Room, Work Room using #TRINITYproducts #spon

For more information on the MAJOR project of cleaning out and organizing our basement click here.

 

 FRONT OF HOUSE

FRONT OF HOUSE BEFORE

 

House Front

 

BACKYARD

BACKYARD BEFORE

BACKYARD - PROGRESS

BACKYARD - PROGRESS

For the deets on our backyard, click here.

Hope you enjoyed the tour. Thanks for stopping by.

 

 

 

 

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Megan is a UW-Madison graduate with a degree in in Elementary Education and English. She met her husband in art class her sophomore year of college. Together they create amazing printables to simplify, organize and beautify your life. This mom of four has plenty to share when it comes to home, parenting and organizing. Read More…

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