We recently made over our friends office into a guest room. They were debating if they should leave it an office or use it as a guest room. It can be a hard decision, trying to figure out how to maximize a room. Since they have guests often and Lauren works from home a couple times a week, both a home office and a guest room were important. I suggested to use this bonus bedroom as a guest room because you can really put an office desk anywhere, but you can't put a guest bed anywhere!! Today we are going to share what we did for their office. We went back and forth about putting a desk in ... Read More
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My Top 10 Amazon Finds! (this week)
Anyone else thankful everyday for Amazon?? I swear Amazon is the key to my success. It is how I can get stuff done. No jumping in the car and driving to the store to grab socks, laundry products, you name it! I feel like this week I got an abnormally large amount of boxes from Amazon. They were all fun things, so thought I would share my top 10 Amazon Finds with you! NOT sponsored by Amazon ♥️ Top 10 Amazon Finds! #1- Hydro Cell Water Bottle- Anyone else lose water bottles like you lose your car keys?? Us. We seem to be low on our reusable water bottles. Finally ordered 3 of these ... Read More
30 Days to a Toxin-Free Life!
Swap out harsh, chemical-laden products with these solutions made with naturally derived ingredients. Many of the personal care products you use daily could also have hidden chemicals or harsh dyes and fragrances. Read the labels on everything to see where you can make improvements. I personally use Think Dirty App to check all of my products or I check them on EWG. Tip- I use google to search for items I want to check on EWG (their website can be tricky) just type in google "top dish soap on EWG"! Most of Young Livings Products aren't on EWG, so I just read the ... Read More
Intermittent Fasting-Why and How I Do It
About 6 months ago I started Intermittent Fasting. I naturally wasn't eating breakfast anyway with the busy mornings we have, so when I discovered more about the science behind "feeding and fasting" periods for the body. I thought I would be more intentional with the way I approached my daily eating window. I am passionate about healthy eating and exercise. I really like to feel good and have energy, plus I am slightly competitive, so Cross Fit has been something I have loved for many years. I have written more about my exercise routine here and what I eat here. I thought I ... Read More
We are Remodeling our Home! See our Design Plans….
We have decided to remodel our home with an add-on!! Eeeek!! Very exciting stuff around here. I have to admit I was nervous about going though with it. We had a realtor come over and give her thoughts and it wasn't what we thought she would say about our home. Our home is not on the "perfect street". One street front or back would be more ideal to remodel and do an add-on. But I disagree. We bought this home. The yard is not one you often find in this area. And the home itself is an emotional purchase. We loved a lot about this house more than others that made us emotionally buy it. And now ... Read More
15 Ways to Be Thrifty and Conserve the Planet with Printable!
Let's get this out there. I am not perfect in any of these ways in conserving the planet. But being aware has made me start to make changes. I read a quote on Instagram and can't find it now. But it went along the lines of "Don't shame the person who stopped buying plastic water bottles but still forgets her reusable grocery bags." If you are making any of these steps to conserve the planet you are doing awesome!!! I started this list because I get asked daily over on Instagram "what was that laundry detergent that doesn't have plastic??" So I thought a blog post was in order (BTW- it is ... Read More
Dining Room Makeover and Board and Batten Wall
This is another first for the blog! I have never done a dining room makeover before! And I really love the idea of a dining room, I think I just like separated space, feels very charming to me. This dining room belongs to my friend Brenda. I met her at our local CrossFit and became friends there. If you remember the entry makeover I did recently, that was her space too. So as you can imagine, the domino effect went into place! I first suggested she change out her lighting! She could have painted the furniture she had, if she didn't have the budget to get all new. But she had some money ... Read More
Creating Design Boards and Our Current Projects
We have a lot of projects in the works right now! I thought it would be fun to share all the design plans we have going. Because honestly they take up a lot of my tome to create! Also wanted to (again) show important it is for any room transformation to do a design board or mood board or design plan. Whatever you call it. It is all the same. A plan to get you going towards your vision. You might think "what if you don't have a vision?" Well you have to start somewhere! Find an inspiration piece then go from there. It could be a room you found on Pinterest or Instagram. It could be wallpaper ... Read More
Five Household Items you might not be Cleaning Enough!
You probably stay on top of vacuuming your home and sweeping because it is easy to see when it needs to be done. Or washing the counters, cleaning the toilets, windows etc. I recently saw a post from a member in one of my FB groups share something she had just cleaned. It had me saying….."Ummmm I have never washed that before!" Whoops. So I thought, what are other household items we might not be washing enough? Yes there is. Thank you Grove for sponsoring this post (every item I hand-select to feature) First have watched the movie Stink on Netflix? It is so good. And also sad the ... Read More
Complete Before and After’s- 1100 sq ft Cape- Floor Plan and Future
We have lived in this small cape in Connecticut for a little over 4 years. And what a blessing it has been. We went from 3500 square feet to 1100 square feet. I honestly didn't even think twice about losing the space. I was just excited to have a charming older home. I always wanted one. Kevin actually flew to Connecticut and picked out this home. He did a good job. His favorite part was the yard! Mine was the built-in bookcases and that it was so close to downtown and the walking community. I LOVE that we can walk everywhere. The location was top on my priority list. I knew I could work with ... Read More