Welcome to our fall home tour! It's hard to believe we've owned our home two years now, but we've accomplished so much! This house isn't even close to the same place we bought a few years ago and it's so fun to see the transformation and how far we've come... even if we aren't finished yet! That's just one of the many reasons I love sharing seasonal tours of our home. It's so much fun to look back and see how things change, and this fall it's especially special with the new addition of our sweet baby girl. While my decorating may be more simplified this year (most of my time is spent cuddling our sweet girl), I've loved adding those warm, cozy touches throughout the house. It just ...
Introducing Our Sweet Girl
I've been so excited to share the happy, wonderful, truly joyful news that our sweet baby girl has arrived! I've waited so long to become a mother, and now that our sweet girl is here, Todd and I are both overwhelmed with so much love for this precious gift from God. Ania Nichelle was born July 13th at 2:43 am. A perfect 8 lbs, 14.9 ounces and 21 inches long. We didn't have the easiest birth, for her or I, but the important thing is we're both healthy and doing wonderful after some much needed rest. She's a true momma's girl, loving to cuddle and sleep on my chest and we've been enjoying our time together, spending most of our days snuggling and staring at each other. She's ...
Gluten Free Banana Nut Bread
This Gluten Free Banana Nut Bread is a long time family favorite. Make it gluten free by using gluten free flour, or use regular flour. This recipe works wonderfully either way! Several years ago, before I was gluten free, I shared one of my favorite recipes... Banana Nut Bread. It's always been one of my very favorites, for multiple reasons, but it wasn't until a few months ago that I tried using the same family favorite recipe, just with gluten free flour. I'll be honest, I didn't have very high hopes that it would turn out. It seems often that even though gluten free flour says it can be used cup for cup, there's something that doesn't quite translate the same. Be it a taste ...
Easy DIY Raised Garden Beds
Looking to create your own garden? These easy DIY raised garden beds are the perfect solution and can be customized to fit your space! One of our big goals this summer, is to get our backyard in shape. It's a scary mess of dirt and weeds and we're both so over it, we could cry. That's what we signed up for though when we bought our fixer upper. This is the year though... we're both determined to get this large yard in shape! Our first big project this year for the backyard, was to build some easy DIY raised garden beds. Last year our garden was in a small area of the yard, but since the property had been severely neglected for several years, I spent so much time hoeing and pulling ...
Our New Back Patio
Late last summer we had our back concrete patio replaced. It was such an exciting and house transforming project! We did all the demo ourselves and even though it was hard work, it was so fun to see that beat up, cracked and crumbling patio removed and replaced with a much better and larger concrete patio! Before we had the patio replaced, I shared our inspiration and plans for the new patio, and then some of our progress with demo, but I realized I never shared the new, finished patio! Let's take a walk down memory lane and look back at where we started... Our Old Back Patio Not only was the patio small for the house, but it was pieced together, crumbling apart ...
Summer Home Tour
It's a been a heavy few months and weeks, hasn't it? Not only with everything going on in the world, but also on the home front. A few weeks ago, my grandpa passed away. Sadness has been heavy in my heart and I haven't had the desire to share anything new here on the blog. I'm sorry for being quiet, but stepping away for a little bit was much needed. Today though, I'm looking forward to sharing our summer home tour. A big thank you to Marty from A Stroll Thru Life for inviting me to join in and share our home. If you're visiting from Heather at Southern State of Mind, welcome! She has a beautiful home with a stunning outdoor area! Lately, we've really been trying to get as much done as ...
Gluten Free Oreo Scones
Love Oreo cookies? Then you'll love these tender gluten free Oreo scones. Use gluten free cookies to keep them gluten free and delicious! Around here, we love those tasty Oreo cookies! Thank goodness they make a gluten free version, because they're the star of the show in these tasty Gluten Free Oreo Scones! I can't tell you how yummy these are! I always have so much fun coming up with new flavor combinations to use in my favorite scone mix. These scones were inspired by a favorite little cookie of ours. Lately, Todd has loved munching on Oreo's for an easy dessert after dinner, so when I was thinking about what flavor combination to create for Scone of the Month, I used them ...
Wall Moulding In The Nursery
Today I'm sharing how we installed wall moulding in the nursery. It's added the perfect amount of character to the bare walls, really bringing this room to the next level. We've been hard at work getting ready for baby girl! It's been a real team effort, but her room is looking so good and things are coming together beautifully! Today, I wanted to share the wall moulding we just installed in the nursery. It's made such a huge difference and it's added the perfect amount of character to her room. If I'm honest, I've been a little bit indecisive when it came to what exactly I wanted to do in her room. The one thing I knew for sure, was that we would be installing wall ...
Customizing Our Ikea Pax Dining Room Cabinet
Today I'm sharing how we customized our Ikea Pax dining room cabinet. It's the perfect way to add character to Ikea cabinets while staying on budget. Our kitchen is small. We don't have a ton of storage, and that's something our entire house lacks as well. Getting creative and adding places to store our items has been on my project list since we moved in. In order to help add storage space to our kitchen, we added an Ikea Pax cabinet to our dining room. It instantly solved the problem of adding more storage space to our kitchen, but it also stuck out like a sore thumb, not really blending into our kitchen. With our kitchen and dining room essentially one space, I really wanted the ...
New Dining Room Table
We recently added a new dining room table to our dining room! Suddenly, things are feeling much better! Our dining room... sigh. It's a hard space to figure out. With it being small in size, and right in the middle of two major walkways, figuring out the right furniture placement has been tricky. Since we've been moving furniture around to make room for the baby and her nursery, we recently moved the office furniture to our basement where we'll be reworking everything to make things fit. The table I was using for a desk however, wasn't going to fit. I wasn't sure if it would work in the dining room, but it was a chance I was willing to take in order for us to have a more ...
New Garage Doors
Our New Garage Doors are installed and our exterior is looking better than ever! If you remember back when I shared our 2020 project goal list, adding new garage doors was at the top of our list. We worked on the exterior of our home so much last summer, and we made really great progress with new paint, windows, the addition of our front pergola, and all the landscaping we completed. The last really big item to finish things off, was having new garage doors installed. I've mentioned it time and time again, but the previous owners of this home really beat things up. They didn't take very good care of the house or property and the garage doors were just as much evidence of that as ...
TGI-Friday
Happy TGI-Friday! It's been a little while since I've shared a TGI-Friday post, but I always look forward to putting them together. They're a bit random, but they're full of so many good things, including my favorite new finds and behind the scenes things we've been working on, or upcoming projects we'll be starting. Lately, we've been focusing on all things baby. I've been putting my registry together and finalizing our design plan for her room, as well as the budget for all the pieces we'll need to be collecting to make her room come together. Like with most rooms, it's going to be a mix of high and low priced items. We'll splurge on some things and save on others, ...
DIY Towel Hook Rack
This DIY Towel Hook Rack is the perfect addition to our master bathroom and a great way to store towels! We've been busy working in our master bathroom and I was hoping to be able to share the full reveal with you at the end of the month, but since I haven't had the easiest time shopping for all those pretty finishing touches, things have been pushed back for a while. One thing we were able to create, was our DIY Towel Hook Rack. This was such a fun project to put together and I love the finished product. Believe it or not, but the wood is actually a left over stair tread from when we did our DIY staircase makeover. I loved the stair treads so much, that I wasn't willing to ...
Nursery Design Plan
With our sweet baby girl due the beginning of July, I've been working hard to pull together her nursery design plan and our baby registry. It's becoming really real that she'll be here soon, which is both incredibly exciting and making me a little bit nervous at the same time. We still have so much to do and prepare before she makes her arrival! Last weekend we removed everything from our office, which has been relocated to the basement, in preparation to start working on her room. I've thought long and hard about what I want her room to feel and look like. I often find myself sitting in her room, taking it all in and letting my imagination take over. This is the room we'll be ...
Gluten Free Lemon Scones
Love lemon? You're in for a real treat! These gluten free lemon scones are tender, with a bright pop of lemon flavor! Scone of the month is always such a fun (and delicious) blog post for me to put together. Especially right now, since we're all enjoying time at home, baking in the kitchen and sharing more meals together. Spending time in the kitchen is one of my favorite ways to decompress at the end of a long day... or my favorite way to start the day as I create something tasty to get our day going. For the scone of the month flavor this month, I created these delicious gluten free lemon scones. These yummy scones are bursting with lemon flavor and they're such a ...
