Quarantine has made for the year of home projects (and by year, I actually mean just a month thus far – but it’s felt like a year!). One of the ones that was high on my list was finally finishing out our new carriage house apartment in preparation for what I’m hoping is many family…
The 9 Dip Nail Colors You NEED This Summer
If the 90+ degree temps here in Texas are any indicator, summer is officially here! It’s time to get an Instagram-worthy summer manicure – even if we’ll all be spending the foreseeable future confined to our own backyards. Whether you’re heading to the salon as things reopen or planning to do your own following our…
Affordable Farmhouse Tables on Amazon
I shared over the weekend that we have a tiny eat-in kitchen space that we’re finally making over (see the inspiration image here). I’m super excited about it – but wish we had a bigger space for a hearty farmhouse table that could seat our full family. I was surprised to see how many affordable…
Transforming Our Tiny Eat-in Kitchen
Ready to see the most awkward kitchen “eat in” nook ever? This tiny space in the entrance to our galley kitchen, with the door to our bedroom on the left and a wall that wasn’t completely cut back when the kitchen was opened in our 100 year old home decades ago on the right, has…
Homemade Mushroom Ravioli in a Light Cream Sauce
We have a love/hate relationship with homemade mushroom ravioli here in this house. Love them for their decadence and surprising ease to make (yes, I promise you – it is actually easy). Hate because they’re all I want to eat for every meal when we have them in the house – and the recipe makes…
Homemade Ravioli, the Easy Way
Yay for quarantine forcing me to finally get to all of those things I wanted to tackle “someday”. This weekend’s activity: mastering homemade ravioli. I, like many people, have a deep love of pasta – particularly ravioli. I went through a phase in my teens where one of the only foods I would eat is…
Building a DIY Sand Table
Our little E loves playing in the mud – like will dig up our plants because they interfere with her “dirt digging” if we let her out of our sights for even a minute! In an attempt to channel that love away from our new vegetable garden, we decided to build E her own sand…
The Ultimate Playhouse Makeover: The Cost Breakdown
DIY projects have that funny habit of always ending up WAY more expensive than you first thought. Our playhouse makeover didn’t get completely out of hand – but it was more than I had estimated. Today we’re breaking down the true cost of this fun cedar playhouse hack. $250: The Playhouse Obviously this can swing…
Pink Rugs for a Little Girl’s Room
When we designed E’s nursery, we kept everything gender neutral with a few pink accents so we could repurpose the space for our next baby. She’s starting to outgrow the small room, and since our carriage house rebuild was finished last month, we now can repurpose our old guest room into a (much larger) bedroom…
Healthy Southwest Egg Rolls
When I used to work in field sales, one of my favorite Friday splurges was to call in Chili’s southwest egg rolls to-go and eat them for lunch in between calls. It’s no wonder I weighed about 30 lbs more than I do now! One order has 41 grams of fat, 137 carbs, and 45…
Vintage Interior Door Knobs: The Look for Less
Our home was built in 1915 and has the most beautiful brass and glass knobs on some of the doors – but after more than 100 years as a family home, rental home, and even a brief term as the headquarters of the American Indian Center of Dallas, many of the home’s original knobs have…
Homemade Pasta Using a KitchenAid Pasta Roller
We’re on the constant search for new date night ideas while self-isolating at home, so of course, when I saw a friend had created homemade pasta on her IG stories, I knew we had to add that to the list. I’ve heard great things about the KitchenAid Pasta Roller and thanks to Target store pickup,…