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Tara
Jul 10, 20176 min read
7 things you need to know BEFORE you build your dream home
The time has come! You’ve saved your pennies, weighed the pros and cons, hunted for houses on Zillow until your eyes turned red, and...


Tara
Jul 5, 20179 min read
kitchen reno update - our first carpentry project ever
We are 1/3 of the way through our DIY kitchen renovation, and have done most of the heavy lifting on the project (hahahaha. famous last...


Tara
Jun 5, 20175 min read
DIY kitchen reno plan and progress - we might be crazy
You might have seen on Instagram last week that we have been planning our kitchen renovation. If money was no object, I have a really...


Tara
May 30, 20174 min read
eclectic bathroom: before & after
Good morning! Coming at you on this short week (Memorial Day plus last day of the school year is making for a great week) with a little...


Tara
Apr 20, 20173 min read
living room: all grown up
Kelly and Shaun came to me with a problem that so many of us in our 30s experience - a case of the space rut. In our 20s we are eager to...


Tara
Mar 29, 20173 min read
farmhouse master bath renovation (on a budget)
So many great things came from the 80s. The music of Michael Jackson. All things neon. Bedazzled sweatshirts. Top Gun. And, well, ME. So...


Tara Lenney
Mar 1, 20176 min read
modern master retreat - before and after
Master suites have kind of become my jam. The reason why is that so many of us save this space for last, when really, it could be argued...


Tara
Feb 15, 20174 min read
building the #cozycraftsman
Grab some coffee and a blanket, y'all. We're about to get cozy. Construction is wrapping up on project #cozycraftsman, and I wanted to...


Tara
Jan 25, 20175 min read
IKEA hack - alex upgrade
Post contains affliate links. I am a huge fan of IKEA. I wait in giddy expectation of the catalog coming every year. I love shopping the...


Tara
Jan 17, 20174 min read
powder bath overhaul - design ideas
I have been itching to renovate our powder bath since we moved into this house in 2013. It's not like it's tragic or anything, it's just...