*This post contains affiliate links* Before we moved into our house, a few of the deacons (who are now our best friends here!) asked us what color they should paint the bathroom. I answered quickly without thinking. "Ummm... light grey?" I was trying not to be picky or difficult. We've joked about it with them…
Continue reading ➞ Bathroom Design Plan
The design of our guest room was very important, because Ben and I place a high value on hospitality. We have been immeasurably blessed with this home, and we want to use it to bless others.
Until yesterday, our enclosed front porch was my nemesis. It is a long, skinny room with concrete floors, scraps of indoor-outdoor carpet, and all of the dead bugs in Iowa. I don't know how they coordinate it (or why they have chosen this room) but I swear that all of the bugs in Iowa come…
*This post contains affiliate links* A few weeks ago, I posted the full reveal of our DIY kitchen update. (If you missed it, check it out here!) With $200 and about a week of hard work, our kitchen was transformed from this... into this! There were three major changes made in the kitchen, but everything…
My $250 kitchen update that started it all...
Hi, everyone! I am excited to begin a new series called Simply Styling. This series will focus on nooks in your home that can be difficult to style. I will help you take the guesswork out of decorating by providing ideas for practical and beautiful use of these tricky spaces. I believe that good design doesn't work unless it works for…
Mudcloth pillows seem to be everywhere recently. Their minimal, handcrafted style fits into almost any design aesthetic. Traditional mudcloth pillows feature African patterns on natural flax cotton. "Also known as bògòlanfini, mud cloth is a traditional handmade Malian cotton fabric that is dyed using fermented mud. The textile’s origins date back to the 12th century, when the…
