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Honestly, we didn’t really splurge on anything if you compare our wedding details with what you see on TLC, but what other word is there? Our idea of splurging has really been more of ‘willing to pay full price’ or ‘not on the chopping block’! the venue Our venue was about 25% of our wedding…

Light fixtures are relatively easy to swap out and make a huge impact for a room. I personally love unique lights! Today I thought I’d share some cool lights that I’ve been seeing across a wide variety of stores. Keep in mind that the price range of these lights vary from reasonable to expensive. Some…

Today I’m sharing one of my favorite contemporary home designers I follow on Instagram. Her and her husband build homes in Australia, and I am never disappointed with the homes they design. It seems like over in Australia, they have designs that you just don’t see in the United States, or at least you don’t…

Did you know the average cost of an Iowa wedding is over $23,000?! Our goal for our wedding was to stay under that number, and I think we’ll make it! Because we have so many plans for after our wedding – including building a house! – we wanted to make sure we only incorporated things…

Unfortunately and fortunately, we’ve been reading a lot of financial books and now a major goal we have is to pay off our new house as soon as possible once it’s built. That’s exciting, I love goals! Especially goals I get to share with my fiancé! However, it means I got the reality check that…

Hey guys! Today’s blog is about a designer that I just discovered via a Crate and Barrel (Brandon take my wallet) collaboration. The first looks at the collaboration were chef’s kiss, as you can see by the marble casing on this doorway: I’m first going to go through some of his designs (outside of the…

It’s been a while since I’ve window shopped some home décor, so let’s see what’s been new in stores lately. I primarily looked around Target (just a little bit), West Elm, Crate and Barrel, CB2, and Magnolia. Let me know if there are other stores you love browsing and I’ll check them out! Grid Lines…

I hope everyone’s year has been going well so far! I can’t believe we’re already nearing the end of February. This year Brandon and I have been reading a lot, as you’ll probably see by the number of books in this post. I try to do my best to use my library app Libby, but…

How is it already the end of January! This month I’ve been trying to remember that I’m getting married in less than six months! I’ve been spending so much time on this blog and planning the new house that I almost forgot to keep an eye on my wedding checklist. I got myself reorganized, and…

When I started pinning inspiration for our house, I scrolled past so many beautiful designs because I wasn’t going to pin them to our new house board due to either cost or just being a different style than we’re going for. Now I refuse to let any great design slip by without pinning it to…