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Home purchases roundup #1
Today’s roundup is going to be home goods that we have purchased recently. The past month we’ve purchased more for the home than we typically do thanks to sales and gift cards. We’re happy with all of our purchases and feel like the benefit they added exceeded the price we paid! marble spoon rest A…
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Favorite wall panel details
Today I’m rounding up all of my favorite wall paneling details I’ve been seeing lately. You’ll find some that I love to just look at and others that I would love to incorporate into our new house. I didn’t include any wall moulding details because there are just so many different patterns. I tend to…
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My favorite countertops!
Unless you’re designing a super large house or a countertop showroom, you’re fairly limited on how many different countertops you will have in your lifetime. I think my favorite part of any design show is when they shop for countertops or show the reveal of them. There are so many beautiful countertops out there, and…
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Beautiful, but (personally) impractical designs
I spend a lot of time at home, so I feel like I get my full use out of it. There are so many beautiful images floating around where I initially think — I want that! Then I realize that it’s not super practical for me. There are definitely certain areas that I can live…
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Home finds roundup #1
I thought it’d be fun to compile some of the cute things I’ve been seeing while online window shopping. I don’t plan on purchasing most of these things in the near future, although I do have some of them on my wedding registry. I did not link anything that currently has negative reviews, but as…
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Five things I love/hate about our current house
Featured image: Nadine Stay For almost every decision, there are tradeoffs. Sometimes you don’t recognize the cons because there are so many pros. I never thought I’d leave Des Moines until I started dating my fiancé. The pros of living in Des Moines simply outweighed any potential cons. I’m not sure I could even name…
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Where we’re at with the custom home process
Featured Image: James May Homes Planning a custom home has already become one of the most fun and exciting projects of my life. I say that as someone engaged and also in the midst of wedding planning! I know that when Brandon and I went down the route of wanting a custom home, it was…
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What excites us most about our dream house
There are a lot of design features that we are excited to see in our dream house. However, there are a lot of everyday functional things we are (im)patiently for! A dishwasher I was lucky enough to have a dishwasher most of my life. When I moved in with Brandon, I went from doing dishes…
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5 things I like, but won’t be using in our dream house
Second stories I grew up in a house with a foyer and stairs that led up to a balcony (and two extra bedrooms). I love the look of a taller house, and the second story really creates that. We’re planning our dream house to be our forever home, so with that in mind, it makes…
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Doors for the Dream House
In our current house design, we don’t have a lot of light in the main living space if you compare our layout to the typical new construction houses that have everything along a wall of windows. Our current house has a lot of light so while we’re lucky with that, we are often blinded by…
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