Do you have a formal dining room? If so, do you actually use it? Most people don’t. Growing up I had one and we really only ate in it when we had guests – the rest of the time we ate dinner in the living room. I know so many people who have turned their formal dining rooms into playrooms, offices, and…
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For the first few weeks that we lived in our new house, this is what our dining room looked like: We had eight chairs to go around a dining room table (8 very ugly, desperately in need of a makeover, chairs) but no table to put them around. We had ordered a table from West Elm that we were very…
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When we moved into this house, we knew pretty quickly that there were some things that were going to need to be changed fast. We both have a pretty modern style, and some of the ’80’s style fixtures and details just weren’t doing it for us. Take, for example, the lighting. There isn’t a single light in this entire house…
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Gallery walls have always been one of my absolute favorite ways to decorate an empty space in a room. Even when I was a teenager living at home, I remember trying to fill up my wall space with the best arrangement of my favorite posters, prints, and photographs – I would spend hours arranging and re-arranging everything so it looked…
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I feel like I should put a short disclaimer on this post before I get started. A slightly popular blog (coughYoungHouseLove) happened to post about this exact same topic (right down to the choice of color) yesterday, and I want you to know that I am totally not copying them. I’ve had this post in my queue for a couple…
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