Posts in our home
Toy Organization Station

Trying to keep toys under control can seem pretty much impossible. Kids seem to be gifted and handed down toys right and left by good-meaning friends and family, but if left untended the toy pile can grow significantly! After Anchor’s birthday and the holidays we quickly realized his toy situation was too much and had to be dealt with. I had planned to go through his toys before the holidays to make room for new ones, but the season became too busy and I never got around to it. So there we were, January and swimming in toys!

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Our Fireplace Makeover

This is one of those projects we weren’t sure we wanted to do, so we sat on it for 10 months. When we did the family room renovation we talked about painting the fireplace brick, but weren’t 100% on board and didn’t want to regret it! So, we replaced the mantle with the reclaimed wood beam and lived in our renovated family room for 10 months. Last week we decided, “let’s paint it!”. I’m SO glad we did and I’m also glad we felt super confident that it was the right decision.

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