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One Room Challenge Week 3 – Demoing and Rebuilding my Banisters
We’ve reached the halfway point of the One Room Challenge! I’m seriously trying to figure out if I am more in the weeds than last year, or if I just completely blocked all of that out and only remember the feeling of accomplishment. I think I severely under-estimated the amount of finishing work and painting I have taken on this time, but I keep trying to remind myself that I can always paint into the wee hours of the morning as long as I have everything installed – and that’s what week 3 was all about! If you missed my first two posts you can check them out below: Week…
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One Room Challenge Week 2 – Bringing it All Together
Welcome to Week 2 of the One Room Challenge – and Wow guys that week went by FAST!! So fast that I’m already a teensy bit worried about my timeline but trying not to panic – well at least not panic too much! I’ve made a lot of progress (and I’ll share some quick peeks with you at the end of this post) but nothing is 100% finished yet so I think that’s where my anxiety is coming from, but the plan is to wrap up a few things this weekend which will feel fantastic! In my Week One post I shared the before pictures of the three…
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March Round Up
Before I get swept up into One Room Challenge land, and my house becomes a construction zone, I wanted to be sure to wrap up March by sharing some fun ways that we ushered in the Spring this year! If you missed my quick post about my mom’s Laundry Room Makeover you can check that out below: A Simple Laundry Room Makeover For My Mom 52 Week CIO Challenge Not gonna lie, this was a hard month to keep myself on task with my weekly projects – the last two I honestly finished on the last day of the month. But I did get them done and that’s…
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One Room Challenge Week One – Making a Good First Impression
Are you all as excited as I am to kick off the next installment of the One Room Challenge? After 9 months of predominantly working on projects for clients, family, and friends I am so looking forward to spending six weeks working on my own home! But before I share my big plans let’s do a little introduction for anyone that may be dropping into Hilltown House for the first time. Hi new friends! My name is Lindsey – I live in beautiful Bucks County Pennsylvania with a crazy household full of two spirited little boys, two rambunctious new puppies, and one amazingly patient husband. We built our…
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A Simple Laundry Room Makeover for my Mom
A few months ago I finished working on a small make-over of my mom’s laundry room and although I mentioned it in my 2018 Round Up I’m finally getting a chance to sit down and share it with you. I completely forgot to take a before picture of this space for you – MY BAD – but imagine honey oak cabinets re-purposed from their old kitchen, a basic laundry sink, and lots of socks getting lost behind the dryer which I know was my mom’s number one issue to be solved. This project was heavy on the sweat-equity, but easy on the budget with some sweet DIYs thrown in.…
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February Round Up
Ah February – a never-ending month of 2-hour delays and flu-like symptoms! I was hoping to share more on the blog this month but the combo of those two took a toll on my productivity. Even though the snow is still falling outside, the longer days sure are nice and almost make it feel like Spring is right around the corner! An Easy and Inexpensive Valentines Day Fondue Party 52 Week CIO Challenge My 52 Week Cross it Off Challenge is still going strong in it’s second month! Here’s what I crossed off in February: 6. Design my Florida house Bedroom makeover and send the shopping list…
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An Easy and Inexpensive Valentines Day Fondue Party
Oh how Valentine’s Day changes when you become a parent LOL. Instead the quiet dinners out of years past, me and my husband started a new tradition a few years ago where we stay home with our boys and stuff ourselves full of cheese and chocolate fondue! This year I thought it’d be fun to crank up the volume of our little family dinner and turn it into a fun party full of lots of really simple DIYS – and TONS of sugar! Coming off of the crazy spending frenzy that comes with the holiday’s I really challenged myself to be super thrifty this time around. In…
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January Round Up
Now that the 750th day of January has finally ended (seriously…..why did January feel like it went on forever this year?) I can finally share all the goodies I’ve been saving up for my Monthly Round Up, and believe me I’ve got lots to tell you about! First, make sure you check out my 2018 round up or my 2019 plans if you missed them at the beginning of the month: 2018 Round Up 2019 Resolutions and House Goals DIY Workshop at the Philly Home and Garden Show I am so excited to announce that over President’s Day Weekend I will be taking part in the “Make It Take It”…
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2019 Resolutions and House Goals
Last year was the first time I came up with concrete resolutions for myself. Throughout the year, especially when I felt very overwhelemed, I found myself thinking back on the goals I set for myself and was able to use them to focus on what was really important and work through the stress. Of course some I did better on some than others (I gotta say I ORGANIZED the pants off 2018!), but growth doesn’t stop just because the year does so I’m carrying on some of the areas that still need improvement into this year’s resolutions. My 2019 Resolutions HAVE FUN – If there’s one over-arching theme…
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2018 Round Up
As one of the toughest years of my life comes to a close today I am happy that I can at least say that 2018 is ending on a much better note than it started. When I started looking through my completed projects, I was actually a little disappointed because it didn’t seem like I had accomplished as much as I had wanted to despite feeling like I barely sat down all year — but when I thought about it more I realized a few reasons why that was: 1) The car accident that me and the boys were in last January really had a lasting affect on me (both…
