Here she is, folks. The final backyard makeover reveal. Now if you are just getting here please read Part I (the before/tree butchering, and landscaping plan) and Part II (the process). We absolutely love it and spend most evenings and …
Our Backyard Makeover, Part 2 – The Process
Yesterday I began posting about our backyard makeover (don’t continue if you haven’t read that post), which proved to be very dramatic and emotional (for me) reliving of a (now) hilarious tragedy. By the way, turns out writing about it helped …
The Backyard makeover – Part 1
The backyard is finished (well . . . is anything ever finished?) and it’s time for it to make its big blog debut. It was super “easy, affordable, and fast!” – said alternate-reality Emily living in opposite-land. Opposite land is …
My Go-To Neutral Paint Colors
When it comes to painting your walls a pretty, neutral, and timeless color the options are pretty limitless. Trying to nail down a color that you love and then hoping that it will look the same on all four walls, …
Mixing Pattern And Textures In Fashion (And Home)
Welcome to the new series called ‘Drafts We Never Published.’ There are 375 of them in the vault – some total garbage, some political rants, some emotional mom stuff, and some design or style pieces that I pulled the plug …
Brady’s Bedroom Makeover With Parachute+ Shop The Look
Hey guys and gals, it is me Brady and today we have got the FULL (yep, the entire thing) reveal of my bedroom. You would think that after living in my apartment for almost two years I would have had it …
Achieving the ‘California Casual’ Style: Lighting
Today we are talking lighting, more specifically lighting when trying to achieve the “California Casual” style we have been breaking down on the blog the last two weeks. In case you missed the previous posts, click through to California …
How splurge-worthy wallpaper or tile can make a room
When looking back at projects I find that 70% of my favorite rooms that we’ve ever designed have one thing in common – a high impact wallpaper or tile. That’s not to say that you need to have a crazy …
My Favorite Non-Neutral Paint Colors
Picking a paint color is hard, and we are no strangers to that process and fact. Typically it involves heading to your local paint supplier, grabbing WAY too many paint chips, and then coming home taping them up to the …
A Roundup of 63 of our Favorite Bean Bags
Remember the good old days of coming home from school, throwing down your Jansport backpack on the floor, turning on a little Green Day, pretending you were too cool for the world to even bother with homework, and plopping down …