10 Things Your Man Doesn’t Want to Hear During Home Improvement

Ladies, let me start off by saying that this post was most certainly not my idea. My husband and I have been the proud owners of two homes in the 14 years we’ve been married and in that time there’s been a lot of loving, a lot of fighting, a lot of home improvement, and a lot […]

25 Affordable Kids’ Desks Just in Time for Back-to-School

It’s back-to-school season and you know what that means – back to setting the alarm, back to preparing school lunches, and back to everybody’s favorite pastime – homework. If your kids are like mine, homework gets done anywhere and everywhere between the kitchen table and the family room floor. And while it doesn’t much matter […]

24 Autumn-Inspired Paint Colors to “Fall” For

Oh, autumn, you season of all seasons, you. We welcome you with open arms coming off of a long, hot summer. Famous as the season of harvest, you bring with you crisp air, pumpkin spice lattes, and of course, the deepest, richest colors. As the weather cools and the kids go back to school, fall […]

Weekend Upgrade: Transform Your Tired Fireplace!

Nothing says “home” quite like an inviting fireplace. As a natural focal point and gathering place of warmth and family, a fireplace has the power to make or break the stylistic continuity your entire space. The original red brick fireplace that occupied our family room did just that – occupy space. While it housed many […]

10 Ways Choosing a Paint Color is Like Choosing a Partner

The paint department is perhaps the only place in life where a genuine rainbow of possibility awaits. You’re drawn to the pretty colors and hypnotized by the prism of chromatic variation and paint knows it; that’s how it sucks you in. But all the pretty, pretty colors harbor a dark and callous secret: Paint can […]

Hi, We’re Your New Neighbors!

Big Daddy P a is joining me on Babble’s Home channel to document our total home transformation! Learn more about it and take a tour of our home by clicking here!