If you've been here for any amount of time at all you know I have an ongoing love affair with the color blue. Many of the walls in my home are painted blue and I get asked all the time what colors of paint I've used in each room so I thought it was time to make a resource of all of my favorite blue paint colors! The first half are colors that we've used in our own home (and obviously love) and then the second half are colors that I have bookmarked/saved that I love and may de

As I was looking to finish up Phoenix's room, I realized there was one big empty wall that needed filling... If you remember, we have a very subtle pirate theme going on in there so I thought a nautical inspired flag might be cool. I remembered this flag that Emily Henderson had hung over the console in her living room at her old house. source I immediately knew that something like that would be perfect for this wall. I spent a few months searching for an old worn and tattere

Earlier this month my family traveled all the way to the Hawaiian island of Oahu. I have had this trip in the back of my mind for years and I was just waiting until Lincoln was old enough to make it through an eight hour plane ride. He is definitely old enough now (four) to play on an Ipad or watch a movie happily on a long plane ride so the time had come! Kris and I have been a few times over the years, but our kids had never been so this was a big trip for us! We were all s

I've been on a major organizational spree in our home over the last few weeks. We had several spaces in desperate need of some organizational attention and little did I know what a big undertaking this was going to be!! This will be my THIRD week of organizing and some of the spaces I've tackled have been more exhausting than my makeover projects (I'm looking at you primary closet). I have some principles and tips that have been guiding me along the way and I wanted to share