Since selling our house in Phoenix, we have been living in an apartment while our home in Tucson is being built. I cant believe we’re almost coming up on a year of living here. That really flew by. The apartment has been great for us space wise. It’s a little smaller than our old home, … Continue reading “Apartment Updates: Making a Rental Feel Like a Home”
To kick things off with updating more, I wanted to share a round up of a few purchases I made this past month and have been loving. Take a look below at beauty and wellness items, to household products, along with clothing and a little something to keep yourself (and the kiddos) organized.
Our Lighting Selects for the Tucson House Next week we should be doing our electrical walk through for the Tucson build! We’re almost done with framing and I can’t wait to walk the house with our contractor and go over lighting. Many of our selects have been trickling in this week and I wanted … Continue reading “Tucson Home Build: Lighting”
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Early Stages of Framing We have a wall up at the build site! We snapped these photos the second week of January while we were in Tucson checking in on things. Despite having some delays with framing, it was such a good trip. We met our future neighbors, saw a family of javelinas and were … Continue reading “Tucson Build: The Early Stages of Framing”
We’ve been fans of Studio McGee for quite some time now. Her neutral and comfortable design approach can lend itself to so many styles: traditional, farmhouse and even southwest. She currently released a new collection with Target, so naturally I had to browse. Below I rounded up a few items that caught my eye, specifically these baskets for Ollie’s room.
Why We’re Choosing Concrete Floors IN Our Home One of the first decisions we’ve had to make for our new home was what the flooring in the main living area/first level would be like. Right away we knew we wanted something that resembled the natural tones and pigment of the surrounding desert rock. We toyed … Continue reading “Why We’re Choosing Concrete Floors In Our Home”
Some of my favorite memories from my childhood are the perfectly imperfect ones…the messy moments that weren’t anything extraordinary at first glance, but proved to be very special looking back. Every holiday season leading up to Christmas I would bake cookies with my mom and sisters. My dad would work late, so it always felt like a big event when we got to stay up late and gather in the kitchen with my mom and all her baking supplies.
Toddler Gift Guide 2021 Now that it’s November, I’m starting to browse and get some gift ideas. I’ve never been an early shopper and always found myself in the store, waiting in line the week of Christmas, stressed out, shopping for last minute gifts. Now, as a parent, I just need to get all the … Continue reading “Toddler Gift Guide 2021”
finally sharing about Building our southwest dream home It feels so good to finally talk about the house and begin sharing what we’ve been dreaming up for the last year and half now. If you missed the post announcing that we’re building a home in Tucson, take a second and read it here. I feel … Continue reading “Southwest Home Build: A Look at the Design Inspiration”
