Favorite Housecleaning Tips + Tools (and how we got the white paint out of our new rug!)

This Post May Contain Affiliate Links. Please Read Our Disclosure Policy here Rug and Room Details & Sources Favorite Housecleaning Tips + Tools Many people ask for tips on how I keep our house and furniture clean with dogs. And most recently the question, how we were able to clean the rug that Finnegan spilled …

DIY Jewelry Organizer – Building My Jewelry Drawer With Glass Countertop

Yesterday, I finished one of the last remaining projects on the perimeter cabinets of my walk-in closet. I built the first part of my DIY jewelry organizer — the jewelry drawer with the glass top. This drawer is specifically for earrings, rings, bracelets, pendants, etc. I haven’t yet added the individual compartments to the drawer, …

Walk-In Closet Progress – Adding Trim To The Cabinet Closets

I’m making steady progress on my walk-in closet. I finally had to take a day off on Friday, though. I had been working for two weeks straight without a break on the closet, and my exhaustion hit a point on Friday that I decided I needed to take one day to rest before I injure …

An Entry Refresh in Progress + New Front Door Color

This Post May Contain Affiliate Links. Please Read Our Disclosure Policy here Source: Small Round Mirror We have a project in process right now, we’re working on a little refresh of the entry! Unfortunately we had to repaint our entry because the painters used the wrong paint formula on the trim in the renovation. It’s …

Random Updates: Closet Progress, A Major Oversight, An Awesome Purchase, And A Potential Purchase

I’ll start with the most exciting thing that happened yesterday. My plywood, trim pieces, and molding were delivered! I’ve never had anything like this delivered from Home Depot or Lowe’s before, so I had no idea what that process would even look like. Lowe’s brings everything on a huge flatbed truck (the size of an …

Fabric Samples For The Bedroom Reading Corner Recliner

A couple of weeks ago, I ordered ten fabric samples for the recliner that I want to order for the reading corner in our bedroom, and those samples finally arrived a couple of days ago. And you know what? All ten are beautiful! But there were a couple I could rule out immediately, and then …

Pretty Blue and White Planter Pots on Amazon

In my quest this year to find a place for everything, I wanted to find some bigger planter pots so I can use them for greenery and flowers around the house. I sometimes buy plants and then they just sit around without a pot looking forlorn and forgotten. 🙁 I had some gift cards so …

A Few Bedroom Mockups (Plus, A Story Of Personal Failure And The Consequences)

Y’all, these last couple of days have been rough at the Linauer house, so I’ve gotten virtually nothing done on our bedroom suite. Sunday was Matt’s birthday. We were planning a fun day to celebrate Matt’s 51st birthday, but he had a horrible day. I mean, horrible. It was, by far, his worst day so …