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An Even Better Big Girl Room
Finding out we were having a third child meant that there would no longer be room for a guest bedroom on the second floor of our house. But we didn’t want to lose the queen sized bed just in case we really needed more sleeping accommodations. So, even though we had just redone Avery’s room…
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Happy Holidays from The Humble Nest
This is this year’s Christmas card. I think it is one of my best yet! The space theme was inspired by mid-century atomic-era holiday designs. Designing a holiday card is one of my favorite traditions and I hope I can keep it going for years to come. I basically haven’t posted here in almost a…
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Nursery Brainstorming: Round Three
It’s been an eternity since I’ve posted here, but I thought, hey, better late than never. My last post was about my son’s nursery before he was even born–he’s now heading towards being two and we have another little baby in the family. I’ve mostly pulled together the new guy Charlie’s nursery, but I thought I…
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Our Built-Ins Have Landed
I’m a bit late in posting this. How late? Oh, just about 6 months or so. This second stage of renovations on our house was completed just after the master bath, but I’m just now getting around to sharing it. What did we do? Added some built-in bookshelves around our fireplace and refaced the fireplace itself…
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Baby Andrew’s Space Cowboy Nursery
Just in time for baby’s arrival, the nursery is done! I didn’t want to go all out with a super themed nursery, so the space is a bit of a compromise between the whole space thing and adding in other elements that are a bit more rustic or that just match the overall color scheme.
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Nursery Brainstorming: Baby #2 Edition
Pretty much as soon as you pop out your first kid people start asking when or if you’re planning on having another. Well, now we finally have an answer. Baby #2 is expected to make his arrival sometime in mid April, and with a past history of being pretty incapacitated in the final months of…
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Tiny Master Bath Makeover: From Moldy to Magnificent
Our master bath makeover project is finally finished! We could not be happier with how it turned out. As we suspected, the old shower was leaking into the floor and wall and causing tons of water damage and mold growth. What we didn’t realize was that carpenter ants love damp wood and had moved right…