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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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Happy Holidays from the Humble Nest!
Hope everyone has safe, wonderful holiday celebrations this year! Hopefully I’ll be better about posting regularly to this site in the new year, but I’ll be honest–that’s always my resolution and I only manage to stick to it for a few months at a time every single year. At least I have a new baby…
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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…
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From White to Bright: A Chairish Challenge
A few weeks ago someone from Chairish reached out to me about taking part in their monthly blogger challenge. This month it was all about the chairs (fitting for the name) and using one to create a fun, colorful space. I chose this awesome velvety gold chair because it reminds me of some chairs we had…
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Quick Living Room Refresh
Much like our dining room, our living room’s paint colors were a bit bright for our tastes. They clashed pretty badly with our furniture to boot. So, I spent the better part of an evening slapping some gray paint on the wall to rectify the situation.
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Master Bath Renovation Planning
Our master bathroom is anything but masterful. Not only is it tiny (smaller than most master closets, I’d guess), it was also very poorly DIY’d by the last owners. While we could live with the finishes not quite being to our taste, what we couldn’t live with were some potentially destructive and dangerous decisions made…