**Note: Believe it or not, we're not being paid by any of these products to write this post. We genuinely just love all these devices. That being said, if anyone wants to pay us retroactively, we totally wouldn't mind.** Today we live in the future. Well, not really, but sometimes it sure does feel like it, … Continue reading 7 must-have smart home devices for 2017
The real book-lover’s guide to styling shelves
Imagine my surprise when I found that a search on Pinterest for bookshelf styling tips returned a lot of results for people whose primary use for bookshelves is not to store books: some pins didn't even include books in their pictures, while other pins offered impractical ideas like turning your books spine-inward so that you can't see what they are or ever find anything you want to find.
A parent’s survival guide to having a sick newborn in the hospital
The last thing you want to hear as a new parent is that your perfect, healthy baby is not so perfect or healthy after all.
DIY kitchen renovation for under $800
When you buy an older home, you learn to accept that you will have to pick and choose the projects that get done versus the projects that will need to wait. Money and time and skill level inevitably dictate how much remodeling you can actually accomplish. So when Alec and I bought our first home, … Continue reading DIY kitchen renovation for under $800