Today I am sharing all the details about my light blue home office. I can't believe the amount of love this space has received on Instagram and Pinterest! When we were designing my office with our interior designer, Erica Bryant, she recommended a light blue paint color called Benjamin Moore Blue Heather and I instantly fell i[...]
When we were designing our home we knew we wanted a shingle style home exterior. We fell in love with the approachable and classic feel of Nantucket, Cape Cod, and Hamptons style homes. Achieving this architectural style was important to us, but there were other factors to consider as well. Our winters can be harsh here and the tem[...]
A durable, livable, and beautiful home for our family was our goal when we built our home in 2020. With three young boys who tend to be hard on our floors, we wanted to make sure our wood floors could withstand spills and dirt tracked inside our home. I first talked about why we chose our Entropy Hearthwood Floors in this post. To[...]
Selecting windows for your home is one of the most important decisions you will make when building or remodeling. Windows can define your home’s exterior and transform the interior spaces with natural light. From their architectural beauty to their impact on energy efficiency, windows are a big decision. When we resea[...]
One of the most frequently asked questions I get about our home is, "What wood floors do you have?" They are a white oak engineered hardwood floor called Entropy in the Controlled Chaos collection by Hearthwood. I am so excited to discuss all the details about our floors and why we chose them with you today. In full disclosure, I[...]
Since we have moved into our house the question I am asked the most is about paint colors so today I am sharing the paint colors and the sheens we used throughout our home. Some of these photos were taken on my iPhone during construction so I apologize if they aren't super high quality. Exterior Paint Colors We decided[...]
1 // 2 // 3 // 4 Erica Bryant Design and I searched high and low for the perfect white oak engineered hardwood floors for our house and today I am sharing our final selection with you! I wanted the floors to have a natural, warm tone to them but still be a light to medium color. I debated between really light floors and light/me[...]
Awhile back I wrote a blog post about light fixture ideas for our new house. Today I am sharing all of the final light fixture selections we have made. I worked with Erica Bryant Design on the selections for each room and I am thrilled with what we came up with. You will notice some of the original light fixture ideas stayed on ou[...]
Last week I showed you the kitchen design that Erica (@ericabryantdesign) and I have been working on, and this week I want to share our coastal dinette design. Some people also call it a breakfast area or breakfast nook. I tried to mock up the dinette as best I could for you to visually see the main design elements in it. The woven chai[...]
I thought it would be fitting to have my first post of 2020 be about our future kitchen since it is the room I am most looking forward to in our new home. The kitchen has always been our gathering place - we spend a lot of time in there! I can't wait to bake cookies with my boys and cook many meals for my family in our new kitchen. I ha[...]