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  • 5 Things We Loved On Our Family Vacation to Dallas, Texas

    5 Things We Loved On Our Family Vacation to Dallas, Texas

    We'd never really thought of Dallas as a "vacation" destination, but there's so much to do there that we barely scratched the surface on our recent trip! We ate lots of good food, explored fun...

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  • Our Small Kitchen With Attached Living Area

    Our Small Kitchen With Attached Living Area

    I know a house always evolves to work with a family's changing needs, but I'd say this kitchen and attached sitting area are as close to absolutely done as ever. In fact over the last two years...

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  • A Weekend In Serenbe, Georgia

    A Weekend In Serenbe, Georgia

    Serenbe is a small "New Urban" community about 45 minutes south of Atlanta in a rural town called Chattahoochee Hills. It's sort of a mix of an upscale-feeling suburban development and an...

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  • How To Propagate Succulents

    How To Propagate Succulents

    Succulents are some of the easiest houseplants to propagate because there are several ways to do it. Today we'll show how one succulent can be turned into many (even a dozen or more!). So whether...

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  • A Weekend Getaway To Ocean Springs

    A Weekend Getaway To Ocean Springs

    Never heard of Ocean Springs, Mississippi? Neither had we! But it caught our eye on round-ups like Southern Living's 15 Most Adorable Small Towns and USA Today's 10 Best Coastal Small Towns where...

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  • 2024 Holiday Gift Guides

    2024 Holiday Gift Guides

    Just like we did for our 2023 Gift Guides and our 2022 Gift Guides, we’ve got all three of our gift lists in one singular post right here. So let’s dive right into the 3 categories that we cover...

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  • Downsizing Update: Almost 5 Years Later

    Downsizing Update: Almost 5 Years Later

    In November of 2020, we published a post called “What’s It Like To Downsize” after living in our smaller home for 6 months. We covered a range of experiences – like the good things about moving to...

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  • A Girls Weekend In Sedona, Arizona

    A Girls Weekend In Sedona, Arizona

    My best friend and I live in different parts of the country (we’ve been best friends for 24 years, and have only spent about 1/3 of them in the same city), so we love taking trips together. Let me...

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  • How To Dye Clothes

    How To Dye Clothes

    Dyeing your clothes can sound difficult, messy, and downright scary. But guess what? It's none of those things! After all, I'm the girl who dyed her wedding dress so I could wear it again. Trust...

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  • How We Manage Renovation Stress: 5 Tips

    How We Manage Renovation Stress: 5 Tips

    Big renovations are exciting and fun, but it's no secret that they can also be really stressful - especially when it's one of those expensive, weeks-long, life-interrupting renovations like a...

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  • The Easiest Homemade Window Cleaner

    The Easiest Homemade Window Cleaner

    We started using a homemade window cleaner last year and immediately regretted not switching sooner. Not only is it cheaper than storebought stuff like Windex, it also cleans better and without...

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  • 100 Classic Girl Names

    100 Classic Girl Names

    It's safe to say that we love traditional baby names (aka classic names or old-fashioned names). We named both of our kids after our grandparents – one on J’s side and one on mine. I recently...

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  • How To Clean A Stainless Steel Sink

    How To Clean A Stainless Steel Sink

    This simple method for cleaning a stainless steel sink is quite literally my favorite household cleaning task. I am not exaggerating. It is SO easy, SO simple, and SO SO SO effective. It requires...

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  • Refinishing Hardwood Floors 101

    Refinishing Hardwood Floors 101

    We’ve refinished hardwood floors in 5 of the 6 homes we’ve owned. That doesn’t make us professional floor refinishers, but as homeowners and DIYers, we’ve developed expertise for what to expect,...

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  • 2025 Color of the Year – Everything We Know So Far…

    2025 Color of the Year – Everything We Know So Far…

    We love predicting Color of the Year selections each year, so we thought we'd start a post to keep track of each selection as they come out. This will be much easier to reference next year when we...

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  • Every Color of the Year 2024 – All In One Place!

    Every Color of the Year 2024 – All In One Place!

    Guessing the Color of the Year is one of our favorite pastimes. We did it for years on our podcast and now we keep up the tradition on Instagram Stories. And every time the next COTY announcement...

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  • How To Get Rid Of Fruit Flies

    How To Get Rid Of Fruit Flies

    Got little bugs buzzing around your kitchen? Congratulations, you may have fruit flies! Don't fret. These annoying pests are pretty common but luckily, it doesn't take a lot of money, supplies, or...

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  • A Summer Trip To South Dakota

    A Summer Trip To South Dakota

    I’ll be the first to admit that South Dakota wasn’t high on my vacation bucket list. But I ended up there this summer on a dad-and-daughter trip I took with some family members: and WOW, we loved...

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  • 100 Classic Boy Names

    100 Classic Boy Names

    A friend of mine is pregnant and it’s reminding me how exciting it was to name our own kids. We love traditional names (aka: old-fashioned names, aka classic names) and both of our children are...

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  • Best Air Purifying Plants

    Best Air Purifying Plants

    We love any excuse to buy more plants, and you may have heard they can improve your home’s indoor air quality. But before you blow your paycheck in the name of a healthier home, let’s dive deeper...

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