Happy New Year! We’re a few weeks into 2016 now and with things finally getting back to normal after the holidays, Max and I were able to sit down and talk about some of the projects we would like to tackle on the house this upcoming year. We’re pretty excited! We closed on our house in mid-August and… Read More
Hall Bathroom Progress
The hall bathroom is coming along nicely! I talked about some of the changes we wanted to do to this bathroom in the previous post. And now I finally snapped some photos to share the progress we’ve made so far. But before I show the progress photos let’s remember where we started! The walls were two different… Read More
Main Bath Before Photos & Color Inspiration
Over the last few months we’ve been simultaneously tackling multiple projects at once. It’s been pretty overwhelming. But one of our projects that’s almost in decent enough shape to show on the blog is our main bathroom. Max was able to snap some before photos on the house during our last tour before the closing. Here is… Read More
Woodburning Coasters
It all started when my brother’s friend talked me into buying a wood burner. I bought the tool set and some slabs of wood and went to work. I ended up burning a few fingers, and an old antique tractor for my dad as a father’s day gift. After that I set the burner aside… Read More
We Bought a House!
I’m baaaaaack! And I must say, I’ve missed all these one sided conversations with you all. But you see, we’ve been a little busy lately. Because… OMG WE FINALLY BOUGHT A HOUSE! It only took about 2 years. These past few months we’ve been super busy knocking out tons and tons of projects, so I… Read More
Steel Wool Photography
Steel wool photography was a trend, back in 2011, now were bringing it back. The perfect opportunity arose when the boys wanted to take a fishing trip to Wisconsin. I saw this as a chance to try out a photography technique that I’ve been waiting years to try. So, I hit up Goodwill and Walmart to… Read More
Dog Park Days of Summer
It’s August, which means we’re now in full-on summer mode. It’s been super hot outside! So most days we have the AC cranked. Even with the warmer temperatures, Henry still begs like mad to go outside ever few hours. It only takes him 5 minutes into our walks to realize his mistake. But he never seems… Read More
Fancify Your Tech & Introducing My Little Sis, Morgan!
Morgan, my little sis, got her tonsils out a few weeks ago. The doctor told her she had an “acute” case, which means her tonsils were in pretty bad shape. They were so messed up, in fact, the doctor asked if he could call in his nurse to show her just how bad it was. That’s when you know you’ve a special… Read More
On My Rader: Artsy Instagram Dogs
If you don’t already know, I’m pretty much obsessed with my dog, Henry. We adopted him in early 2013 from a local animal rescue in Wisconsin. The little guy has always been super photogenic. Just look at this photo from his adoption day! Perfect eye contact with the camera. Wish I looked just as camera-friendly. Ok move along…… Read More
The Bee’s Knees
This Bee’s Knees cocktail has been Max’s latest obsession. It used to be Old Fashioned’s. But then I think he got bored with having those every day and decided to switch things up. I’m not complaining. I was never a huge Old Fashioned fan anyway. Brandy’s not really my thing. I’ll drink the Old Fashioned’s to… Read More