Hey guys! I wanted to share this easy DIY cutting board post with you! I happened to have extra butcher block left over from my cabinet install that I did last week. It was obvious that I could make some pretty tyte cutting boards with the scraps and I quickly went to town. After making my first cutting board, I thought, this could be a really easy holiday gift for any of you out there, READ MORE

Jeff and I managed to take off this weekend to visit our best buddies, Matt & Katie in Savannah, GA. Matt began his masters program at the Savannah College of Art & Design this fall, and we've been missing the two of them like crazy! Matt, Jeff, and I, had gone to high school and college together, been roommates, traveled together, and grown up together. Then Matt fell in love with Katie-J, and READ MORE

I mentioned that I was really crushing on the Ranarp lamp back when I did a round up of my favorite kitchen lighting options. I loved it from the jump, first seeing it on the swedish ikea blog Livet Hemma. I crossed my fingers hoping that the same line would be coming to North America soon. Earlier this week when I made a pit stop for some essentials at Ikea, I saw the Ranarp lamp in person, READ MORE

I'm so proud of this post, you guys! Look what I did! I made our kitchen so much better than it was before, and I love it! Heads up - I'm gonna be talking about myself like I rule the world for the rest of this post, I'm just so into how I slayed this kitchen beast! Remember when you guys gave me tons of feedback when I posted about the dilemmas I was having with this sad, lonely, confused READ MORE