This week, I had the pleasure of visiting the HGTV Urban Oasis right here in Knoxville! When we received the invitation, we were excited to take a peak for several reasons. First, who doesn’t want to see one of those lovely HGTV spaces in real life, especially in your own town? Second and most exciting
Our Master Bathroom Design Inspiration
Upon buying our home, The Happy Tudor, the master bathroom stuck out as an obvious renovation project. Some of you may recall the before photos from this post, but here they are again in case you missed it. Before I delve into our inspiration for what we wanted in the bathroom, let’s chat about the
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Happy Friday!
Hope you all have had a wonderful week! This week, we learned of a monkey who has been loose in our neighborhood. It’s all pretty hysterical, especially given the fact that his name is “Pretty Boy Floyd.” Given all that has gone on in the news recently, I love the new Brené Brown
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Perfect Pairings: A Cheery, English Cottage
You may remember our post from a few weeks ago that marked the first of our Perfect Pairings series. In case you missed it, the premise of the series involves posts featuring rooms and spaces from different homes that would fit great together under one roof. A stark contract to the minimal, neutral look we
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Holding on to Summer
I look forward to summer every year. It’s such a time of excitement, adventure, and possibilities. The long hours of daylight and warm air give such a carefree feeling, and it always seems to be a season where regular schedules are put aside for fun and spontaneity. Because I love this season and all that
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Happy Friday!
How’s your week been? This one seems to have flown by and left me so ready for the weekend! Here’s to relaxation, fighting off a cold, and finding the motivation to finish refinishing the last window in our guest bedroom! Here are a few things that struck us this week! So fun to see
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3 Banquette Looks
Thank you all for your kind words and support of our banquette post. While we knew we wanted our banquette design to be simple and serene, we had so much fun pulling it together that we wanted to come up with a few other looks that could work in other spaces. Banquettes are such a
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Happy Friday!
Deciding on a special fabric for a lumbar pillow in our guest bedroom. We are digging something like this, this, or this. Are you a cryer in movies? I hate to admit it, but I am the worst and this movie we recently watched certainly had me in tears. I can’t recommend it highly
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Designing Our Kitchen Banquette
Today is the day we talk all things banquette; the before, the design process, installation, styling details, etc. In case you missed the before tour of our home, below is a before shot of our breakfast space where we planned to install a custom banquette. Yikes! Though it had a lot of potential in terms