Hey there! Below was our original garage organization, but we've since redone it in a MUCH better way. We have new permanent solutions in there and you should check out the final product! One of the things we were looking for when buying a house was a man cave/second living space. We ended up choosing...
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Little Updates & Moving Woes
Today I just wanted to round up a few of the little projects that we have been working on in our new home. Alone, they aren't quite blog-worthy, but they do sort of add up to something. On that note, we really thought that we would have so much more done by now. I had...
The best Ways to Get Rid of Ants
Have an ant infestation in your home? Here are the best ways to get rid of ants! Say goodbye to pesky ants and reclaim your home! When we bought our new house, we quickly realized that we had a pretty major ant infestation. Luckily, they are just small black ants and not big fire ants...
How to frost glass windows
Wondering how to frost glass windows in your home? It's easier than you might think using frosted window film! Here's how. It's funny the things that you do and don't notice when you tour a house. People notice layout and paint colors but often overlook the little details. One little detail that we totally overlooked was...
Plantation Shutters in the Living Room
Whew, it's been a heck of a week since we moved in to our new house! When we were inspecting the house before we closed, we noticed that none of the windows had any sort of blinds or anything to cover them. So, considering we were going out of town the first weekend after moving...
Tropical DIY Driftwood Planter
Want to make yourself a DIY driftwood planter? This tutorial will show you how to add driftwood to any pot! This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #CompleteWithGlade #CollectiveBias We love living so close to the beach and use our Charleston location as inspiration for...
Weekend Recap: Trip to Richmond
Even in the middle of our big house move, we had to take time out this past weekend to head to Richmond, Virginia, for my father's wedding. It's about seven hours from Charleston by car, so not quick, but not too terribly long either, and we had an audio book to keep us going. We...
Moving Weekend Recap
Wow, this was a really long weekend of moving in the extreme heat. I don't know exactly what we expected, but everything took a lot more time and was a lot more difficult than we anticipated. Regardless, we have officially moved! We still own the condo through the end of the month, but for all...
New Home To Do List
We are so excited about our new home! One thing that we really wanted in a home was projects and oh boy did we get it. Here is our preliminary project list. Front of house: Add swing to front porch Paint door Update gold door hardware Update landscaping in front of house Plant and grow...
Our New Home Tour
We are so excited to finally share a tour of our new home with you today! We are featuring a mixture of pictures from the listing and that we took while touring. We are simply charmed by the curb appeal of our new home. It is located on a corner near the front of the...
We Closed on Our New House!
We closed on our new house yesterday!! Woohoo! We can't begin to tell you how excited we are. This has been a long time coming and if you've been keeping up with us you know we've had some struggles in the house hunting process. We put in a few offers but we finally ended up...
Our 5 Favorite Purchases for the Condo
TODAY we close on our new house, but we are still feeling sentimental about leaving the condo! We will be filling you in with all sorts of details on the new place very soon, but until then, we are happily dwelling in the past. We already shared our 5 favorite DIY projects in the condo, and...
Navigating the Home Buying Process
I had NO IDEA everything that went into buying a home. We are closing on our new house tomorrow (yay!!) and it has been quite the ordeal. Honestly, I feel like we've been running a marathon of inspections, appraisals, negotiations, paperwork, etc. I can't believe how this process would have happened 30 years ago when...
Our 5 Favorite DIY Projects in the Condo
We are moving this weekend (in case ya haven't heard!) and are starting to feel a sappy level of sentimental towards this ole condo of ours. As excited as we are to move, it has been really good to us. It's been a great place to try our hand at some small, cosmetic DIY and...
We're All Packed Up & Ready to Move
Happy Monday! We spent the whole weekend packing and are feeling very ready to move next weekend - despite the forecast for 90 degree heat. Here's some packing tips that we have come up with throughout the process: Take this as an opportunity to purge. Since we are just moving down the street, we are...
A Quick Trip to Montreal!
This past weekend I headed up to Montreal, Canada, for a bachelor party for the guy who was my best man. He's my oldest friend, dating back to when we met at the ripe old age of two. I know more about this guy than most anyone else, so I was there to support him....
We Bought a House!
We are so very excited to announce that we are under contract to buy a house! We close on the 30th and now that we have finished the inspection and appraisal, we feel comfortable enough that this is really happening and are excited to share it with you! As you might know, we have been...
How We Quickly Abandoned "For Sale By Owner"
We love to DIY, so of course we wanted to try to DIY sell our condo. Combine that with the fact that we had the potential to save 6% - about $10k - and we were all about it. At first. There's someone in our complex who owns several condos and always said that he...
Clearing Out Memories
This was a tough physical and emotional weekend for me. I drove up to Charlotte and helped my dad clear out the attic of our house as he prepares to move out next month. I won't be able to help him the day of the actual move, so I volunteered to help him get everything...
How to Shorten a Pair of Bermuda Shorts
While I'm definitely no fashionista, I do have a soft spot for all things Lilly Pulitzer. I occasionally pop into the Plato's Closet near my office and do a quick once through of the Lilly section (they have it all on one rack making it a very quick stop). Last week I was psyched to...
DIY Driftwood Candle Centerpiece
Want to make a DIY Driftwood centerpiece? Here's an easy DIY tutorial! We love living so close to the beach and use our Charleston location as inspiration for tropical touches in our home. We have previously shared tutorials for a driftwood coffee table, a driftwood cupcake display for our wedding, and our driftwood Christmas tree...
It's Bed Time...
We recently told you about how we had to flip flop our sleeping situation around when we got a new bed from Morgan's sister that we want to use long term in one of our guest rooms. That left us sleeping on a full-sized bed and dreaming of the night we get to curl up...
Improvised Seinfeld - Review
This weekend as part of Spoleto, we headed down to Theater 99 and saw the traveling comedy show "Improvised Seinfeld." Improvised Seinfeld is a group of four comedies based in New York City who travel to do their Seinfeld routine. The premise is that they get a cue of something from the audience and then...
Final Condo Tour
No, we haven't moved yet. But, we did make a furniture switcheroo last week and wanted to be sure to capture the true essence of our condo before we started treating it like a temporary storage unit. So, here we have the final look of our condo. You can hop over to our condo tour...
Simple Sandal Organization
I am head over heels for my closet organization system, which features a whole shaving system just to organize shoes. However, I have been guilty of just throwing my sandals in a pile. Whoops! So, I decided to quickly organize them better. I knew that it would be better to store them horizontally instead of...
Entertaining Tip: DIY Dip Bowls
Here's how to make DIY dip bowls out of real fruits and veggies so your party looks extra special! This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #DipintoMeze #CollectiveBias Summertime means lots of cookouts and pool parties. While the star of the party might traditionally be the...
Mighty Paw HandleX2 Dual Handle Dog Leash Review
Last weekend, CiCi ran into one of her furry friends outside when we were walking and they started to wrestle and play with each other while we were standing there talking to her owner. Somehow, their leashes got tangled up and the clip on CiCi's leash broke. Bummer. We needed to order a new one...
Bed Swapping
We did a little bed swapping this weekend. No, no, no, our marriage is fine. What I mean is that we got a new bed, threw away an old bed and swapped another one around. My sister graduated college last weekend, and this weekend we went up and got her bed. We've been looking ahead...
What's in my Purse
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #GIVEEXTRAGETEXTRA #Walmart #CollectiveBias I have recently gotten really into watching "What's in my purse" YouTube videos and decided to share my own! Here's the video, but if you can't watch a video right now (are you at work? get...
How to Make an Oversized DIY Chalkboard
Need to make a giant oversized chalkboard? This is a great addition for a classroom or backyard for kids of all ages and you can make it yourself! I have to be honest with you- I haven't seen a chalkboard in quite some time. Like, literally, not since elementary school. I was probably one of...
The Cat Rooms at Pet Helpers Charleston
Since my 27th birthday was a Tuesday this week, I opted to go to work and treat it like a regular day. Mostly. I actually left the office 2 hours early and went to spend some time with the kitties at Pet Helpers Charleston on Folly Road. Pet Helpers is a private, nonprofit 501(c)3 Rescue...
The Purrfect Pet Brush
I don't know about y'all, but around this time of year we start finding shedded pet hair everywhere. It's warming up and our pets are thinning out their coats. Bear has always loved being brushed (seriously, it's like a spa day for her!) but CiCi is not about it. CiCi's short, silky hairs have also...
101 in 1001: Strawberry Picking (for my birthday!)
I always know that it is strawberry season when it is getting close to my May 3rd birthday. The weather starts to really get warm and the berries go on sale at the grocery and start coming in our Farmers Markets and CSA boxes. When I found out that Sean had never been strawberry picking,...
Our Anniversary
We spent our actual first wedding anniversary in Hawaii, but we still wanted to partake in the first anniversary traditions. So, once we got back, we indulged in our frozen wedding cake. It was the remainder of the XL cupcake that sat on top of our display. It was red velvet and froze shockingly well....
Kauai Glad We Dids & Wish We Hads
We had an amazing time on our anniversary trip to Kauai, Hawaii, and wanted to share some of our final tips in case you are planning a similar trip. Glad We Did We are so glad that we booked our trip through Costco. Not only did we get a great price, but it included some...
Kauai Day Nine - Random Driving and Heading Home
We were very sad to be leaving Kauai. It was the most amazing vacation. On this final day, we had nothing on our agenda even though our flight didn't leave until 10:15 p.m. In hindsight, we should have planned an activity, but we didn't, so we ended up just driving around the whole island again...
Kauai Day Eight - Ziplining!
Today we woke up and drove to Kauai Backcountry Adventures for ziplining! The took us to the course in a strange bus along dirt roads. The course was in a valley over a river and they had seven ziplines over various difficulties and lengths. It was so much fun flying through the air so fast...
Kauai Day Seven - Pool Day at the Resort!
We LITERALLY (*Chris Traeger voice from Parks and Rec*) spent the entire day at the resort and the pool on day seven. As you know by now, we are the type of people who spend a lot of time go go go on our vacations and we do so many activities and plan so many...
Kauai Day Six - Waimea Canyon
We spent most of our day today in Waimea Canyon. It's called the Grand Canyon of Hawaii, and with one look at it, you can pretty much figure out why. Waimea is about 45 minutes from where we stayed in Lihue. The drive to Waimea was easy and then you turn off the main road...
Kauai Day Five - Our Anniversary!
We finally got to sleep in today, which was a nice treat for our actual one year anniversary! For a look back at some pictures of our wedding, you can easily click here and catch up on our memories. But today, after breakfast, we went and did a beachfront yoga class! It was complimentary with...
Kauai Day Four - Catamaran Sailing off the Na Pali Coast
We had to get up early again on day four of our trip to Kauai, Hawaii in order to be at Captain Andy's Sailing Adventures by 7:15 for our sailing expedition up the Na Pali Coast! Just the day before, we hiked along the Na Pali Coast and now we were going to get to...
Kauai Day Three - Hiking the Na Pali Coast
This day was our big hike day. We wanted to hike the Kalalau Trail along the Na Pali Coast of Kauai. It's an 11 mile trail one way, but a popular hike is to hike two miles in to the beach and then take the fork another two miles to the Hanakapi'ai Falls waterfall. Then...