Stay at Home Happy Hour recipes

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Today on over on the gram I shared some {for the moment virtual} happy hour recipes, I definitely need some just for fun creative things going on so I’m making a new cocktail recipe every week {I mean, with this stay at home order I don’t want to drink so much wine that I start hating it – is that even possible?! not gonna find out, ha!} When it comes to cocktails I’m a big fan of elderflower anything, and I’m on the search for the perfect rosé cocktail as well. Here are some great recipes that are on my…

Will a recession caused by the Pandemic look like The Great Recession {or worse}, especially when it comes to Real Estate…

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Hello there, long time no see! I’ve taken some time off from blogging to really think and figure out exactly what I want to be sharing, and what I want that to look like. I still don’t have it all figured out, but with the craziness going on in the world right now I do want to share some thoughts on how the pandemic is affecting real estate, and also whether a recession {everyone is pretty much in agreement that we are officially in one now} is going to look like the last Great Recession, or even worse, especially in…

Renovation confessions ~ so. much. stress.

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Truthfully, this renovation is one of my biggest dreams coming true. And I do love it. But also ~ ohmygod it is also some of the worst stress I’ve ever experienced at the exact same time. As I scroll through Instagram daily and see the big design bloggers that I follow doing this project or that… seemingly always in a state of utter design bliss, I can’t help but feel like I’m failing. Failing at blogging because I also have a very busy full time job and sometimes often don’t get the ‘right’ number of posts up every week… failing at…

Living room layout options and some tough decisions… where does the dining room table go?

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We are in the part of our renovation where I feel like we are working constantly {so. many. decisions. to make!} but we aren’t seeing much progress day to day. I know that’s totally normal for any construction project but man does it take the fun right out of it sometimes… I’m ready to see some transformation! But that starts to change as of this morning {!!!}, our existing kitchen cabinets are coming out and we start on our week or two with absolutely no kitchen so that we can prep the walls and be ready when the new cabinets…

My big real estate ‘regret’…

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When we think something is impossible, is it really? Or is it just not possible for us because we think it’s impossible? The more years I’m here on this big round ball of air and water, the more I’m realizing that so much of what we think and feel and believe is just programmed into us day after day, second after second, for most of our lives… it’s not right or wrong, it’s just what we know… and if that way of seeing the world isn’t working ~ ie. we think things that we really want are impossible… or that…

In the meantime… coat closet/pantry design and inspiration

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While we live in our semi done/undone kitchen and wait {for what feels like an eternity} for our kitchen cabinets, there are still a million things to be done to keep making progress in our cute little abode. The next thing I want to tackle is the coat closet right inside the front door of our place. Here is the coat closet {side note: I can’t believe I didn’t take a shot of the doors from directly in front of it, argh! I guess you always miss something when trying to cover all of the ‘before’ pics…} I have to say,…

The kitchen design, and the one cabinet decision that almost broke me.

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We are getting closer and closer to go time… the kitchen cabinets should be shipping the first week of April and I have plenty of things I still need to do. Anyone know where to get a super sexy black kitchen faucet?? Given that we will have had at least a month of waiting while the cabinets were being fabricated, there are no excuses for not being ready when they actually get here! So what’s our kitchen actually going to look like?! I’ve shared my inspiration images for the kitchen, and now I’m finally sharing the actual finishes we’ve picked…

Where would you live based on your house style?

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Happy Friday! This week has been a complete whirlwind. There are still a million decisions to be made for our renovation, but it’s also the busiest season at work so with working around the clock seven days a week I feel like we aren’t really making any real progress at our place, which is a bummer. I know it will all come together, but I do need to find time to finalize counter decision and buy important things like our sink and faucet like ~ stat! But in the meantime I need a break so let’s talk about something fun……

What’s the market really like right now, and how to have success as a buyer

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{photo credit: McAlpine Tankersly Architecture} Hi there! I’ve been a little pre-occupied with our renovation lately, but we are in full spring work mode over here and I today I wanted to talk about something that I get lots of questions from people about all of the time ~ what’s the real estate market like right now? And how can someone possibly have success in this market?! Honestly, I get tons of questions all the time, they are all great questions and before I got into real estate I had no idea where to go to get answers for any of…

The totally boring things I couldn’t be more excited about in our new place

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It’s official, I’m middle aged. Don’t get me wrong, there’s nothing wrong with that, I’ve never been happier and I’m super stoked about what I’m doing and creating in my life these days. But I will say that the things that I get excited about now are very different than what I got excited about in my twenties, lol. When we first moved in to our new place, I literally laid down to ‘hug’ our brand new beautiful hardwood floors in excitement, and I couldn’t help but laugh at myself. I was SO excited. About floors. But let me tell…