Once upon a time, I shared this not-so-little journey on the installation of all things hardwood flooring as we’ve slowly taken our house on a full ride of a renovation over the past few years. {You can see most of the history with before and updated afters here!} But if you’re not familiar, one winter, our…
handmade savvy saturday
Hey hey and Happy Handmade Savvy Saturday! We hope you are having an amazing post-4th of July weekend. We feel as though the summer is slipping through our fingers and it’s happening way too fast. Here are a few things you may have missed on The Handmade Home this week: {It was a short one…
10 summer reads for under the sunshine
I’ve been an avid reader ever since childhood. My family could find me tucked away on a chair or in my room, lost in a good story. Now, as I work full time and raise a family, I squeeze them in wherever and however I can. I think you all can probably relate to that….
10 design mistakes to avoid
A sweet reader, Sandra, wrote in and asked this very smart question, and I decided to give it a bit of a re-visit today! …You guys are always pretty positive on your site, and I get the whole ’embrace your home as your own’ philosophy. I appreciate your stance. But now that we’re ready to…
handmade savvy saturday
Happy Handmade Savvy Saturday! We’re looking forward to the 4th of July fun this upcoming week, with great weather, food, and sweet friends! Here are a few things you may have missed on The Handmade Home: • The Summer of Letting Go • The Bed Bath and Beyond Trade program, with a whole full-circle back…
10 must-reads before you buy a house
Hey guys! We recently shared a little FAQ post about us and what we do with The Handmade Home. If you’re no stranger to our site, then you know that we get to tackle a lot of fun things. Today, we thought we’d share a little on the real estate side in a helpful way…
Bed Bath and Beyond Trade
If you guys aren’t very new around here, you probably know we love Bed Bath and Beyond. Every time we get to work with them, it feels like a full circle moment since once upon a time in college, I worked the bridal desk… and while I was kind of a catastrophe at all things…
the summer of letting go
He was collecting seashells in the sun. Just as we’d collected them every day since we brought him to the beach as a child. When he was little, his fingers, tiny with toddler-sized abilities, clinched around a fist full of shells he’d gathered. His findings, though mostly sand, would hoist proudly into the air towards…
handmade savvy saturday
Hey hey + Happy Handmade Savvy Saturday! We’re grateful for the weekends, even though it’s summer, since football practice threatens to end us all with those 7 a.m. workouts. We’re back with a little fun and here to share some of our fave finds from the www this week. Here are a few things you…