In my roughly ten years of nannying experience, I’ve learned a thing or two. Heck, my senior project in college was based on the pros and cons of daycare vs. nannies. I have worked as a nanny in three different states, both part time and full time, with kids of all ages and for families…

Time to take a break from the house projects to talk about my other fave obsession- baby girl!!  I’m pretty much obsessed with dressing and accessorizing Ellavie each day; however I keep running into one issue: most headbands leave  dents on her head.  Now, I obviously can’t say for sure if it even bothers her,…

Despite my goal of trying to blog just once a week, I just C O U L D. N O T. W A I T. to post about our “new” coffee table!! I am so thrilled with the result; not to mention the price.  Let me start from the beginning…  We have slowly started furniture…

This DIY post has three components. First, we will go over the transformation of our red brick fireplace to white washed fireplace. Second, we will discuss balancing the mantle. Finally, I’ll show you what I did to create an inexpensive temporary anchor piece for the mantle! White Washing Your Fireplace  I absolutely adore original charm.…

Home renovations are slowly coming together, which means the blog posts are too!! The house is not quite finished, and there are a lot of aesthetics to complete, but I figured I’d start sharing now that we’re making some headway.  This post will cover our main floor bath. The house we purchased is a 1930s…