How Much Does It Cost To Run A Vacation Rental (With Real Numbers)
We’ve gotten hundreds of questions about the financial side of running an Airbnb or other short term vacation rental. Specifically: “can yo…
Favorites Ideas and Projects
Here are all of our project and room makeover favorites on one easy to browse page full of decorating ideas, easy upgrades, painting and furniture building ideas, etc.
Painting Our Brick House White!
The weather hasn’t been perfect for photos and our landscaping isn’t looking it’s finest at the moment, but I’M SO FREAKING EXCITED ABOUT O…
How To Hang Peel & Stick Wallpaper
Adding wallpaper to the middle bedroom at our beach house took us just a few hours and cost us less than $100. It’s a whole lotta bang for …
4 Decorating Tricks For A Smoother Makeover
We’re in the midst of two room redos right now and I couldn’t be more excited about them! One is our bathroom reno that we shared last week…
Updating Old Kitchen Cabinets With New Inset Doors
I’ve been so excited to show you Teresa and Andrew’s kitchen makeover. They’re some of our closest friends who live right around the corner…
DIY Shiplap Wall Plank Treatment ($31 total!)
Many moons ago we promised to share the DIY play-by-play for this shiplap-esque, paneled wall treatment because it’s ridiculously easy and …
DIY “Stained Glass” Window
We had a totally different post planned for today, but then a super fun/random project fell into our laps on Monday night. We weren’t sure …
Kids Room For Real Simple’s Idea House
Earlier this month we took the whole family (dog included!) up to Brooklyn for a few days to put together the space we’ve be designing for …
Before & Afters Of Our Beach House: Upstairs
Many moons ago John shared the beach house before & after photos from downstairs (tons of never before seen angles!) right here in this pos…
How To Paint Decorative Oars For Beach House Decor
When we shared the duplex backyard makeovers last month, I promised more details about how we made the decorative oars that hang on each sh…
A Video Tour Of The Duplex
Finally… we have a full video tour of both sides of the duplex! A ton of people have asked for this (or asked if they missed it) and, well,…
Beach House Backyard Makeover
Just when you thought we were done with backyards (we shared the duplex backyards last week) we’re back with yet another… backyard! And thi…