House shiiiiiiiii..... you know

So everything is moved in and pretty much put away. Except for the fact that we need dressers and more furniture but I'll deal with that later. 

I was totally overwhelmed the first 2 nights here. I couldn't find anything and I felt like I was so busy that I couldn't even take a shower, I definitely wore the same  Dwell+ Slumber dress two days in a row. I have no shame. 

I was actually detoxing from my aluminum deodorant too. So I was dirty AND smelly. It was kinda the worst. I was an all around hot mess. I can't believe I got through it. Hahahaha. I've been in much worse situations, believe me. 

The boys were having a blast, setting up their new room and playing with toys that they forgot about. You know, kid stuff! 

 

But I had to get moving, literally, like unpack some shit. These book weren't going to unpack themselves. So I had to pull myself together and start with a plan. 

I would go and set up each room one by one. Starting with the baby's room! 

 Considering that almost every room need to be painted or wallpapered, I'm trying to make the most out of it. HA. I got this awesome letter board from a mama on the

Wildbird chitchat page. 

 

And it's definitely going in Remy's room. I just need to find the nails. 

So all in all it's coming along. I'm having a party in a few days so I need to get it together! 

Wish me luck! 

XoxOXox 

Steph 

P. S. I still don't have the internet at my house. I am currently sitting in a parking lot writing this. #reallife 😘

On the level

As I'm sitting here in the Arby's drive threw, trying to relax and Mac DeMarco comes on the radio (I listen to the radio allll the time, WXPN FOR LIFE!) and I'm straight chilling now. I'm 'On The Level' 😜✌🏽❤️

Even if it was just for a minute or 3 😉

But I love how music can just take you somewhere else, mentally. And I need to be somewhere else right now. My life is in chaos. It's after 10 pm Wednesday night and we are just getting done. 

My whole house all fits in the downstairs part of my new house. Hahahah. 

 

 

The kids could care less. As long as they have their movies and video games, they're fine. 

 

But seriously, I'm so stressed out. 

I heard saying the word 'stress' makes you more stressed out actually. So maybe I'm just overwhelmed. There, that sounds much more manageable. 

But yea, there is no internet at the new house. I'm being blocked or something, it's probably the Russians. Lol 😆 

Yea, that's why I'm sitting at Arby's listening to the radio. 

Alright gotta head back to the house and keep unpacking. 

Pray for me, y'all 

XoxOXox 

✌🏽❤️Steph

Happy New Year

Well it's January 1st so it is technically a new year. So maybe a quick recap is in order. That and I haven't posted anything in over a month, I'm sorry. 

So 2013, you were alright, not the best, but pretty good. 

I started this blog! Wooohoooo!!!

I also was on HGTV and they renovated my bedroom....

Went and saw some great concerts and hangout with amazing friends.....

I renovated the crap of out of the house and then sold it.....

I also moved from New Jersey back to Pennsylvania.... 

 

So it's now 2014 and I'm not going to say 'I'm going to do this' or I'm going to stop doing that', I'm just going to be happy. Maybe I'll write more blog posts too ;)

I hope you had an eventful year and a Happy New Year everyone!!

XoXOXxo 

Stephanie

Post Thanksgiving Wrap Up

I can't believe its Monday already! This weekend just flew by. My brain has been a little foggy with all the turkey and wine ;)

And my episode of The High Low Project was on and I didn't even get to see it. I'm kinda glad I didn't because I don't want to see myself look silly on national television. Hahahahaha. But at least I can't post all the pictures I want. I wasn't allowed to post anything until the show aired, and that was difficult. HA. 

So now I can post pictures of EVERYTHING!! Yay! 

Like the amazing carpet they picked out. 

This carpet is huuuge, it's maybe 8x10 feet! 

And how good do my floors look?! I'm glad they dried in time :)

But I think my favorite things in the room are my pictures that they framed. 

They are pictures I took when I lived in Brooklyn and they were on my Instagram! 

I'm not gonna lie, the yellow dresser is pretty amazing!!! 

And here is the bed and canopy. 

 The new headboard is actually packed up because we just sold the house. I know crazy!!! But luckily I can take everything with me.  

I can even put this canopy up somewhere else. It is just curtain rods!! 

The episode was filmed almost 4 months ago so the room have gotten plenty of use. Unfortunately the kids think it's bed now and I can't ever get them out :)

Maybe I should redo their room and then they will go back. Hahaha. 

I also had a great Thanksgiving with my family, I guess that is the whole point to the holiday. 

My Papa was the happiest man in the world I think :) 

XoXOXxo

Stephanie 

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The High Low Project

Today is the big day!!! The episode of The High Low Project will be on today at 2:00est on the HGTV channel. 

Here is a quick preview. 

I love this little couch. It so soft and comfortable. And there is nothing I love more than some faux fur so that pillow is totally me. 

 

It's so bright and colorful. Even the flowers matched! 

It's definitely my favorite room in the house. 

Everyone tune in and watch. And don't tell me how dorky I am! I am already super embarrassed to watch. In fact I will be traveling and won't be able to watch! 

So let me know how it is :)

XoXOXxo

Stephanie 

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Kitchen

I think this is the most used room in the whole house. I cook and bake in here, it's also where most my dance parties happen! It's the heart of the house. 

It was also the first room that was renovated so I don't know why I never posted it before. Maybe because it's not exactly 'finished' in my eyes. I've been looking for the perfect vintage wall cabinet. I haven't found it yet and I don't want to buy one from IKEA, yet. But this is the kitchen now. 

When the house was bought I wanted to replace the backsplash. So I took down the old one and this is what I found. 

Omg gross!!! And yes, that is black mold. It was awful. We got it professionally removed and started building the kitchen back. 

New insulation new mold resistant drywall. Everything. Then I went to Ikea and got cabinets and put them together myself. I saved a lot of money putting them together myself verses buying cabinets that were already put together. And all the boxes fit in my little car :) 

I also got this great farmhouse sink and wooden chopping block countertop at IKEA too. 

I put up small subway tile as the backsplash..... This is what it looks like to live in a construction zone. HA. 

 

Then the other side needed to be finished off.....

 

Hahahahaha. This is DIY home renovation at its finest. But hey, it worked ;)

I still have to get that cabinet but other than that it's finished! I even put in the dishwasher :)

The microwave was also taken down off the wall and I put these shelves  up. 

This kitchen definitely took some blood, sweat and tears. But I think it came out alright. 

Now I'm going to get it dirty and bake some delicious desserts for Thanksgiving, yum! 

XoXOXxo

Stephanie

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Dining Room

Since the episode of 'The High Low Project' that I'm going to be on will air soon (November 30th!!!) I figure I would finish posting the renovations I've done to the house.

That and I'm kinda running out of projects to do, if anyone needs help, with ANYTHING, let me know! 

The dining room was one of my first projects to start in the house. I figured that room needed the least amount of work done to it. I just painted the trim and sanded and stained the floors. 

The trim was a awful color it kinda reminded me of Creme Brûlée that has some mold on it :-/

So I found this amazing inspiration photo and decided to go to work! 

It took me about 2 weeks with all the taping and not to mention having two insane little boys running around..... 

I also painted the inside of my china cabinet pink. I mean PINK! I went to the hardware store with a Barbie pink in mind. Like, if they had a paint color there named Barbie, I probably would of bought it. 

Then came along the painted yellow piano and the D.I.Y curtains . 

Throw in my heirloom quilt as a table cloth and you got my dining room :) 

Too bad it's never used. Now it's more used as a place to put my luggage and clothing ;) 

Ugh I'm so disorganized. Hahaha. You should see my actual closet, it's a mess. 

Have a good weekend :)

XoXOXxo

Stephanie

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HGTV filming

What a craaaaazzyy week it has been!! The HGTV crew came into the house Monday and completely exploded. They had a buffet in the kitchen.

An office in my dining room.

And the crew is so sweet, I just wanted to hang out with them all night :)

HGTV was sweet enough to get us a hotel room Monday night. It was a little strange staying at a hotel a mile from your house, but the kids loved it. 

Then I spent the week in Philly hanging out with friends and it was amazing!! I took Logan to Pizza Brain in Fishtown, it's really cool pizza place that's also a pizza museum. It's super cute and Logan loved all the toys. 

There were even toys in the floor! 

Oh and the pizza was suuuuper delicious :) 

So the filming it almost over and I'm not gonna lie, I'm pretty excited to have my house and shower back. Hahaha. 

Not to mention my new bedroom!!! Sooo excited!!! 

If you didn't see the picture before here is a sneak peek. 

The show will air sometime in November or December. I will tell everyone when it's on, don't worry ;)

Happy Friday everyone!

XoXoXOxo

Stephanie 

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Home is Wherever I'm With You

Hello everyone!
This is the first entry of my new blog! Yaaayyyy! I've been wanting to do this for a whole year now. This is so exciting for me! (Please bare with me as I have no idea what I'm doing and I need to bug my husband to do my graphics :))

We bought our house almost one year ago. My husband works in Manhattan. We knew we had to be close to public transportation but it also had to have a great school system. So we found a great area but now we would have to get a "fixer-upper".

We bought the Money Pit house. No joke.

In less than a year we put on a new roof.
Completely renovated 2 out of 4 bathrooms.
Replaced half of the kitchen.
And ripped out a hot tub. But more on all that later.

I have been working on it non-stop. It's hard to get stuff done when you have two kids under the age of 5 running wild. Did I mention we have two boys?! So I could go without saying its complete chaos around here 24/7. We also have a boy dog, Sir Roderick Buttersworth aka Buddy :) Throw my husband in there and that's 4 guys in the house. I'm totally outnumbered!

This first post is going to be about the small powder room I just finished doing. It is small and old and we weren't going to completely gut it. We already had to completely gut two other bathrooms when we first moved in because of mold. So gutting another bathroom right now is not at the top of the list. Maybe a little more down the road.

This is how it turned out...

So between making lunches and diaper changes I try to renovate the house. This bathroom has been the most recent accomplishment (not counting the painted piano because its not finished yet). We took down the wallpaper that was already up- it was little yellow roses-awful! Scraped the wall clean and primed the walls. I also painted the ceiling because its easier to do before the new wallpaper is up and it just looks nice. I put up a new light too. My wonderful friend Andrea also helped me paint the doorframe to match the new dark window frame. The paint is called Beluga.

This is what the bathroom looked like before-

I knew we were going to keep the floor and wall tile. We also liked the old vintage sink. We got a new toilet when we moved in. The old one was attached to the wall ( crazy old toilets to which I have never ever seen in my life till now) and it left holes in the tile. I need to fix the holes or find the tile to match :-/
So I looked for a wallpaper that would kinda go with the 40's yellow tile and pinkish floor.
I fell in love with this vintage Peter Pan wallpaper.

But it was a little more than I wanted to spend on this bathroom.

So I found this on Anthropologie.

I look at wallpaper as art. Or if your house was a person the wallpaper would be your favorite outfit!
So this is my outfit for when I go to Europe ;)

I definitely find myself just hanging out in the bathroom starring at the wallpaper. Haha!
I hope you all like it.


Xoxoxo
Stephanie