Our kitchen and dining room is the heart of our home. One of my favorite views in this room is the open shelving we mounted…

When we bought this house, the bathroom on the main level was absolutely terrible. There was no toilet seat, there were dead bugs in the…
We’ve lived here for almost four years now, and I’ve never been completely happy with the living room. When we bought the house, the living…

The dining room had gotten a little stale, to put it mildly. We’d had a Christmas drawing framed on our wall for over a year.…

I’m Vanessa, a wife and mom living in the DC suburbs. In 2017, I bought a rundown house and began renovating it with my husband, John. Together, we’ve made our small house into a cozy, comforting space for us and our four kids.