.Dear Mr. Dishwasher-that-came-with-the-house, I know you were only a mere 5 years old, but sadly you just never lived up to your potential. We were happy to see that you were in apparently good working order when we came into…

[source: Young House Love]. One of the most daunting tasks of being a homeowner is invariably making your home “yours.” When you’ve relied heavily on the style of IKEA or hand-me-downs… it’s hard to jump out of that box and…

.Christmas in our entryroom is an aglow in gold and bronze. We’ve tried our best to keep the room glowing with the orange wall accents, and slowly but surely we’re adding more to enhance the holidays in the room. This…

I really can’t begin to count the number of times that Mr. M and I have visited flooring stores in 2009… thought we knew what we wanted… and then completely changed our minds and stalled on the whole process. We’d…