It's been a minute. Last year, I had my website designed professionally for the first time. It did not go as planned, but bygones and all that. Everyone's heart was in the right place. Several well-researched blog posts disappeared during that whole process, and honestly, I just lost my mojo. It felt impossible to manage…
Week three brought a significant change to the Fancy Foyer. The stair treads and landings are finished, and I feel relieved that we had the resources to fix the mistake I made four years ago.
Since I'll miss a week of the One Room Challenge in May, I hired out the job to Queen…
Welcome back to week two of the One Room Challenge. As I write this, the stair treads are getting a makeover, so it seems like a good time to explain what went wrong the first time.
This month, four years ago, I had the paint sanded off the stair treads for the first time. The…
Well, well, well, here we are again. It's One Room Challenge time. First, let me point out the elephant in the room. Long-time readers may notice everything looks different around here! The look and function of BlakeHillHouse.com as been upgraded--I think. I say that tentatively because the process has been fraught with behind-the-scenes drama with…
It seems fitting that my first post of 2024 is a bathroom update. I feel like I've written about little else in the past two years. Writing my bathroom plans on the blog also seems to be the kiss of death.
Remember this mood board?
Let's pretend I never shared it with you…
I'm not going to lie. 2023 was one of the weirdest and most unsettling years for me yet. On a global scale, the world seems to be burning, and personally, life has been non-stop, good and bad. Fulfilling my summer obligations, balancing the needs of my family, and attempting to get the house ready to…