Wall-to-Wall Style: The Beginner’s Guide to Wallpapering

Three months ago, I did NOT know how to wallpaper. After my mother (who had lots of practice in the 80’s when she first wallpapered my nursery) and sister-in-law talked me into trying it ourselves, I now have ~100 hours of wallpapering experience and much more confidence than when I started. And after you read this, you too will have…
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5 Biggest Mistakes on My Custom Build (So Far…)

Hi! It’s been quite a while since I have posted… we have been busy busy! There is a lot to fill you in on. The short story is we closed on our lot in August 2020 and spent quite a bit of time in the planning stages (highly recommended and I STILL didn’t plan for everything). It took months to…
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Picking an Exterior Paint Color for Our Custom Build

If you have been following along you know that we are under contract on some land on Johns Island to build our dream home! So far, not a whole lot has been happening on the lot (pun intended)… We are awaiting a survey on the land to make sure we can put the house that we want where we want…
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7 Must Haves In Your Custom Build

We are building our dream home! Since we moved to Charleston, we have been keeping our eye a beautiful neighborhood on Johns Island, just 5 minutes away from our current house. Last week we decided to jump in with both feet and went under contract on a lot with perfect marsh views. We are using a small custom home builder…
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The Surf Room

A friend of a friend came to me looking for inspiration for her bonus room that they use as a play / game room. They hung an enormous surf board horizontally on the wall above the entryway and wanted to use their travels to Biarritz, France as inspiration for the space. After reading more about Biarritz, I now know where…
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