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Behind the Build: Our Daughter’s Bedroom Inspiration

How do you design a playful cave bed, a climbing wall, and still leave room to grow? Here’s the inspiration behind our daughter’s bedroom.

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Behind The Build: Our Mudroom Inspiration

Figuring out the details of the most practical room in the house—pantry, laundry, and lockers—while keeping it warm and organized. Here’s what inspired our mudroom.

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Behind The Build: The Kitchen Inspiration

Figuring out the design details of the heart of the home so it feels bright, airy, and fully functional. Here’s what inspired our kitchen.

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Behind The Build: Getting to Lock-Up

I’m sharing what lock-up really means, the design decisions that mattered most, and how we kept building through a pandemic, a construction boom, and complete chaos.

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Why 3D Renderings Were a Game-Changer in Our Build

See how 3D renderings gave us clarity during our build—from aligning on design decisions to avoiding conflicts. A sneak peek at how we walked through our home before it was built.

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Behind The Build: Framing

Clearing, excavating, and framing mark the start of any build. From long days to big decisions, see how we tackled this phase and brought our vision to life—even through unexpected challenges.

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Behind The Build: Our Design & Permit Process

Once the variance was approved, it was time to do what I do best—design. But designing my own home came with its own challenges. Here's the story behind creating our dream home and navigating the permit process.

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Behind The Build: The 12 Home Projects on our 2025 List

As we all get into setting goals for the new year, whether that’s personal, financial, health, etc. Troy and I like to take the time to list all the home projects we’d like to accomplish for 2024…

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Behind The Build: The Development Variance Permit

There are different kinds of development variances. We needed to prove hardship and have a zoning change. This is our story with the timeline, process and steps it took. Find out if we were approved or denied...

Behind the Build

Behind the Build: Our Daughter’s Bedroom Inspiration

How do you design a playful cave bed, a climbing wall, and still leave room to grow? Here’s the inspiration behind our daughter’s bedroom.

Behind the Build

Behind The Build: Our Mudroom Inspiration

Figuring out the details of the most practical room in the house—pantry, laundry, and lockers—while keeping it warm and organized. Here’s what inspired our mudroom.

Behind the Build

Behind The Build: The Kitchen Inspiration

Figuring out the design details of the heart of the home so it feels bright, airy, and fully functional. Here’s what inspired our kitchen.

Behind the Build

Behind The Build: Getting to Lock-Up

I’m sharing what lock-up really means, the design decisions that mattered most, and how we kept building through a pandemic, a construction boom, and complete chaos.

Behind the Build

Why 3D Renderings Were a Game-Changer in Our Build

See how 3D renderings gave us clarity during our build—from aligning on design decisions to avoiding conflicts. A sneak peek at how we walked through our home before it was built.

Behind The Build

Behind The Build: Framing

Clearing, excavating, and framing mark the start of any build. From long days to big decisions, see how we tackled this phase and brought our vision to life—even through unexpected challenges.

Behind The Build

Behind The Build: Our Design & Permit Process

Behind The Build

Behind The Build: The 12 Home Projects on our 2025 List

Behind The Build

Behind The Build: The Development Variance Permit

Behind the Build

Behind the Build: Our Daughter’s Bedroom Inspiration

How do you design a playful cave bed, a climbing wall, and still leave room to grow? Here’s the inspiration behind our daughter’s bedroom.

Behind the Build

Behind The Build: Our Mudroom Inspiration

Figuring out the details of the most practical room in the house—pantry, laundry, and lockers—while keeping it warm and organized. Here’s what inspired our mudroom.

Behind the Build

Behind The Build: The Kitchen Inspiration

Figuring out the design details of the heart of the home so it feels bright, airy, and fully functional. Here’s what inspired our kitchen.

Behind the Build

Behind The Build: Getting to Lock-Up

I’m sharing what lock-up really means, the design decisions that mattered most, and how we kept building through a pandemic, a construction boom, and complete chaos.

Behind the Build

Why 3D Renderings Were a Game-Changer in Our Build

See how 3D renderings gave us clarity during our build—from aligning on design decisions to avoiding conflicts. A sneak peek at how we walked through our home before it was built.

Behind The Build

Behind The Build: Framing

Clearing, excavating, and framing mark the start of any build. From long days to big decisions, see how we tackled this phase and brought our vision to life—even through unexpected challenges.