Okay, so remember when I posted about the end of our framing process and was all, “You guys – it totally looks like a house now!”? (It was the penis/pantry/ultrasound one…you remember.) I really thought it did but some of you were still all, “Yeah…no.” This post is for you. The drywall is up and
ATG&D Dream Home | Siding & Stone
I promised you a post about siding and stone, and I’m here to deliver! Some of you (a.k.a. Alert & Awesome) may remember all of that exterior inspiration I was drooling Chardonnay over earlier this summer. By the time we needed to make our exterior selections G and I were pretty set on a black
ATG&D Dream Home | Best Idea Ever
Happy 2016! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and are kicking your new year off with a bang! Ready to return to house talk? For the record, G and I never stopped. It’s pretty much all we talked about in 2015 and will likely dominate our 2016 as well, so if you see us
Peppermint Chocolate Hot Cocoa Mix-In
This is one of those ideas that has me feeling equal parts brilliant and idiotic. Let me back it up a minute… G, Kate and I just moved into our dream house and we thought it’d be fun to host a housewarming party this weekend. (That’s not the “idiotic” point I’m trying to make, but it’s
Homemade Linen Spray
We interrupt the ongoing saga of the construction of our dream home and our new favorite game of “how many boxes did I hurdle today?” to talk handmade holiday gifts. One of the few things* I made sure to never lose track of throughout these past six months as we packed up our old house
ATG&D Dream Home | We Live Here Now!
We moved in! I say “we moved in!” versus “we’re all moved in!” because while technically all of our things are out of storage and within the parameters of the shingles and siding you see below, the reality is I just had to climb over fifty-eleven-hundred boxes to reach my desk and laptop. In fact, as I write this
Sweater Monogram Wreath
Last winter— Sidebar: Anytime I start a sentence with “last [timeframe]” it reminds me of my younger sister Brittny who always used to start every story with “Last morning…” when she was little. It didn’t matter if she was talking about something that happened a month ago, a year ago, or fifteen minutes ago, she always
Moody Florals
They call it “moody florals” and it’s one of the current fashion trends for fall. Basically, it’s taking those frilly spring floral patterns and darkening them up. Putting those perky petals through a little teenage angst and having them come out all moody and broody. Less Lilly Pulitzer, more Rose McGowan. (I say this like I’ve been keeping up with
ATG&D Dream Home | Insulation
You guys! We are moving into our house in ONE WEEK!! If there’s ever been a time for all caps, THIS. IS. IT. Our house is 95% finished, and I’m all the way in love. Even though we haven’t moved in yet, it’s obvious we’re in a committed relationship, so I’m finding myself treating it like a new
ATG&D Dream Home | Interior Windows
I was going through the fifty-eleven-hundred* photos I have of new windows in our house, and window-themed clichés wouldn’t get out of my head – most notably the whole “eyes are the windows to the soul” one, only my brain kept twisting it up into “windows are the eyes of the soul.” Which doesn’t make