Bake at 350 degrees for about 12 minutes.

Our house is very (very very) much a work in progress, but I share the whole process here on the blog, so that helps to make all the work we’re doing around here a little more fun.I also really love to share DIY homekeeping tips and tricks during the loooong breaks we sometimes take in the progress of our renovations.

That’s real life though!No smoke and mirrors around here!.So let’s get on with the tour!

Please keep your seat belt buckled and your arms inside the windows at all times.Just duck out of the way if you see one of the walls starting to crumble above you.

You think I’m joking.

So here’s what it looks like on the property around the house.. It’s beautiful and peaceful and a great place to escape the madness and mess going on inside sometimes.. We recently finished up a mini deck recycle/renovation, so now we have a great place to enjoy the view.. Here’s how it looked before:.That’s why everything that we do.

to help us bring that summertime feeling to our homes is really stuff that reminds us of the great parts about being outdoors during this season.I find that the more time we spend outside, the more the inside of my home starts to feel like summer too.

The feeling of coming inside into the cool house when you’ve been outside in the sun all day?That’s a big part of our impression of home during the summer too!