Front Yard

Emma marie designs house tour

I love springtime! There is just something in the air that makes me want to get outside to plant some flowers and do yard work. This year was no exception to that. It seems like I'm continually going to Lowes to buy flowers and potting soil during this time of the year. Side note - did you know that Lowes has fantastic markdown prices on their plants/shrubs/flowers? In my area starting around the last week of April they'll mark down things 75% off. You can get really good deals on plants if you're patient and check back often. The good stuff goes FAST! Check it out if you're looking to save this spring on plants or flowers. But back to the house. One thing that I love about my house is my big front porch. To me there is just something inviting about an open porch. I like to fill mine with flowers, plants, white furniture, and pretty pillows. I already showed a picture of my front door last week so here is the rest of the porch/front yard this year.

New Porch Light

front porch light update

I've been finishing up some projects recently and this one was a quick and cheap upgrade! Ever since we bought this house, I've been wanting to do update the front porch light. Here's the before. Pretty, right? 

Bathroom Tiled, Grouted, and Painted

weekend bathroom remodel

As of Sunday night, the bathroom floor is tiled and grouted! That means that today we installed the sink/counter and toilet but I still have to take those pictures so these of the bathroom floor will just have to do for tonight. I do think that this has been one of the faster projects that we've taken on. What's helped so, so, so much has been breaking it down into 2 more manageable phases. Although, the husband is pretty motivated and we've been working super fast in here. So, without further ado, here is a look at our new bathroom floor. 

Bathroom Update

weekend bathroom remodel

Checking in real quick for a small update on the bathroom remodel progress. The walls are being primed and painted today and we will be laying the tile floor later this afternoon. The tile only needs to set for 24 hours, so if all goes well we can grout Sunday evening! Then early next week we can install the new cabinet/sink and toilet. I'm really liking doing this remodel in the different phases. It is making it non stressful and not seem like such a huge undertaking - defiantly a big plus in my book!

Bathroom Remodel

weekend bathroom remodel


The main bathroom in my house is the one that I lovingly refer to as the "blue bathroom".  After living in this house for almost 4 years, we decided that it was finally time to re-do it! Here it is when we first bought the house.

Cleaning Closet - DONE!

organizing cleaning closet

Remember Mondays post about the cleaning closet? Where I opened up a not-so-organized closet door and showed you behind the scenes spilling my catch-all little secret? I showed you how it looked like this ~

The Cleaning Closet

organizing the cleaning closet

Ever feel like you've got one of those areas in our house that need cleaning and organizing? You know it needs your attention, but you just keep putting it off until "tomorrow". But here's the thing, "tomorrow" never comes! Before you know it weeks have past and you still keep avoiding the problem spot. Maybe I'm the only one who does this, maybe not. My problem spot is the cleaning closet. I've got 2 closets in the main part of my house (outside of the bedroom closets). One looks at you when you enter the house and the other is in the dining room. This is the one I've affectionally named the cleaning closet. This is the main closet in the house were I store all my cleaning supplies, paper towels, toilet paper, vacuum cleaner, swimming supplies, small tools - basically everything that helps run this household! Once upon a time everything was nice and neat all contained in baskets. But, for the past few months it has looked like this ~