Hello! Welcome to Week 1 of the One Room Challenge. We have been busy here at The Brick Nests working on this project, and I can't wait to share this journey with you! The room I am tackling for this One Room Challenge is the guest bedroom, which is the last room in the house waiting for my personal … [Read more...] about One Room Challenge Week 1–Guest Bedroom Makeover
Transforming Floors with Paint Power!
Recently while I was on vacation, I took advantage of our time out of the house and had the carpet ripped up in the back staircase and hallway, as well as had the wood floors in those spaces refinished and the walls refreshed with paint. Redoing those stairs has been on my to-do list for a while, … [Read more...] about Transforming Floors with Paint Power!
Bonus Inspiration Post: Window Boxes of Beacon Hill
Just a few days after finishing up my autumn planters project, Stew and I took the kids on a weekend trip to Boston to see family and meet my brand new adorable niece, Jane. What a little love she is! While we were in town, we thought it would be fun to take the kids for a walk around the beautiful … [Read more...] about Bonus Inspiration Post: Window Boxes of Beacon Hill
Ushering in a New Season for My Planters
So I promise this post is about my planters, but first I just have to tell you about a new perfume I recently purchased because it smells simply divine! It's by a boutique perfumer called Nomaterra, and the creators use their travels as inspirations for their fragrances, combining scents meant to … [Read more...] about Ushering in a New Season for My Planters
Welcome to The Brick Nests!
Hello! Welcome to The Brick Nests. We're so excited to launch this blog and so glad you've decided to join us! We wanted to start out with a little background on what inspired us to start blogging. We met the summer of 2013 and became fast friends. We're both stay-at-home moms to young children, … [Read more...] about Welcome to The Brick Nests!
Color Pops! From bland to bold
When we moved into our house, we inherited a recently wallpapered living room. Lucky for us, the previous owners chose a lovely herringbone grasscloth. The grasscloth is left in its natural color of warm beige--very pretty and goes with everything, but totally against my nature! I love color, … [Read more...] about Color Pops! From bland to bold