I had big visions for our house. Not “Pinterest-everything” big, but intentional big. I knew exactly how I wanted certain spaces to feel and how our budget walked hand in hand with it.

When you’re building a home, you want to prepare for everything. You want to be ahead of every possible curveball. But the honest truth? Some things are going to happen no matter how prepared you are.

I get messages about building a home almost daily. Some version of: Where do I even start? Do I need a GC? How long does this actually take? What order does everything happen in? And every time, I think the same thing — there is no way  a DM can do this topic justice. So instead of half-answers and voice notes sent at midnight, I sat down and worked weewy weewy hawd  (iykyk) to put everything  into one simple, no-fluff Google Doc you can actually use. This isn’t something I’m

After going through it myself, here are a few ways I learned to make home decisions without totally losing my mind.

A stupid easy, 4 ingredient, chicken dish that the whole family will love!

This is probably my favorite room in our house. For multiple reasons, but mainly as a family of four with two littles, it makes showering...