With the Fourth of July being in the middle of the week this year, we took full advantage of a little extra time at the Baring lake. I've written about the lake in past posts, it's my favorite place to get away to relax and unplug. This time my brother and some of his friends [...]
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5 Summer Must-Haves for the Lake
With the Fourth of July just around the corner and the hot days of summer in full effect, these are my go-to must haves for the lake: Burt's Bees Tinted Lip Balm - I love the colors Sweet Violet and Hibiscus. Neutrogena Water + Sun Beach Defense SPF 30 is my go-to sunblock and is kind [...]
Home Wasn’t Built in a Day
We're starting to get into the part of the new house that I really enjoy - design! We met last week to start picking finishes for the interior of the home. Eric and I have very different styles, but it's been fun finding out what combined style speaks to us both. Below are inspiration photos [...]
Holy Concrete
In the last house post, I mentioned the builders needed to pier the property due to the soil composition of the land. Over the last week or so, they were able to finish that up and pour the concrete for the foundation. It's starting to sink in that this project is coming along, especially now that [...]
Dig a Little Deeper
Things are moving along at the new house! Initially, construction was supposed to start two weeks ago, but due to an ice storm they weren't able to start digging until this past week. The dig itself went pretty fast, but we got some news that they were going to have to do piering. Our builder [...]
New House Pre-Construction Meeting
When we signed the contract to start building the new house our real estate agent, Dan O'Dell, told us to prepare to feel like a lot of nothing was happening for a while. He said that we would likely drive by our plot often and see the same dirt in the same place for a [...]
House + Love = Home
Eric and I are really excited to share that we are building a house! What started as just "exploring" neighborhoods turned into a pretty fast decision to pick a lot, builder and floor plan. We fell in love with a neighborhood adjacent to a new mixed-use development in a suburb of Kansas City. We already [...]
The Palm House KC 