Tile Torture

I thought I was making things easier by picking a super common, timeless tile design: subway. Turns out it’s made for more than a few…

Tile Torture Part 2

AKA screw it, we’re moving in

Welcome to Morgan

Our story kicks off with our first venture into the house hunt this past spring, when we were not prepared at all — only casually looking “to see what was out there”. A small, perfectly staged, perfectly updated, perfectly priced mid-century condo in the Oakland Hills caught our our eye, and made…

Bathroom Check-In

We’re off to a whirlwind start

The Bathroom Design

Slumber Party!

You know what makes you feel like you own a place? Ripping it up. This was the first weekend that really made Morgan feel like ours…

What are we getting ourselves into?

The list. It’s so long.

Diego and I are both planners, and obvious oldest siblings in our respective families. I’m a producer/project manager by day and Diego does his fair-share of people-wrangling and project-managing, as well. We have so…

Bedroom + Kitchen + Bathroom. But First, Bathroom

We’ve let our ambitions get the best of us, and have come to realize we need to focus in on our plans so we can get real things started. My mom will probably throw in a joke about how I used to start and never finish millions of projects…

Morgan Midterm Exam

We have learned so much this past month. Here we are a few weeks into our first big project (and likely still a few weeks…

Closets are a pain in the butt to paint

As a kid, I had a lot of odd dream jobs. I wanted to be a singer (I was in love with…