Archive for October, 2015

Budgeting a remodel

Today I am thrilled to present my most helpful online tool for budgeting and planing your basement renovation. It’s very simple yet incredibly helpful. It plans your renovation budget for you and even has a calculator for drywall, framing, flooring, and ceilings. I’m pretty pleased with this one, so let me show you how it works!

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Pursuit31Conference

It’s just as beautiful as I imagined, I thought as I gazed at the scene set before me. Perfectly imperfect white brick buildings protected by mismatched red shingles: Retreat.
I settled into my room and started digging through my swag bag. Flipping through the pages of a beautiful magazine, my sister said “Did you read this page?” Pointing to a long story that I passed over, “I think you should.”

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Types of Heat Pumps

This post might sound a little boring, but let me tell you, there’s no single blog post, search term, or ANYTHING out there that is helping me figure out what to do about the heating and cooling system in our home. I’ve done a lot of digging, and I’ve come up dry. I would love to see your findings, experiences, or thoughts in the comments below, as well; let’s help each other out!
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Image from Decoratingyoursmallspace.com

As you know, I’ve been hard at work on my basement. Looking back at my Basement Remodel post from back in March, I just want to pat sweet little Rachel on the head for being so ambitious…how cute! Apparently, somewhere between watching HGTV and having contractors do renovations for me, I forgot that THIS IS A HUGE PROJECT! That said, I’ve also been using my time to get some helpful tools together for you who are taking on a basement remodel: blog posts, tutorials, basement budgeting tools—all kinds of goodies! Let’s start with a recap, shall we?
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Fall Mums

Happy fall everyone!

Fall is a time for bright blue skies, the crunch of leaves underfoot, snuggly warm sweaters, and change. And boy, are we changing here! I can’t wait to share with you what we are planning for the next few months and see what God has in store for the Rossis!
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