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September 6, 2019

Summer 2019 Recap

Every summer I have high hopes of blogging and doing home projects with all four boys around, and each summer I fail horribly. So this summer I wizened up and just decided not to worry about the blog or getting anything done on the house. If it happened, great, if not, that's fine too. And you know what? Nothing got done, and it was great. Anyway, now that the kids are back in school (two in elementary school and two in mothers day out two mornings a week) I'm refreshed and excited to get …
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November 20, 2018

That Time We Went To Costa Rica

Well, I just finished up the master bedroom (if you missed the reveal you can see it here) and am about to dive back into the RV remodel, but in the meantime I thought I'd write a quick post about our recent trip to Costa Rica. We went last month, and it was amazing. Adam and I would love to travel more, but at this stage in life it isn't easy. Asking someone to watch four young boys for a week is a lot, and I'd rather not do that to someone. But when Adam's mom asked us earlier this year …
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Filed Under: Life, etc5 Comments

January 2, 2018

2018 House Goals

I've never been big on setting New Year's resolutions. I don't like making commitments if I am not 100% certain I can stick to them, and New Years resolutions have like a 99% failure rate. Plus I figure that if you need to make a change in your life you should just do it, no need to wait until the new year. But 2017 felt particularly crazy, mostly because I'm the opposite of type A, lack a routine, and have four kids. The combo of those things led to an uphill battle all year, always REacting to …
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Filed Under: Building a house, House 2, Life, etc, Spaces21 Comments

Ten tips for throwing a stress free party

November 1, 2017

10 Tips for Hosting a Successful (and Stress-Free!) Party

*Thank you to Pine Mountain for sponsoring this post!* This spring Adam and I decided that it was time to start using our home for entertaining. It's something we had always wanted to do, and once our house was safe and functional enough to invite people over we put our plan into motion. The goal was large monthly parties, every single month. That was six months ago now, and we have since successfully hosted six parties. Also? We've learned a lot. So here is my list of my top ten …
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Filed Under: Family, Food, Life, etc13 Comments

August 14, 2017

How to DIY When You Have Kids

I'm going to take a wild guess and say that most of my readers enjoy DIY, and also that a lot of you have kids. And as you are probably are painfully aware, those two things don't always go together all that well. So here is a list of things that I do to make DIYing with kids possible. It isn't the kind of list that is full of brilliant tips and ideas that you never thought of, this is just me chatting about what Adam and I do personally. And just for reference, we have four sons ages 7, 5, 2 …
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Filed Under: Family, Life, etc, Parenting29 Comments

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July 26, 2017

A new look for Domestic Imperfection

So...notice anything different?! That's right, Domestic Imperfection has a whole new look! Isn't it so pretty and calm? I love it. I've been working behind the scenes for the last two months or so to get the new site up and running. I've had the old design for over four years now and it was definitely time for a change. Technology progresses so quickly and my website wasn't only outdated visually, it was also a mess on the backend. The new site is up to date and mobile responsive, which means …
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Filed Under: Blogging21 Comments

July 2, 2017

My Interview on The Home Hour Podcast

Hi everyone! I wanted to get a quick post out this evening letting y’all know about an interview I recently did. The Home Hour is a podcast that I know you will love. It’s about DIY, design, and everything home...basically if you enjoy my blog then this podcast is right up your alley. "Join hosts Graham Smith and Kirsten Dunlap two moms on a mission to help others create elegant, livable, welcoming homes. Real moms, real families, real budgets, real homes. Join them as they interview …
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Filed Under: Blogging, Life, etc6 Comments

June 16, 2017

The BEST kids clothes organization tip

Okay, let’s talk about kids clothes organization. I have four sons that are fairly close in age, which means when it comes to clothing them I pretty much have it made. So far I’ve only had to buy (or am gifted, gotta love grandparents) clothes for #1, and then #2, #3 and #4 all get his hand me downs. None of them are at the age yet where they care what they wear, so I’ve spent something very close to $12 to dress all of them (not including shoes...gah, shoes). However, keeping their …
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Filed Under: Cleaning and Organizing, Life, etc, Parenting32 Comments

May 3, 2017

Breezeway Makeover and Family Dinners: No Excuses Edition

For years now Adam and I have said we should start hosting big family dinners at our house once a month, and for years now we have come up with excuses not to. Either we were too busy, or the old house was too crowded, or the new house was too unfinished, or a variety of other things.  We ran out of excuses after laying sod a few weeks ago though, and decided that Mothers Day weekend is going to be the start of a new tradition. Once a month, every month, we will have a giant potluck and hang out …
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Filed Under: Decor & Crafts, Family, Home Improvement, House 2, Life, etc, Outdoor, Projects, Room Reveals, Spaces22 Comments

April 19, 2017

What I Learned on the Whole30

The other day a reader commented and said “I need to know how the Whole30 went!” Did you finish it?” and then I realized that I never posted part II of our January Whole30 adventure. I figured posting it now, as I sit here knee-deep in my kids Easter candy is fitting, right? So keep reading if you are interested, and if not come back next week when we talk about landscaping and our exterior to do list. We have been working outside a lot recently and it is looking beautiful, I can’t wait to show …
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February 20, 2017

2016 Year In Review

Alright y’all, here comes one heck of a post. I’ve been chipping away at it for months...it’s pretty much my masterpiece. Enjoy.  2016 was a great year. Adam and I worked on building our house, moved into it, sold our old house for more than we thought we would, had a baby, and  generally lots of amazing things happened. That being said, it has been one of the hardest years of my life. Not hard a because things were bad, but hard because it was so crazy busy. Our year was packed full and most …
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Filed Under: Family, Life, etc16 Comments

January 22, 2017

Whole30 – A Journal of the First Two (Really Hard) Weeks

You might be thinking “Whatttt...a food post on Domestic Imperfection?” Yeah, a food post. Actually, a post about a diet Adam and I are doing as our January New Years resolution called Whole30. You may have heard of it, it’s kinda the new “fad” diet...very similar to Paleo but even stricter. I know this is totally not the normal kind of post around here, so please feel free to skip it. I just like to write, and this is what I’m doing this month, so a daily journal just kind of emerged and I …
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November 29, 2016

Four Boys and a Man on a Mission

I figured that after a month of silence it was about time for an update on the baby and life in general, so here we go. Let’s start at the beginning...the day Abram was born. I’m one of those women that is chronically overdue with babies and I expected nothing less with this one... I don’t think I even packed my hospital bag until after my due date. Anyway, when 41 weeks (a week overdue) rolled around with no signs of labor, Adam and I decided to go ahead and induce. So one Wednesday, …
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Filed Under: Family, Life, etc, Parenting27 Comments

October 31, 2016

Baby #4 is here, and it’s a…

BOY! Everyone, meet Abram. Born 10/26/16 7 lbs 12 oz 20.5 inches He is the sweetest, most snuggly little thing you will ever meet. I was planning to write a whole post about him and the birth, but the second I started typing three-quarters of my kids started crying, so I will be back at a later time to share more details. We are home from the hospital though and everyone is doing well, just busy adjusting to life with four boys six and under (which is no joke!). Anyway, here …
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Filed Under: Family, Life, etc, Parenting39 Comments

September 13, 2016

The Boy’s Room – Then, Now, and Future Plans

So today let’s talk about the boy's room.   The room is 12 x 15 and will be shared by my older two boys. If you regularly read the blog than you’ve seen pictures of it while under construction...but here they are again (mostly to remind me that we’ve already come a long way and aren't just beginning...because it’s true, but I forget). We have been in the new house for a little over a month now, and here is what the boy's room looks like today. It’s nothing …
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Filed Under: Decor & Crafts, Home Improvement, House 2, Inspiration, Kids Rooms, Parenting, Spaces20 Comments

August 24, 2016

How We Sold Our House in One Day

This post started off as a simple “tips to sell your house quickly” post...but then it just couldn’t stop writing and it kinda turned into a brain dump on everything. So keep reading if you want to hear about how we sold our house in a day (for over the asking price!), how much profit we made, the final house tour, and other various thoughts on the subject. So as you may have guessed from the title, we sold our house is a day, which is crazy. What’s is even crazier is that we had multiple …
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Filed Under: House 1, Life, etc, Money, Projects23 Comments

May 30, 2016

Life and Pregnancy Update

Hey everyone! SO sorry I fell off the face of the earth right after dropping that pregnancy bomb, my computer died and has been in the repair shop. I tried to get it fixed through Apple, but they quoted me $500 to get it working again...which I just can't/won't do. Fortunately I found a local guy to get it working again for about $100...unfortunately it took me a month to get all this computer stuff figured out. But now everything is running smoothly again and I have my baby back. Oh how I …
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Filed Under: Family, Life, etc, Parenting24 Comments

April 28, 2016

Boys + Bluebonnets = Four (obviously)

If you live in the Texas hill country, springtime bluebonnet pictures are a must. They’re practically a requirement to live here...I’ve heard rumors that if you don’t take at least one bluebonnet picture each year they kick you out of the state. Each spring for the 6-8 weeks the bluebonnets are out you can find cars pulled over on the side of the highway and the occupants are out taking pictures in the flowers. Family pictures, kid pictures, senior pictures, dog pictures, and pictures of …
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Filed Under: Family, Life, etc, Parenting43 Comments

April 4, 2016

Round Top Antiques Fair

The weekend before last Adam and I went to Round Top for their giant antiques fair, which is one of the biggest and best in the country.   Last year I went for the first time and was blown away by how insanely huge and amazing it is. It is miles and miles and MILES of fields and pastures, barns and tents bursting with unique old things. It’s kinda what I imagine heaven is like, if heaven was chock full of old rusty crap. Maybe it is, I don’t know. One can …
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Filed Under: Decor & Crafts, Life, etc, Roundups/Reviews, Shopping24 Comments

February 17, 2016

2015 Year in Review

(I started writing this post mid-December with the best intentions of getting it out the first week in January, but that obviously didn’t happen. Each time I sat down to collect pictures I got super distracted looking at old photos. I was even going to make a year in review video (I have so many videos!) but I eventually had to tell myself it was never going to happen. Anyway, here is a little bit about our 2015...) 2015 was quite the year for my family. It had wonderful parts, hard parts, and …
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November 24, 2015

The Four Month Jellyfish

Does anyone remember a few months ago when I was trying to find something to hang above my bed? (I totally don't blame you if you have no idea what I'm taking about.) Well, I ended up buying the jellyfish poster that I loved so much. It's from Great Big Canvas, an online store that sells artwork. They have about a billion different artwork choices and it's completely overwhelming. After looking at their framed and canvas options (which were like $400) I ended up buying a plain poster. $69 …
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Filed Under: Decor & Crafts, Life, etc11 Comments

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