We’ve been living in our new place for about a month now. Unfinished projects are everywhere… paint and hang doors, dining room shiplap walls, porch ceiling, but this unfinished mess is all ours! I thought it would be kind of neat to chronicle our fixer upper so here’s just the first video in what might be an endless playlist of YouTube videos for your enjoyment. That is if you like this kind of thing. Yes you say? Well go on over here and subscribe.
Rug options clockwise from upper left: West Elm sweater wool rug in charcoal $399 [on sale], RugsUSA elegance cotton stripe $291 [on sale], Target threshold twist area rug $299, West Elm sweater wool rug in oatmeal $399 [on sale] Our new couch arrived. It smells super wonderful, like a really nice new pair of riding boots in a woodworking shop, ya know. I’m trying to slowly layer our home starting with…
Our bedroom is bare bones at the moment. What you see in the photo above is all that’s there, but I’m really enjoying a minimalist bedroom. It helps to relax my mind before bed, instead of running with ideas on how to reorganize, like our last place, which was very much on the small side! I kinda want new side table lamps and shades. I really LOVE this base with this lamp…
This dresser was actually Joel’s dad’s dresser as a young kid growing up and it was passed onto us when we moved in together a couple of years ago. It’s a wonderful dresser, but the bleach blonde wood color and random crayon drawings on the side that didn’t really go with the rest of our decor. There’s nothing a gallon of paint can’t fix! I chose a sort of muted…
Now that I’ve shared all of our adventures in South Africa, here are all the souvenirs I managed to cram into my suitcase to bring home! You can subscribe to my YouTube channel right here!
So, I spend way too much time at the mall. It all started when I was in diapers, my mom used to meet my grandma to walk around inside Rosedale Mall during the winter months and push me around in my stroller. Nowadays, it’s always our family meeting spot between my mom, my sister and I. We just kind of love walking around and browsing. Not to mention, I’ve got…
Hi, my name is Kitty Cotten and I’m a youtube junkie. I don’t watch a ton of tv, but I can get lost in the world of youtube for more hours then I’m willing to admit here. Here are my 9 favorite youtube channels that I pretty much religiously watch (click the photos below to visit each channel). There’s a some super talented beauty mavens, amazing short filmmakers, British accents…
I loooooove when you do these kinds of videos! So fun to see the transformation of your new home and can’t wait to see more down the road. Congrats and cheers to you guys! xx
Thanks!! I’m working on a little home update video now that we’ve moved in :)