A few years ago, during COVID, I did a gallery wall up the stairs of our 1920’s home in Portland. At the time, it was a project to get my mind off of everything going on in the world and allow me to reminisce about the places that I had… Read more
Breakfast Nook Redesign : At Home with LOM
As we’ve been renovating our 1925 Dutch Colonial house in SE Portland over the past 2 years, we’ve slowly moved through projects, both large and small, hiring contractors and DIY’ing things. But throughout the scope of our renovation, the one room that alluded me for a long time and that… Read more
Painting Linoleum Tile Floor : At Home with LOM
Over the past several months, I’ve had several people comment that they would love to see more content here on Land of Marvels about our home renovation, which in turn created this series for that specific purpose. As much as I love to travel, we aren’t doing a lot of… Read more
Everything You Need to Know Before Renovating an Old House
One of the things that a lot of readers have asked me over the past several months is to share more about the process of renovating our 1925 Dutch Colonial house that we purchased a year and a half ago in Portland. To be completely honest, the renovation of this… Read more
Painting My Range Hood Stainless Steel : At Home with LOM
A couple months back when I did an Instagram survey, I had several people comment that they would love to see more content here on Land of Marvels about our home renovation and today, I’m starting a new series for that specific purpose. As much as I love to travel,… Read more
House of Marvels : Bathroom Renovation Reveal
Continuing on with my new renovation series all about our 1925 Dutch Colonial in SE Portland, I’m revealing our renovation of the upstairs bathroom in this house. The house actually has 2 full bathrooms (which for an old house is pretty rare in this area) and the downstairs bathroom will… Read more
House of Marvels : Living Room + Dining Room Reveal
Obviously you’ve probably noticed that our travel has slowed down a lot as of the last few months and while mostly that’s due to me launching a new business, it’s also due to the fact that we are knee deep in a lot of home renovations that are on-going. We… Read more