DDIY: Don’t Do It Yourself

The internet is a horrible place to go to if you’re planning a wedding- this is what I’ve learned in the past few months.  Thanks to the rise in DIY (Do it Yourself) culture and the popularity of websites like Buzzfeed and Pinterest, bride-to-be like me who were never interested in the whole process to…

Unpacking

Happy Labor Day everyone! A day that commemorates all the efforts we put in all year long at our jobs, a day to celebrate the hard work we all do. And it was made even nicer by falling on a Friday, meaning a long weekend for the majority of us! Except it wasn’t exactly a…

There’s No IKEA in Beirut…

Desperate times call for desperate measures, the saying goes. And it couldn’t be truer in the case of furnishing our home. Do you know how tough it is for a young couple with a limited budget to find something that fits their style without breaking the bank in a country that’s all about appearances and what’s…

The Great Carpet Debate of 2015

Of all the things we’ve gotten so far for the house and through the whole process of furnishing, we’ve gone through some ups and downs. As I’ve said before, it’s really tough bringing two people with strong opinions and expect them to decorate a house efortlessly. But we managed well. What I didn’t expect is…

The Urge to Move

I was told that this was going to happen but I laughed it off. No way, I said, would I ever feel the urge to move out of my parents’ home and into my own with all this stress surrounding me and the whole process. I guess I should have listened or at least not…

Custom Kitchen Delivery- Part 2

This is the second in a series of posts on how we re-did our kitchen. The first post on what the logic behind the renovation was can be found here. It’s also super interesting for me to look back on those past few months and see just how far everything has come along. We had looked around and…

Sometimes Things Just Don’t Work Out

It’s been a long morning. I keep hearing the sounds of drills and hammers ringing in my ears because today we are installing several new items in the house. And we’ve been here for hours and nowhere near done. It would’ve taken much, much longer if we had actually gotten everything we ordered today. Way…

Custom Kitchen Delivery- Part 1

I’ve been very hesitant about sharing our experience with redesigning our kitchen, because I feel once it’s out in the open, it’s not ours anymore.Eventually I decided it’s worth a series of posts given how much time, energy, and finances we invested into it. Plus, we took a lot of pictures during the whole process, and it’s…