Let’s get personal here people…just in case you haven’t felt like we have yet. This weeks episode is all about how we work at our relationship. You get to hear how we met, grew together and brought our family to a new city and yes, how we keep things thriving every single day! We are talking real life here you guys, so not everything is rainbows and butterflies. It would be pretty rad if it was though.
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When people scream “All I Do is Win”, they’re lying. No one wins all the time. With every win there’s a long trail of failures. Things that didn’t happen as planned. But that’s life. That’s business, parenting, relationships…you name it. It’s how you react to those failures and adapt moving forward. In this episode, we talk about some failures we’ve experienced and how we use those failures in a positive way.
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Owning your own business isn’t a cake walk. And when a partner is involved, it can get even crazier…especially if that partner is your spouse. On this week’s podcast we talk about how we started our business and manage to keep it evolving as a married couple with two kids under 4. And while this may seem very ‘couple’ centric, these examples can be applied to any business or profession.
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For the last six weeks you’ve followed us as we tackled the one room challenge! We are beyond excited to reveal our final master bedroom makeover for all of you! If you’ve missed any of the past 5 weeks, make sure you read these before checking out our final product! Ok, I know that is unlikely but once you see this you’re going to want to see how we got there!
Now let’s take a look at where this all started. A bright blue room (or purple if you ask Michael ?) with little to no design. Floors that felt like you were walking directly on the sub-flooring or maybe no sub-flooring at all? small molding and that ugly white fan. Not to mention the built-in that you pretty much needed to put on a sports bra to open up!
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Here we are now!!! Can we talk about AMAZING???
Let’s be real here I could not be happier with how everything came together. From the paint and fabric choices to the lighting, rugs and accent pieces. And of course, the brand new bamboo wood flooring???. This room really feels like a master bedroom retreat that speaks to both our styles.
Paint choices were the first priority. We wanted to create a space that allowed versatility. Basically, have a neutral ambiance that would allow me to switch pillows and accent pieces to go with the seasons, my moods and of course the holidays. To help achieve this look our room is painted in Sherwin-Williams March Wind (SW 7768). I love how calm this shade makes me feel and it speaks oh so neutral! Our accent wall where our bed and nightstands are placed is painted in Sherwin-Williams Iron Ore (SW 7069) ?The dark gray color works well with all the natural light we have inside this room. I love how it almost reads as black…that is until you compare it to the black doors we have! All of our built-ins (the bay window and the dresser), baseboards, door casing and window casing are painted in Sherwin-Williams High Reflective White (SW 7757) If you want to learn more about how we chose these colors check our week 2 recap here!
Once we had the paint complete we moved on to hardware. Seeing how our built-in takes up a large part of the wall opposite our bed we knew we needed the hardware to make a statement. Giving our built-in some life that it was very much lacking. And because we had 22 drawer fronts that needed new hardware we had to be budget friendly. Knowing we wanted brass or french gold as our main metal color in the room made the choice easier. We landed on these drawer pulls and these 4 pieces from Anthropologie to give that extra wow factor!
Our nightstands needed an update to fit with the new vibe of our room. This was a quick fix. We simply sanded them down, add a light coat of flat white spray paint (which acted as a primer) and feather brushed with Sherwin-Williams Urbane Bronze in a satin finish to help give them a rustic look. We also changed out our hardware on the top drawers to these and refinished the hardware on the bottom drawers with the help of gold spray paint for the win✨
The flooring all came together like a dream come true!!! I am seriously obsessed with our choice, the color and feel. I wouldn’t change anything about them. I love how they are larger and darker planks from the flooring on our first floor yet still compliment each other very well! Read all about our flooring madness here!
Up next was lighting. We worked with Haven for all of our lighting, our rug and art work inside our space and couldn’t be happier with the way everything came together! When it came time to choose a chandelier we found one from Haven that we loved, but the color just didn’t work with our space. Here’s when more gold spray paint came to the rescue. Although this time I did lots of research to find the perfect gold color, yes there are lot and lots of choices out there. We landed on this spray paint and absolutely love how easy the paint went on with no drips. Our table lamps we fell in love with from the jump and we both love the height they give to our nightstands!
With a 16×16 room we knew we needed to have a rug that was big enough to fill the space and create that comfort vibe we were looking for. We found this one at Haven and let me tell you it feels as good as it looks! We also wanted to have a grand entrance into our master suite and the perfect way to do this was with a bold runner from Rugs USA. Talk about a perfect addition of black and white to create a true welcoming space!
Building a space that was warm and welcoming to us meant we need to have layers and layers of pillows! So that meant we needed fabric, and lots of it. We partnered with Kravet’s for the window seat fabrics and Robert Allen for our bedding fabric and you guys I am seriously obsessing with how all the patterns are really making both areas pop! When I found these two pillows (see them here and here) from tonic living I knew I just had to have them. The pillows worked perfect with our handmade bench from 28th and Chairs! This bench is AMAZE⚽?⚾?? and fits perfectly in our space. Let’s talk about how it was made – the bench is constructed from rough sawn lumber for the seat and welded structural steel for the “X” base and finished with a mix of classic gray, golden oak and dark walnut stains to flow with the color scheme in our room, yet give that natural wood look! Rob powder coated the base in a flat black, then sealed with a satin finish to give the overall WOW factor to this stunning piece. ??
No room is complete without accent pieces. For us that meant our shelves on the built-in, night stands and the two spaces next to our window seats. With each piece we picked we were looking for items that spoke to us, our style and vibe! Books were clearly the first choice ? we used them on all three areas! We love reading and books you can read more about our love here and here! Next we looked for art that fit us! This was fun because we went shopping in our house and found lots of pieces that we already loved which we could use. Greenery was an important addition as well. ?Every room needs some green in my opinion ?We found these from Ikea and home goods! Our accent wall needed an extra layer of depth here’s where these mirrors came into play! I love how they’ve created just that for us.✨
Our room could not have come together without a tone of help. A huge thank you to my mom and dad for all their support and help with the renovation! Thank you Erica for all your design consulting I don’t think we could have FaceTimed enough! Thank you to our new local friends Martha at Haven, and Rob and Jen of 28th and Chairs. And thank you to all our sponsors who believed in us and were willing to take a leap of faith with us on this documented project!
This week we are talking all about our second floor renovation! It’s hard to believe that this project took only six weeks. This wild project took all kinds of curves and turns and bumps that we didn’t necessarily expect, but were ultimately prepared to tackle. Plus we talk about how we managed to balance all of our daily obligations like work, business, family, and socializing all while dedicating a mass amount of time to a renovation on a very strict timeline!
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Not sure how we’re already at week 5 of our master bedroom makeover that we have been doing as a part of the one room challenge! This week has been nothing short of surprises. But before we get into that make sure you are up to date.
I can finally say I am starting to see our vision come together. What a difference paint, fabric, art & furniture can do to a room. ? Ok I know that’s basically the whole room but I just love seeing all of our choices come in daily!
Michael has been a painting machine. Thank you again Sherwin Williams! We now have black closet doors, white molding and refurbished night stands with fresh paint! Michael painted the hardware on our night stand and finished off the nightstands with a polyurethane. We double coated the top of the nightstands for extra protection?
Our window seat is coming together too. We have partnered with Kravet’s for the window seat fabrics and Robert Allen for our bedding fabric and I am obsessing with how all the patterns are really making both areas pop! My mom and our good friend Mickey have been amazing and helped make all the pillows and the blanket for our bed. Talk about a dream team of seamstresses! Thank you ladies? We would never have pulled this off without you two! I just love how they turned out and yes I was standing over the top trying to take in all the pointers I could. ???
Both pieces of art we’ll be installing are in and I am dying over them? We have partnered with Martha from Haven and she has been wonderful to work with. The tiles are from a building in Chicago ? how could we not fall in love with them?!? We also got our chandelier!!! We had a little hiccup with delivery and our original choice just isn’t going to make it in time, but thank goodness Haven has so many options in-store to work with. We fell in love with a metal chandelier that had all the right vibes but lacked in the color we wanted. So, we are customizing that too! Gotta love a good spray paint. Michael is a huge fan of Rust-Oleum. Stay tuned to see what this beauty looks like once we are finished!
Our friends Jen and Rob over at 28th and Chairs made us this ? bench for in front of our bed. I cannot wait to actually see it placed. Rob made it extra deep for us to house baskets or bins underneath…you’d think he knew we had small children who bring toys ? ? t✈ ? with them everywhere they go! The wood on our bench is from reclaimed wood and I love all the character it brings with it. I am of course planning to keep pillows on this beautiful bench too! So we when I found these two from tonic living I knew I just had to have them.
It’s seriously hard to believe that next week we are going to be doing the BIG revel…??? Stay tuned, I promise it is worth the wait. You definitely aren’t going to want to miss this one. I really have never been so excited to see one room come together. And as always I promise to keep you updated over on instagram and facebook so make sure to check me out there for sneak peeks until the full reveal next week!
Woo-hoo!? Here we are on week 4 of our one room challenge for our master bedroom makeover! I can’t even believe that we are more than halfway there. If you haven’t seen the recaps from the last few weeks, don’t worry…they’re linked below.
Our room is finally starting to come together. I think a major part to this is because we finally have our new floors. New wood floors not only in our bedroom but our entire upstairs!!! Thank you to our friends at our local Home Depot for all your help, Karen and Scott have been beyond amazing helping us with all our flooring. No joke when I say friends…you guys literally I am pretty sure all of the staff at our Home Depot knows us by now ?. Or at least they know Michael…he’s there every day!
This week we were crazy busy. Starting with our built-in and fun new Phillips Hue lighting, re-doing our nightstands, moving onto our flooring, doors, casing and trim. Wow! Clearly lot’s has happened over here this week. Not to mention that our little dudes need in on all the action too! Let’s walk though some things that we did.
We wanted our nightstands to have an update for the room. We sanded them down to take off the finish making it easy to change the look and feel. Next we lightly spray painted each part of the night stand to help give the rustic look we were looking for with a flat white spray paint, which acted as a primer. Next we feather brushed with Sherwin-Williams Urbane Bronze in a satin finish. We are changing out our hardware on the top drawers to these and refinishing the hardware on the bottom drawers to help give us the look we are looking for.
We added new doors too!. Both sets of doors will be black which I absolutely love. For our closet we ditched the original the bi-fold doors with custom french doors to give the closet a grand entrance. We will be adding this hardware from Anthropologie. We also added modern trim for our baseboards, casing and windows. I cannot wait till we paint these, it’s really going to make our room pop!
Stay tuned to my Instagram this week as we have already started to receive several things that will be working their way into our design. Until next week…
These are pretty much words we live by. And in today’s podcast we talk about exactly what that looks like in our home. As parents, partners and business owners there are a whole lot of chaotic moments that happen, but we roll with it and work hard every day to embrace it. Whether that means cleaning up after out little tornadoes, managing schedules or developing routines that work for every one, we’re always trying to keep up. We are shedding some light on our life and how these processes we’ve put into place really work and could (hopefully) work for you too!
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Oh my gosh we actually recorded and pushed live our very first podcast! Eeeekkk, we’re excited!
Ok, so we’re Danielle (formerly from @momwifefoodie and momwifefoodie.com) and Michael (@mgutelli) and in our very first episode, “Here We Are” we chat about us as a couple, how we met, the concept and bringing to life the blog and our business. Plus, we give you a little sneak peek as to what you can expect from us in future podcasts.
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Eeeekk!!! I am so incredibly excited to announce that Michael and I are launching our podcast today! Yes, this is the secret that we have been holding close for the past several weeks and you guys it’s going to be…real good! After more than two years here on mom wife foodie we’ve decided to take on something new. So get you booty over to iTunes and subscribe to our podcast – the first two episodes are available today!
Each week we will talk to you about different things happening in our everyday life, whether it be centered around family, relationships, business, or all of the above. As Michael says it best, maybe it will motivate. Perhaps it will entertain. But we’ll always promise you 100% unfiltered and real talk. We’re so looking forward to connecting with you weekly there. So stay tuned on Instagram and Facebook for weekly announcements along with a new sponsors we’ve got coming up!
And if you like what you hear, all we ask is for you to share the love with someone else.
Thank you all so much for the support over these past couple years. We owe this to each and every one of you.
