Today is our FIRST post of our series #whytohireuswednesday! We are ecstatic to dive in and give you reasons as to why hiring an Interior...

EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT BELOW!!! ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Guys…we are SO excited to share this news with you. We are trying to revive this "Blog Thing" as...

This post has been a long time coming! As many of you know, mollybydesign (mbd) is a primarily home-based operation (with treks to the...

No, we haven't forgotten you! When I last checked in, I mentioned there may be some delayed posts during the homestretch. We are...

Taking a break from the "selections process" to tell you that I may slow down on this blog because.... THE STRUGGLE IS REAL! We've hit...

When we started this "blog journey," we really wanted it to feel like the actual account of the events/experience we were on. For me...

Ok, count the number of lights in your house. It was more than you thought, right? Now think of trying to plan AHEAD of time where all...

Now we get to the subject we asked you not to "get us started on"... THE ROOF. You wouldn't think this would cause a ruckus... but it...

Yeah, toilets are an odd place to start on your plumbing selections for sure, but have we done anything NORMAL and glamorous? Heck no! We...

As we're running our laminate plank flooring throughout the entire house for a clean, cohesive, old farmhouse feel, we "only" (the...

Here's where the roller coaster ride gets REAL. We went from (during staking the home) "Holy cow this is big," then to (foundation) where...

This was probably the most lengthy and scary selections process we had to go through... in some ways, as this is being written, we are...

ANNOUNCEMENT: Now begins the construction pictures! Yes, it is time to embark on the photo documentation of our journey. First up:...

Flooring is an unexpectedly hard decision to make. I mean, how do you choose between vinyl, LVT, and laminate? Or hardwood and...

**Disclaimer: If this seems repetitive to our Marking and Clearing Guide, it's because a lot of the steps are similar. However, after...

Traditional or open floor plan? Fireplace or French doors? First or second floor master? Paper or plastic? (sorry). Simply put, there are...

So, fun fact - when you buy a piece of land covered in trees and you would like to build a house there, you need to clear out allllllll...

"Farmhouse." Look it up in a dictionary and you'll find reference to a house attached to a barn. In the design world, it means something...

One of the selections we stumbled with was, shockingly, our windows. Why? I LOVED the look of black windows with bright white siding, but...

Like with any of our customers, building this new home is coming with great excitement, joy, stress, and uncertainty. Yes, we have the...