Guys. I can’t believe it. 1 year ago today was the day that I saw the Merc for the first time. I can’t believe that we’ve been on this rollercoaster for a year already! I think that is the most

Dudes! We’re renovating an 1928 mercantile store and turning it into our dream home! Start from the beginning here! Uncovering the brick on the front of the Merc has been a huge undertaking. In the 1940’s when the original store

A huge eye-opening lesson that I’ve learned with the Merc, is just how much planning ahead of time has to go into building or renovating. I’m admittedly a fly by the seat of my pants kind of girl. Its who

Hey guys!! Happy Friday! Things are cruising around here!! The windows for the bedrooms were cut yesterday and the framing and electrical are 95% done! The HVAC system is in and I am just SO happy!!! Ok so, we all

So we’ve come to the conclusion that there is not a single surface in the Merc that is straight. F’real. So many #mercperks. Our framer had the walls and ceilings in pretty quick (like 4 days!!!) but we keep having

Dudes! We’re renovating our dream house, an old mercantile store build in 1928! Follow along from the beginning here! I have so much to tell you!! The most important being WE HAVE WALLS! Well…sort of. We have wall skeletons! The

Dudes! We’re renovating our dream house, an old mercantile store build in 1928! Follow along from the beginning here! One of the biggest and most obvious dilemmas that we faced off the bat with the floor plan for the Merc

Dudes! We’re renovating our dream house, an old mercantile store build in 1928! Follow along from the beginning here! I don’t even have words. Yesterday as we were taking off the plaster and stucco to uncover the brick, we had