small space living – Francois et Moi https://francoisetmoi.com Making a Handmade Modern Home one DIY project at a time. Wed, 28 Jun 2017 17:16:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/francoisetmoi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Untitled-2-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 small space living – Francois et Moi https://francoisetmoi.com 32 32 76357554 Small Space Living at Its Finest: A Family of 5’s Inspiring Black & White RV https://francoisetmoi.com/diy/small-space-living-a-family-of-5s-inspiring-rv/ https://francoisetmoi.com/diy/small-space-living-a-family-of-5s-inspiring-rv/#comments Wed, 28 Jun 2017 17:04:52 +0000 http://francoisetmoi.com/?p=16132 I’ve long been intrigued by the tiny house concept and the socially conscience push towards smaller home footprints + simpler living. In our newlywed days, amidst HGTV Tiny House Hunters marathons in our already small 620 sf Downtown Minneapolis apartment, Ken and I would casually dream about the idea of owning tiny, and I remember thinking, ‘Well if we were going to go for it, we’d better do it now before we start our family!’ In the end we decided to purchase a small (non-tiny) duplex in Minneapolis and 2 years later welcomed a baby girl. So basically, we were all talk. Total buzzkill, I know. So you can imagine my excitement resurfacing on Instagram after maternity leave this Spring to find my Insta-friend, Ashley Petrone of @arrowsandbow had actually done it! She and her family had done what many of us only daydream about:  They sold their 5 bedroom house, renovated an RV into a cool, monochromatic tiny home and are living on their land while they build their next place. And if that wasn’t impressive enough, they also have 3 kiddos tow! Ashley was kind enough to give us a tour of her tiny home and share some […]

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]]> https://francoisetmoi.com/diy/small-space-living-a-family-of-5s-inspiring-rv/feed/ 3 16132 Housekeeping! https://francoisetmoi.com/uncategorized/housekeeping/ https://francoisetmoi.com/uncategorized/housekeeping/#comments Mon, 13 Oct 2014 12:45:53 +0000 http://50.87.248.57/~francok8/?p=7881 Hello and Happy Monday! I apologize for the radio silence this past week. Things have been absolutely car-eh-zay over here. Lots of changes. In addition to Ken and I moving to a new place, Francois et Moi also moved…over to a self-hosted WordPress.org site that is! You might notice a few tweaks to the site design which hopefully make it easier to browse more content on the homepage with one swift scroll of the mouse. WordPress.com was a fantastic and user-friendly blogger’s jumping off point, but it was limiting in many ways, so I’m pumped to be able to stretch my little blogger legs and introduce different types of posts and additional plugins on to Francois et Moi. And also be ad-free for awhile. Eeek! So exciting. As for our physical address, we’re not totally settled, i.e. we still need art on the walls, but here are a few shots of our new place. More wide angle shots and bedroom images will follow as soon as the last of the boxes have been cleared (moving is a freaking lot of work!). Check back on Wednesday as I’ll be sharing the DIY process behind how I made our new, danish inspired coffee table. Have a great start to the […]

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