While we only had three major project goals for 2024, it was still ambitious: remove the wall dividing my office from our great room, create a new office space, and build a garage. But which one was my favorite?
Author Archives: Christena Holub
The Holub House Winter Bucket List
The most cozy of the season, while I love being home, winter isn’t just a season for staying inside and wanted to share a few of my favorite things to do during the coldest months of the year.
Favorite Finds || Faux Pumpkins
One of my favorite fall decorating tips is to use faux pumpkins. Some can be an investment, but going to the pumpkin patch these days is usually not much cheaper. With “permanent” pumpkins, you can use them multiple seasons, adding to your collection every year with the money you might have spent on the real deal that also will really rot away.
The Holub House Fall Bucket List
Maybe you have your own Fall bucket list or perhaps you’ve never thought about creating one. Either way, I hope my personal list of what I enjoy doing the most during my favorite season inspires you to do the same.
Behind the Build || Breaking Ground
On September 21, 2020, with approved permits in hand, we were finally able to break ground on our forever home. It had been a long time coming since we sold our first house in the spring of 2018. We had no idea it would take us over two years before we would start construction on the next house, but I am a believer that most things happen for a reason. As frustrating such a delay had been, if we had pushed forward in 2018 just for the sake of moving on, we would have missed out on our dream property and finding the perfect house for us to build.
The Rules Are Made Up
This is true for life in general. It’s difficult to escape the feeling of inadequacy when we don’t appear to have it all together, all the time, hitting whatever milestones society has made up for us. The appreciation for enjoying any process as it naturally unfolds seems lost. In exchange, we now seek instant results and then compare those results to everyone else.
A few years ago, I was watching a random Instagram Live. During the live, there were several questions about how to overcome not feeling successful enough. I will never forget the reply the woman gave over and over again. “There are no rules. The rules are made up.”
Cookouts + Campfires || 6 Easy Recipes Perfect for the Outdoors
Although summer is winding down, cookouts and campfires are still both well underway. Here’s a few of our favorite recipes to whip up that aren’t your typical hotdogs and hamburgers.
Primary Bathroom Storage
Typically, if you ask someone what their must-haves are in a home, storage is going to be at the top of the list. This was no different for us. In designing our home, we have been meticulously intentional with our space because we wanted enough storage, but didn’t want extra square footage that would go unused.
Time Divided
There are moments which impact our lives in such a way, we realize nothing will ever be the same. These moments can be joyous occasions or gut wrenching circumstances. Either way, they both have a way of dividing time into two parts: before and after.
Time is a wild concept. I had my mom for 16 years. There were countless happy times, but also several difficult ones. I now find myself on the other side of that point in my life where I have lived longer without my mom than with her, all while inching my way closer to the same age she was when she passed. What if the next few years were all I had left?
Behind the Build || Our Search for the Perfect Floor Plan
Aside from the actual construction of the house, quite possibly, the most crucial step in building a home is finding the perfect floor plan. I was responsible for finding the floor plans of both our houses.