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Theduboproject 🏠Designing and building our smaller custom dream home. ✨Follow for tips and inspo!

10/21/2026

Our house isn’t even finished, but apparently I’m ready to decorate it for Christmas. 😂🎄 Fingers crossed we’re in by then so I can live out my Christmas decor dreams! 🤞🤍

10/19/2026

If happiness looks like warm wood, pretty lighting and a custom build we dreamed up together… we’re getting pretty close. 😂🤍

Every “was that really in the budget?” moment will be worth it in the end. 🏡

What’s one thing your dream home would HAVE to have? 👇

I can fall in love with a light fixture in seconds. Deciding where to hang it? Apparently that requires a measuring tape...
10/18/2026

I can fall in love with a light fixture in seconds. Deciding where to hang it? Apparently that requires a measuring tape, several screenshots and one more “Does that look too low to you?” 😂

After six home builds, I’ve learned that choosing the fixture is only half the decision. Height, placement and proportions deserve just as much attention.

With the last of our light fixtures being installed and a few sconces still waiting for their moment, I thought I’d share this practical guide I created to help us decide where to hang them. Hopefully it saves you a few late-night searches and at least one “Honey, can you hold this up for a second?” 🤍😂

I’m not an interior designer, just a girl who loves design and has had plenty of opportunities for trial and error!

This guide includes starting measurements for 9′ ceilings, plus tips for those spaces where ceiling height alone doesn’t tell the whole story.

Every home and fixture is different, so use these as a starting point and adjust for your space.

Save this for installation day, when someone asks “How high do you want it?” and suddenly you forget every measurement you’ve ever researched. 😅

And share it with a friend who’s building or renovating. One less thing for them to overthink! 💡

10/09/2026

Some days we see the vision.🤍
Some days we just see the mess.😵‍💫

I love sharing the pretty details of our downsized custom home, but this is part of the story too.

My husband putting in long hours. Me questioning a paint colour for the hundredth time. Cleaning a garage door because it’s the one thing I can control. 😂 And both of us picking up drywall remnants when we’d much rather be done for the day.

There’s mud, dust, stuff everywhere, and a whole lot of work between “I design it. He builds it.” and actually moving in.

We’re grateful we get to do this. We’re also tired, overwhelmed at times, and very ready to live in the house we’ve poured so much into.

So here’s our messy middle, unfiltered. If you’re in yours too, what’s testing your patience this week? 👇

A completely made-up holiday, but I stand behind it. 😂If you have a friend who loves home design, is building or renovat...
10/08/2026

A completely made-up holiday, but I stand behind it. 😂

If you have a friend who loves home design, is building or renovating, or enjoys watching a couple try to finish a house without losing their minds… we might be their people. 🤭

And yes, I included instructions on how to share a post… Mostly for my husband ☺️🤍

He can build an entire house, but sending an Instagram post requires a tutorial. 😅

All jokes aside, sharing a post is a small gesture that goes a long way in supporting small creators like us, and we appreciate it more than you know. 🤍

Choose your favourite post from our page and send it to a friend who would fit right in here! 🏠

10/07/2026

She’s in and she’s gorgeous. My inner voice has not stopped screaming.

New here? My husband and I are building our custom downsized dream home. This diamond pattern checkerboard tile just went down in our entryway, and after months of staring at subfloor, it feels like we’re finally in the home stretch.

Next up: the front door gets stained!
Follow along for the whole build 🤍

Let us reintroduce ourselves! 🤍I’m Chrissy. I design it, my husband builds it, and together we’ve spent 20+ years design...
10/04/2026

Let us reintroduce ourselves! 🤍

I’m Chrissy. I design it, my husband builds it, and together we’ve spent 20+ years designing and building every home we’ve lived in.

Now we’re doing it one more time: our custom downsized dream home. We downsized the house, not the vision ✨

Here’s what you’ll find here:
😂 Build humour, including our 8-stages series
🗳️ Design decisions: you vote, we build
✨ Timeless design inspiration
🏠 Real build progress, start to finish
👀 Behind-the-scenes moments
💡 Honest lessons from our custom build

New here? Start with our 8 stages series, and tag someone building (or dreaming of building!) 👇
We read every comment 🤍

➡️Shop our home through the link in bio! (Still in construction 🚧 Lots more sources for our home coming soon!)

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