How To Build A Bookshelf
We recently shared how we created the wraparound fabric headboard in our son’s room, but today we wanted to tell you about the custom bookc…
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Fab Freebie: Going To The Chapel
In honor of our third wedding anniversary, we’re giving away a set of custom letterpress wedding invitations for someone else to help creat…
How To Pressure Wash Your Outdoor Cushions
Despite having a blast with the pressure washer we rented a few years ago, we’d always been hesitant to bite the bullet and purchase one. P…
A Painted White Brick Fireplace In A Vaulted Living Room
Should all brick fireplaces be painted? No way. We always tell anyone who’s on the fence not to touch that brush. But if you’re 100% sure y…
June Superlatives
Note: This is a retroactive post that I cobbled together in December of 2011 so I could make this page full of monthly recaps for the entir…
Removing Our Kitchen Sink & Our Old Granite Counters
In the words of Carla from Top Chef: hootie hoo! Our counters are ordered (more on what we chose and why we chose it here). They came in at…
#155: Can “The Rule Of Age 10” Really Predict Your Future?
Today we’re exploring an expert’s theory that your childhood passions (specifically around 5th grade) could hold the key to what you’ll lov…
Steal Of The Week: Punchy Pinwheel Pillows
Even though the last thing we needed were more pillows (we have a ton of them that we like to migrate from room to room) we just couldn’t p…
Pregnancy After A Traumatic Birth
Some people have been asking for a little update on how I’m feeling and how this pregnancy is going, so I thought a quick Young House Life …
Paint is still the cheapest way to change a room. The rest is just deciding which wall goes first.