How To Make DIY Blackout Curtains
File this under “A Lazy Mom’s Trick To Get More Sleep.” I made no-sew, mind-numbingly-easy, shortcut, DIY blackout curtains. Enough adjecti…
Decorating Ideas and Projects
Here are a bunch of decorating tips and tricks to upgrade any home and makeover rooms on a budget. From curtain hanging tips to what kind of rug to get (and how to mix patterns) there's a lot of info to discover.
Buying Metal Stools From An Industrial School Supply Shop
John wanted me to work Stool Boom into the post title because of this video (which he requests that you all check it out so that you can hu…
Dude, We’ve Lived Here An Entire Year
Which means this time last year, we woke up to a surprise snowstorm… … that resulted in our UHaul slipping into the gutter of our old drive…
Updating Our Living Room With A New Rug
There’s something about being nearly a year into living here that makes it feel like we’ve accomplished a fair amount of “evolution” over t…
A Few Thrift Store Finds
I have been meaning to update you guys on four thrifty purchases (well, technically there are nine of them, because I got six of one thing)…
Octo-momma
Work continues on our big opening between the kitchen and the dining room which I still forget exists until I stumble into the room in the …
Upgrading An Old Chandelier With Paint & A New Shade
Alternate punny post title: The Updated Light Fixture Blues. That’s right, we’ve got the blues, but we’re far from sad about our “new” ligh…
Small And Simple Bedroom Updates
We’d like to present our bedroom with the award for Most Often Tweaked. It just seems like time goes by and a few things get added to the m…
The 8 Month Difference…
After yesterdays first house vs. current house comparison, this comment from Jess definitely got our wheels turning: “I think its an unfair…
Comparing Our First House To Our Current House
Last Friday on this post we got this comment and thought it sounded like a good time: “I love your videos and it’s crazy to see the differe…
Rearranging The Nursery
We’re knee deep in the middle of a bunch o’ projects (in the office, the dining room, and the living room- yeah we’re all over the place), …
Ceramic Dog Flashbacks
To make room for our DIY-ed clothespin light, first we had to give the current fixture the ol’ heave-ho: Well, not literally. Since there’s…