Easy Board & Batten Tutorial
Board and batten is one of our favorite, easy DIY projects. It’s completely beginner-friendly and it makes a big impact in any room, entry,…
Home Improvement Ideas and Projects
A bunch of in depth tutorials and step by step instructions for completing home improvement projects, keeping up with home maintenance, transforming a fixer-upper, and doing things like unclogging a drain or building a deck.
Adding Ikea Floating Shelves In Our Bedroom
For over a decade, one of our renovating mantras has been “the middle makes no sense.” Basically, don’t fret if your house is mid-reno, not…
A Quick Way To Hang Curtain Rods
Here’s a simple trick we used to hang curtain rods FAST and EVELY in our duplex rental. We had 16 curtain rods to hang in one afternoon, so…
How To Build Pantry Shelves
These DIY pantry shelves we made for our beach house are easy to built and can be customized to any space, even if you’ve got a small pantr…
The Best Grout – And How To Pick The Right Color
If you’ve got a tiling project in your future, remember, bookmark, voice memo, tattoo, or do whatever you need to do to remember Mapei Flex…
5 Ways To Prevent Frozen Pipes
We thought frozen pipes were a worry we’d left behind by moving to Florida, but last month’s arctic blast sent our temperatures plummeting …
The Best Toilet (Yes, We Really Have A Favorite)
You know you’ve left your mark on the world when people quote you in the pages of Time magazine or you get interviewed by Oprah. But what d…
How To Add Utility Closet Storage
Today we’re talking about the stock market! Just kidding. Exactly as the title suggests, we’re going to show you how we earned some really …
How To Refinish A Table
Who wants to refinish a table? You? Good – because we’ve actually refinished TWO dining tables using a little elbow grease, ZERO chemical s…
How To Paint Ikea Kitchen Cabinets
We’ve painted kitchen cabinets before. We’ve done Ikea kitchen cabinets before. But painting Ikea kitchen cabinets was a new combo move for…
Adding Smart Motorized Blinds
Last month, I wrote a post about the smart tech we love most in our house. And in it, I promised a more detailed post about our motorized b…
The Best Smart Home Tech
It has been almost 4 years since we last detailed the ways we use smart home technology to make our household more efficient. Since then we…