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…
Duplex Ideas and Projects
We purchased this fixer-upper on Virginia's Eastern Shore in 2017. It's two near-identical units that share a center wall (they're mirror images of each other) that we're renovating to become a vacation beach rental.
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…
DIY Floating Kitchen Shelves
We’re big fans of floating shelves in kitchens. They’re functional, stylish, and create breathing space around all that cabinetry. We’ve ha…
How To Drill Through Tile
One challenge when building the floating shelves in our duplex kitchens was drilling through the tile backsplash. After all, we had just sp…
How Much Does It Cost To Run A Vacation Rental (With Real Numbers)
We’ve gotten hundreds of questions about the financial side of running an Airbnb or other short term vacation rental. Specifically: “can yo…
Ikea Kitchen Costs – A Full Breakdown
As our bathroom reno continues (current status: more demo happened, our vanity, tub, & toilet arrived, and we have our plumber & electricia…
5 Lessons From Our Summer As Airbnb Hosts
We talked on this week’s podcast about how our first rental season at the duplex wasn’t perfect, but it went pretty darn smoothly, all thin…
The Real History Of The Pink House (There’s A Twist!)
This all started because we wanted one of those cool “Historic District” plaques on our beach house. Spoiler, we got it…and one for the dup…
DIY Shiplap Wall Plank Treatment ($31 total!)
Many moons ago we promised to share the DIY play-by-play for this shiplap-esque, paneled wall treatment because it’s ridiculously easy and …
How To Paint Decorative Oars For Beach House Decor
When we shared the duplex backyard makeovers last month, I promised more details about how we made the decorative oars that hang on each sh…
A Video Tour Of The Duplex
Finally… we have a full video tour of both sides of the duplex! A ton of people have asked for this (or asked if they missed it) and, well,…
The Duplex Backyards: Patios, Sheds, & Outdoor Showers!
AT LAST! The backyards of the duplex are DONE DONE DONE! And with basically zero time to spare (our first weeklong summer renters arrive th…