How We Doubled The Size (And Function!) Of Our Backyard Pool Area
For nearly a year, we’ve been in the process of reimagining our pool area as a bigger, more multi-functional space. You first saw it two ye…
Current House Ideas and Projects
Project and updates from our current home, located in the Florida Panhandle.
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…
How To Build Easy Closet Shelves
Storage is useful in any closet, but it’s especially important in small ones like our laundry closet. That’s why we built some suuuuuuper s…
4 People Sharing A Bathroom: How & Why It Works For Us
Any time we mention having only one bathroom it spawns a flurry of interest in our Instagram DMs about how we manage that with our four-per…
How To Fit A King-Size Bed Into A Small Bedroom
This is a meandering journey of a post, so make yourself comfortable. We mentioned in this side table post that we traded our queen-size be…
The Rooms We Don’t Miss After Downsizing
the studio’s post a few months ago about what furniture & decor we still own after downsizing was the first time I’d looked back at photos …
Ikea Besta Hack: Turn Them Into Built-Ins
Want to turn Ikea Besta cabinets into custom built-ins? We made 3 simple “hacks” to make our Betas look like higher-end custom storage with…
Adding Outdoor Storage
I’ll start this post with a confession: I resented our kitchen porch when we finished it last fall. Resent is a strong and, admittedly, str…
How To Build Modern DIY Nightstands
Upgrading to a larger bed meant we needed to swap our big bedside tables out for something smaller. So we whipped up this super simple plan…
We Downsized – And Here’s What We Kept
Settle in. This post is a DEEP DIVE. One of those long detailed dissection/reflection posts that feels like the blogging days of yore. So i…
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 …
Painting A DIY Wall Mural
The big, colorful mural we recently painted in our daughter’s room was one of the most fun and impactful painting projects we’ve done in a …