Replacing Broken Penny Tile
Tweakity-tweak-tweak. That’s the sound of a little course correction that went on in our house last night. See, our kitchen underwent a lit…
Second House Ideas and Projects
Here's how we updated and transformed our second house with DIY projects and a lot of sweat equity! Check out all of the before and after pictures and project tutorials so you can whip up your own room makeovers.
A Cork Floor In The Kitchen
Hootie hooo! The cork floor in both the kitchen and the laundry room is complete! Well, except if you count the fact that we still have to …
How To Install A Cork Floor
This is supposed to be the post where I declare “The floors are DONE… enthusiastic exclamation point!” But instead I’m here to say “The flo…
How To Spray Paint A Wood Box
This week’s first project for my little self-imposed Dude Get On That Already challenge is small – but it’s not animal related (so that’s s…
Aloha Vacation, Aloha New Floors
See “Aloha” means both “Goodbye” and “Hello,” so… yeah… buh bye Hawaii and hello half-done cork floors. We’re back in Richmond (insert forc…
Why We Chose A Cork Floor
Why? Because we’re crazy. And coming home to a partially-finished floor is our idea of a good time. You think we’re kidding, but getting a …
How To Install A Dishwasher
As we mentioned on Monday, before we hopped on a plane yesterday, we tackled our bisque colored dishwasher. And let’s just say the stainles…
Hanging A Towel Hook In The Bathroom
goose! And horse. So apparently my little self-imposed Dude Get On That Already challenge is just a sick joke where the universe tells me: …
How To Spray Paint A Pendant Light’s Cord & Canopy
A while back we bought this light for $29 at the Pottery Barn outlet. We originally planned to hang it over our sink “someday when we redid…
Ram Down!
Remember our dear sweet never-hurt-a-fly Ramsey who watched over us in a not-creepy-at-all way when we slept? He was a beloved member of ou…
First Big Art Purchase
That’s what the kid said when she woke up and saw our freshly hung real art in the kitchen. It was cute. And we laughed. And then she squea…
How To Remove Grout Haze
Betcha thought our grouting post was the last time we’d talk about installing our tile, eh? We’ll you’d be incorrect, sir – er, madam? We h…