Landscaping Around A Mailbox
You know this little online diary of ours is all about keeping you posted on the little stuff along with the big (and the bad and the ugly …
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.
How To Build In Your Refrigerator
We learned with our first kitchen that building in your fridge is a huge help in making a kitchen look fancy schmancy. And at the moment ou…
Using Secondhand Cabinets For A Kitchen Renovation
We knew we weren’t likely to find $1 cabinets again (like we did for the office built-ins) but we couldn’t resist checking out the Habitat …
How To Compare Counter Options And Pick One
We’re inching right along in the kitchen (wish we could share kitchen updates every day but we’re doing this thing real-time). Which brings…
Hanging A Gallery Wall Of Frames In The Home Office
This art wall makes us so happy – and we didn’t overthink it (to the point of what-should-we-frame paralysis – which can happen if we’re no…
Digging Up A Dated Row Of Bushes
We did it! Over the course of two nice long the kid naps (and with a little help from a friend) we managed to open up our front yard in wha…
Kitchen Renovation To Do List
We’re back with a quick kitchen update since we promised to share every step of the process, just like we did 4+ years ago with our first k…
Rehanging Cabinets And Removing Granite Counters
When our saga last left off, our heroes were being shuffled around the kitchen. That is, if a refrigerator and a pantry are your kind of he…
Why We Chose Penny Tile For Our Kitchen Backsplash
We did it. Since this morning’s post we made one more trip out to the tile store and finally made a tile decision (we ordered over 50 squar…
Planning A Kitchen Wall Full Of Tile And Open Shelves
We’ve mentioned having a backsplash + open shelving + range hood idea a few times without much elaboration, so here’s the full monty explan…
Painting The Wall Under Our Chair Rail Gray Horse By Benjamin Moore
We finally got around to painting the area under the chair rail in the office a shade darker than the stenciled wall above it so it feels m…
A Porch Update: Adding Mums With Our Yellow Door
We’ve done it again! For the second year in a row, we managed to accidentally allow the bushes in our big wooden porch planters to die. Oh …