How To Paint Your Front Door
We’re back as promised with the whole front door shebang. First, here’s what we started with: Yup, it was an old maroon storm door with thr…
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.
Painting Our Door Bright Yellow
Allow me to share a few hints: y-e-l-l-o-w-d-o-o-r Yup, I’m painting our front door the happiest of shades: rain boot yellow! That’s not th…
Rearranging The Nursery
We’re knee deep in the middle of a bunch o’ projects (in the office, the dining room, and the living room- yeah we’re all over the place), …
How To Hide Your Printer
So as much as you guys gushed over our temporary string handles for our new Effektiv file cabinet (note: this is sarcasm), we did scoop up …
How To Add File Storage To Your Home Office
We haven’t given our office any love in the entire eight months that we’ve lived here (other than deciding that it was no longer the dining…
Spray Painting Mismatched Frames
We all know I have a pillow problem. And true to form, I couldn’t resist grabbing two of these boldly striped 26″ x 26″ euro pillows for ju…
Ceramic Dog Flashbacks
To make room for our DIY-ed clothespin light, first we had to give the current fixture the ol’ heave-ho: Well, not literally. Since there’s…
How To Make Faux Butterfly Art
On Sunday we took the kid on a little weekend adventure. And one of our stops was a butterfly exhibit with all sorts of real live butterfli…
Finished Laundry Room Makeover Before & Afters
With the addition of a light fixture and shoe storage this past week (and deciding to nix a window covering for now and just frost the wind…
We Got Professional Photos Of Our House
The following images make me wish I could carry a professional photographer around in my pocket at all times. But since I can’t, at least w…
How Many Patterns & Fabrics Should You Use In Each Room?
I was watching Sarah Richardson (Sarah 101) the other night (thanks DVR) and she mentioned that at the end of a makeover she has usually us…
How To Potato Stamp A Wall For A Stenciled Look
I did it. I finally completed the kid’s closet stamping project (you know, the one I started here)! And yes, if you couldn’t tell from the …