How To Add A Rain Barrel
Happy Earth Day everyone! (And Happy Birthday to the studio’s little brother, who’s also known as Almost-Doctor-Dan <– warning, very cute b…
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 A Console Table: It’s DONE!
Well, it took us 3+ weeks, but our 12 foot long DIYed living room console table is officially finished! Before I get into any more pics of …
Something’s A Little Off
If this post were a fable, its moral would be – when something in your home just doesn’t feel quite right, do something about it. Or wait f…
How To Make A Hallway Frame Gallery Wall
Isn’t it strange how you can start a project (in this case the gallery of frames that we wanted to “wallpaper” our hallway walls with) and …
Hanging Two Mirrors And Using Them As Dry Erase Boards
In our last office we found that hanging a mirror helped keep us organized. Not just because we noticed if we had something on our face, bu…
A Reason Not To Use Pallets For Certain DIY Projects
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? What do I look like, a woodchuck expert? I have no idea. But I do kn…
Painting & Hanging Big Metal Keys On The Wall
Remember when we mentioned snagging these old iron keys for $8 in an antique store in West Virginia while visiting John’s grandma? Well I f…
Painting Upholstery With Fabric Paint Medium
Alternate post title: “In A Minute, I Have To Hairdry The Chair” Guys, I did something crazy. Since we’d like to take our $25 hotel-ish din…
Cleaning & Organizing Our Closet
In the words of Eminem… I’m cleaning out my closet. But first a closet-themed dance break for the Marshall Mathers fans out there (I can ac…
How To Build A Console Table
After victoriously completing the two end sections of our three-piece DIYed console table (explained here), I turned my attention to the mi…
A Keeping-It-Real House Tour Video
I thought it might be fun to walk around the house with the Flip cam and show you guys how each room can look on an average day. You know, …
12 Design Mistakes We (Hopefully) Won’t Make Again
Q: I have an idea for a blog post. “Design mistakes we won’t make again.” As I look through pictures of all the beautiful work you’ve done,…