Why You Should Always Test For Radon When Buying A House!
Thank goodness we learned something from buying our first house and decided to pay a few hundred dollars for radon testing this time around…
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.
Assembling Our Edland Bed From Ikea
Last you saw our new bed Ed – aka, the Edland four-poster bed from Ikea – he looked like this (about how we chose him here). He has since b…
Buying A Bed Frame From Ikea
After over two weeks of doing it, sleeping on the floor is officially getting old. So we bought a bed frame. Oh happy day! We had big plans…
How To Hang Your Shower Curtain Higher
By the time we unpacked our shower curtain last week, it had been 48 hours since either of us had showered. And those two days were filled …
How To Remove Bi-Fold Doors
Our new place sure has its share of bi-fold doors. Like this pair sectioning off the future dining room and the main hallway (see a floor p…
The Best Light Pink Paint Color For Nursery Walls
Alternate title: Breaking Out John’s Painting Belt It was like old times. For those who don’t get the painting belt reference, check this o…
Decorating A New House For Christmas
We actually got our tree back up a few days ago amidst boxes and general chaos (here it is the first time when we set it up in the old hous…
The First Day In Our Second House
We’re running about a day behind since we didn’t have internet at home until late yesterday, but here’s how things looked on Tuesday (our f…
Did We Make A Profit Selling Our First House?
Are you kidding? In this market? Of course not. We managed to sell it for around $5k more than we bought it for back in 2006 (in “the bubbl…
The New Digs
Greetings again from Panera (there’s no internet at home yet – so we stop in, get hot chocolate, and slap together a post or two for you gu…
The Color Scheme For Our New House
We’re thinking of moving away from the soft, subtle, and beachy whole-house color scheme that we have going on here and towards something m…
The Floor Plan Changes We’re Planning For Our New House
We’re still holding off on taking you on a full virtual tour of our soon-to-be new home (you know, until the deal is 100% done and we actua…