Beautiful Outdoor Spaces At The Showhouse
There are a few outdoor showhouse spaces that we haven’t shown at all in this entire yearlong process. Each of the seven showhouses were en…
Outside Ideas and Projects
Here are a bunch of outside ideas for fixing up your home's curb appeal and updating your outdoors! From laying a paver patio and building a deck to adding a pergola around a garage or carport (or redoing your landscaping and painting your front door) there's lots to see.
How To Make Planting Beds With Mulch
Let’s talk about planning planting beds, digging them out to crisp up the edges, spreading a truckload of mulch, and other fun curb appeal …
How To Make A Deck Gate
Today we’re going to show you how we constructed an easy DIY deck gate to help keep our dog Burger from escaping. He loves laying in the su…
How To Hang Wreaths On Your Windows
“Can we make it like the Home Alone house?” That was the kid’s quote about decorating the outside of our house for Christmas. She loves “Ke…
How To Pick An Outdoor Light
Our exterior light situation is a little ho-hum, as evidenced by this tiny fixture outside the back door on our garage (don’t mind the grim…
Landscaping The Front Yard
Somehow we always find ourselves rushing to accomplish something each autumn. One year it was trying to sell our first house before the lea…
How To Install Outdoor Fans
Truth: the studio was oddly into fan hunting and the idea of adding two new fans to keep our freshly-opened sunroom cool (and to create a n…
Leveling and Dry Fitting Tile In An Outdoor Area
Since we last checked in on the sunroom last Thursday, the studio and I have managed to check four more things off the list: installing two…
How To Make A Fall Wreath
I don’t know if it’s the crisp autumn breeze or the explosion of all things pumpkin on Pinterest, but a few days ago I woke up jonesing to …
How To Install A Wood Plank Ceiling
When we decided we wanted to do a wood planked ceiling in our sunroom, I think I kind of just envision walking into Home Depot, strolling d…
Deciding Between Painting Or Tiling A Concrete Floor
Last you saw our sunroom, it looked like this: Well, now it’s looking a little something like this: Forgive the poor iPhone pic, but it’s t…
How To Tear Down An Old Ceiling
Oh what a feeling… dancing on the ceiling. Which is much easier when your ceiling is on the floor. But let’s rewind to a time when our sunr…