Converting A Sunroom Into A Back Porch
the studio and I were excited when we first laid eyes on our house’s sunroom. We were actually grateful for the barely budge-able glass sli…
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 Stain And Seal A Deck
You know that part in a movie where the dorky girl rips off her glasses and throws on some makeup and suddenly she’s a bombshell? Well, our…
How To Install A DIY Sprinkler System
Tired of messing with garden hoses, sprinklers, and timers to water your lawn? Or just watching your grass die in the summer sun? Well, it …
An Outdoor Tour Of Our New House
As is the tradition, each year we like to take a video camera and walk around the house to capture what’s been done outside (and what’s sti…
Changing A Door Knocker And A Doorbell
How about a post about hunting for knockers? Nope, not those knockers. This is just the follow-up we promised yesterday about updating our …
How To Pick A Color And Paint Your Front Door
“The door is the smile of the house.” John likes to make strange declarations like that. For example, after talking about how both bacon an…
Picking A New Siding Color & Updating Our Exterior Trim
As if all the blue and mauve trim on the inside of the house isn’t enough, we had some outside trim that needed some attention. When we bou…
How To Repair A Hole In Your Deck
Again? Already?!? If you had told me 10 months ago that I’d be doing deck construction again less than a year later, I would’ve punched you…
So, There’s A Big Tree That’s Way Too Close To The House
In the words of Cher… “If I could tuuuuuuuuurn back tiiiiiiiime. If I could fiiiiiiiiiind a waaaaaaaay. I’d plant this pretty oak tree not …
Digging Up And Moving A Japanese Maple
If you guys have read this old post, you already know half of this story. For the rest of you, here we go. Way back in 2007, right before w…
Replacing An Old Furnace & Getting A New Roof
When we bought our house, there were two big issues we knew that we needed to deal with right away: the ancient furnace for the first floor…
Landscaping Makeover
In honor of moving week, we’re going to share a post full of empty house pics (and a list of what stayed with the house) in a day or two, b…