Five Home Mistakes We Made (We Learned The Hard Way)
I was lying in bed thinking about what random lessons we’ve learned in over nearly seven years of homeownership and DIY, and I realized it …
Project Planning Ideas and Projects
Planning a project is one of the deciding factors if your project or home update will work - or if it'll flop. So don't forget how important that project planning step is, and always try to do prep work and think things through before you dive in with your hammer or paint brush...
Picking A Color For Our Metal Stools
Me + a picture of our kitchen + photoshop = this post. Back in December when we bought our kitchen stools (from a school supply store for $…
Trying Different Rugs In The Kitchen
Ah, the rugs in our kitchen. They were $34 from The Company Store ages ago (maybe 2008?). They originally lived in our first house’s kitche…
Sourcing And Buying Materials To Build A Deck
Our deck project kind of got back-burnered amidst all of the party/dollhouse/bedroom stuff, but we have made one decision in that time: muc…
Planning A Worm Themed Birthday Party
As we mentioned for a hot minute back in this post, the kid picked her party theme this year. What does she love more than monkeys, ice cre…
Calling Miss Utility Before Building A Deck
We were busy bees this weekend. And as some of you noticed in yesterday’s post, in the picture where John was playing the role of the deck,…
Hanging Protective Plastic For A Kitchen Renovation
Things are getting pretty Dexter around here in preparation for our wall opening. Because when walls come down, dust comes out, and therefo…
Using Secondhand Cabinets For A Kitchen Renovation
We knew we weren’t likely to find $1 cabinets again (like we did for the office built-ins) but we couldn’t resist checking out the Habitat …
Planning A Kitchen Wall Full Of Tile And Open Shelves
We’ve mentioned having a backsplash + open shelving + range hood idea a few times without much elaboration, so here’s the full monty explan…
Choosing Between Pergo and Cork For Our Kitchen Floors
Houston, we have liftoff! We made a big kitchen purchase. We ordered the floor! Wait, we should back up. We originally hoped to find hardwo…
Online Tools for Planning A Space in 3D
Break out the 3D glasses! Okay, not really. Put them away. This blog will not be coming to you in any additional dimensions today. As you s…
Cabinet Hunting (No Store Left Unturned)
First of all- holy cow. We just had a crazy earthquake a few minutes ago. Very strong! It was completely unexpected for our area (we’ve nev…