Playroom Plans
You guys already know that our playroom is looking kinda rough these days (thanks to this whole house update post from last week): But we’v…
Decorating and DIY Project Journal
Older decorating tutorials, paint projects, furniture ideas, and house updates from the Objectales archive.
March Superlatives
Note: This is a retroactive post that I cobbled together in December of 2011 so I could make this page full of monthly recaps for the entir…
Limbing Up Trees So You Can See The House Again
Alternate post title: Trees: 0. the studio: 2. You might not remember what our first house looked like when we bought it so I’ll remind you…
Thrifting in Huntington West Virginia
A few weeks back we packed up the car, went over a few rivers, and through a bunch of woods to go see my 89-year-old grandmother (aka Grann…
How To Customize Ikea Furniture Legs With Paint
That’s right, Karl‘s legs are pale no more. After some thought we decided to give all 12 of our sectional’s cheap looking birch legs a coat…
Fab Freebie: Get Your Soapbox On
***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries – check back soon to see who won!*** Good news – everyone can get 10% off Mrs. Jones Soapbo…
Getting Cheap Dining Chairs From Craigslist
We finally scored some chairs for the dining room, thanks to this craiglist ad emailed to us by our friend Sandra (muchas gracias!). You’re…
Monster Eyeballs
Three cheers for a $12 fifteen minute project that makes us giggle. Because sometimes you just gotta laugh. We switched out the old knobs o…
Three Months In…
We finally got around to updating our House Tour page with some progress pics and it dawned on us that we haven’t really done a progress re…
A Crisp & Classic House Tour
This house crashing adventure in Northern Virginia had us drooling over materials and finishes, especially in the kitchen and the bathrooms…
Oh Snap.
And now for a behind the scenes ceramic animal related story. While we were working on this… … this happened: Since I’m still not ready to …
The Big Two Nine
Now that all the birthday bid-ness is over I can tell you guys all about it. It was sweet. Turning 29 didn’t really feel any different than…