How To Build Scrap Wood Storage… Out Of Scrap Wood
The scrap wood pile in our garage was getting out of hand, so creating some scrap wood storage was a top priority in our new shed. And, bet…
Decorating and DIY Project Journal
Older decorating tutorials, paint projects, furniture ideas, and house updates from the Objectales archive.
Painting Our Shed & Adding Window Boxes
This post is for everyone who has been asking for a shed update since we finally painted it to match our white house (it only took us a yea…
#159: Are You A Maximizer Or A Satisficer?
Have you ever thought about your approach to making decisions? It turns out that humans tend to have two distinct styles (and they even hav…
How To Build A DIY Coffee Table
For everyone who has been asking for the details on our new coffee table (glimpses of it have made their way into my InstaStories over the …
How To Replace Fluorescent Lighting With A Pendant Fixture
Updated 2019 We just swapped out two old fluorescent light fixtures in our kitchen and they each required slightly different techniques bec…
#158: Holiday Decorating Around The World
After hundreds of submissions from Australia to South Africa, we’ve rounded up some fascinating (and extremely charming) ways that you guys…
2019 Holiday Gift Guides
As is the tradition, I’m always the last blogger in blogland to get a gift guide up (did I mention we just got our tree up two days ago?!),…
#157: How You Can Achieve Even Your Biggest Financial Goals
Don’t we all want mo money without mo problems? Today we’re talking with personal finance expert Tanja Hester about how value-driven spendi…
Stuff We Own & Love That’s On Sale Right Now
Our annual rundown of stuff you can get cheaper than we did is here. Ha! Every year we check out the Black Friday deals (which literally st…
7 Spaces We Updated At The Beach House (And Why)
I’m someone who loves those detailed “what worked & what didn’t” posts where someone looks back on the choices they made and shares what di…
#156: Renovations Are Stressful. Here’s What Helps Us.
It’s no secret that house projects can be stressful. Sometimes REALLY stressful. So today we’re sharing three ways we’re keeping a handle o…
Exterior Updates After Painting Our Brick House White
This is a smorgasbord of an update, since the exterior of our house has changed in a bunch of different ways since last year when we painte…