Fab Freebie: Cupid’s Bar
Valentine’s Day is Friday and since we can’t take you all out to a romantic dinner for two, we’re giving away $500 worth of jewelry courtes…
Decorating and DIY Project Journal
Older decorating tutorials, paint projects, furniture ideas, and house updates from the Objectales archive.
Adding Crown Molding Around Built-In Bookcases
We hoped to have all of the nursery’s extra chunky crown molding painted, cut, hung, caulked, and touched up by the end of the weekend, and…
How To Pick An Exterior Paint Color
When we last updated you on the progress of the showhouse that we’re working on for Habitat For Humanity (you canabout it here, here, and h…
How To Make An Annual Family Photo Book
Update: Since MyPublisher was discontinued, here is the current way we print our photobooks. This week has already been pretty word-heavy w…
How To Build A Bookshelf
Today we’re going to show you how we built the bookshelves in our son’s room. It’s an easy project that we’ve since used to create custom s…
The Pros & Cons Of Front Loading Washers And Top Loading Washing Machines
Well, our new washer and dryer have arrived! And we promised to share how the installation went, what we did with the floors under them, an…
Fab Freebie: Seeing Red
A few years ago, our cousins took us into a fun home shop during a visit with them in Old Town Alexandria, VA called Red Barn Mercantile. T…
How To Turn Ikea Dressers Into Built-In Bookshelves
It’s been a busy but productive week in the nursery built-in department, so I’m going to cover a lot in this post. Hang on to your hats, cr…
Picking Out A New Top Loading Washer And Dryer
In what can only be described as a one-two punch of home-ownership havoc, our washer officially died right on the heels of the big plumbing…
Toilet Leaked Through The Ceiling Below
Lemme tell you, our bathroom’s wallpaper wasn’t its only problem-to-be-remedied recently. So brace yourself while we weave a little plumbin…
How To Organize A Craft Closet
So it turns out I’m Monica Geller. I get questions like those pretty regularly: Q: “I was hoping you could tell us how you organize your cr…
Picking Art For The Kitchen
The other day I was working away in the office and the studio breezed in and stole some paper from the printer. I didn’t think much of it… …