Designing A Showhouse Model Home
Yup, the studio and I have started work on another new house. But before you gasp – we’re not moving into this one… and it isn’t technicall…
Decorating and DIY Project Journal
Older decorating tutorials, paint projects, furniture ideas, and house updates from the Objectales archive.
Fab Freebie: I Sense A Refresh
As we mentioned on Friday, we have an almost unbelievably shallow kitchen sink. So when Kohler offered us a new sink and faucet, it pained …
Painting A Bathroom Vanity
Let’s talk about vanity, shall we? Specifically the sink vanity that we last left off as primed in this post. This is one of those real-lif…
Breaking Down The New Pad
It’s Friday! Let’s get mathy up in here. By now you know I’m a card carrying facts & figures nerd (here’s Exhibit A and Exhibit B) so when …
Pondering Layout Ideas For A New House
Since a bunch of you guys have requested more details on what layout changes we’re pondering and what paint colors we’re currently leaning …
How To Program Your Garage Doors
We have two garage doors. I know, I know – cool story, bro. But I promise this gets better. Well, it does if you’re a tech nerd or just enj…
Painting The Back Of Your Front Door A Bold Color
Alternate post title: Paint Me Like One Of Your French Girls. Yes, much like Rose once begged Jack, the dusty blue back of our front door w…
House Crashing: Calming & Clever
Psst- Sorry about yesterday’s truncated post, Reader users. There was some bad code in a video we embedded (we like to feed full posts, so …
How To Paint Trim Without A Paint Sprayer
“I’m Blue Da Ba Dee Dabba Da-eeeeee” (anyone remember that song?). Picture us maniacally singing it while priming and painting trim for hou…
Celebrating Our 6th Wedding Anniversary
Last weekend marked our sixth wedding anniversary. As you’ve come to know from us, we like to celebrate with some family time, a good meal,…
Email Answer: I Bought A Fixer-Upper, Where Do I Begin?
Q: My husband Tim and I just bought our first fixer upper two weeks ago in Fort Worth, Texas. It is our second home and we hope to make it …
How To Use A Steamer To Remove Wallpaper
Things are getting steamy in the foyer! As a refresher, we have five rooms full of wallpaper and we’re attempting to take five different re…