Stars, Stripes, and Some Thanks
It’s time for our once-a-month pause to show how grateful we are to the sponsors who help make all of our other posts possible. So feel fre…
Decorating and DIY Project Journal
Older decorating tutorials, paint projects, furniture ideas, and house updates from the Objectales archive.
Fun & Filled Fourth
Our Fourth of July weekend was pretty jam-packed and we were grateful to be able to carve out some time to enjoy the holiday. The fun kicke…
Priming & Painting The Bathroom
When we last shared our hall bathroom adventures, we had removed the old wallpaper and were left with this: Not only were the yellowed wall…
Changing A Door Knocker And A Doorbell
How about a post about hunting for knockers? Nope, not those knockers. This is just the follow-up we promised yesterday about updating our …
Fab Freebie: Seventy Sixers
Yesterday was our sixth wedding anniversary. So in memory of our 7/7/07 wedding, we’re hosting a giveaway that combines the traditional gif…
How To Pick A Color And Paint Your Front Door
“The door is the smile of the house.” John likes to make strange declarations like that. For example, after talking about how both bacon an…
A Nautical Bathroom Renovation
Last year Lilly and her husband Markus spent her Independence Day making over her half bath, so we thought we’d celebrate her sweet makeove…
How To Add Shine To Dull Hardwood Floors
Whoops, I almost forgot to tell you about how I scrubbed and re-sealed the existing hardwoods right before we moved in (literally, like 26 …
Picking A New Siding Color & Updating Our Exterior Trim
As if all the blue and mauve trim on the inside of the house isn’t enough, we had some outside trim that needed some attention. When we bou…
How To Repair A Hole In Your Deck
Again? Already?!? If you had told me 10 months ago that I’d be doing deck construction again less than a year later, I would’ve punched you…
Fab Freebie: Infrared, White, And Blue
Tis the season for watermelon slices, corn on the cob, and good stuff on the grill. Which is why Char-Broil is hooking someone up with one …
One Month In
It’s hard to believe we’ve already been here a month! And let’s not sugar coat things… this house is looking pretty crazy right now. Blue t…