Adding Poured Concrete Walkways & A Driveway
As we mentioned in our post about making a bigger backyard pool area, we’ve also made some big changes out front. Namely, we now have a leg…
Decorating and DIY Project Journal
Older decorating tutorials, paint projects, furniture ideas, and house updates from the Objectales archive.
How To Make An Upholstered Headboard
Adding a headboard to your bed is one of the best ways to add polish and coziness to your bedroom. And, lucky for you, making your own DIY …
Ocean Jasper: Crystal Meaning & Properties
Ocean Jasper is a beautiful stone known for its rarity, soothing powers, and colorful spherical patterns. It’s prized by collectors due to …
How We Doubled The Size (And Function!) Of Our Backyard Pool Area
For nearly a year, we’ve been in the process of reimagining our pool area as a bigger, more multi-functional space. You first saw it two ye…
A Weekend In Charleston, SC With Kids
Last week our family took a last-minute, 2-day-3-night trip to Charleston, South Carolina and it was *chef’s kiss*. It was our first time t…
Free Summer Reading Printable
With our kids’ summer break kicking off this weekend, we came up with a fun twist on our usual summer reading goals. We had the idea while …
Adding Ikea Floating Shelves In Our Bedroom
For over a decade, one of our renovating mantras has been “the middle makes no sense.” Basically, don’t fret if your house is mid-reno, not…
How To Build Easy Closet Shelves
Storage is useful in any closet, but it’s especially important in small ones like our laundry closet. That’s why we built some suuuuuuper s…
Rainbow Fluorite: Crystal Meaning & Uses
Known as one of the most colorful minerals in the world, rainbow fluorite is a mesmerizing multicolored crystal with distinctive purple, bl…
Green Aventurine: Crystal Meaning & Properties
Green aventurine is a special type of quartz that’s characterized by sparkling metal fragments embedded within it. It’s found in a variety …
A Quick Way To Hang Curtain Rods
Here’s a simple trick we used to hang curtain rods FAST and EVELY in our duplex rental. We had 16 curtain rods to hang in one afternoon, so…
4 People Sharing A Bathroom: How & Why It Works For Us
Any time we mention having only one bathroom it spawns a flurry of interest in our Instagram DMs about how we manage that with our four-per…