I'm a home improvement enthusiast, living a very merry DIY lifestyle.
You can find me writing for Home Living Handbook, HGTV.com, and a handful of other websites. Follow me on facebook and instagram, or drop me a note if you'd like. I love notes.
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Rochesterians: Carve out some time in your day to check out this new mid-century amazing shop in the South Wedge. It's about time that you introduce yourself to Amanda and …
Art is going to be a big thing in our new home, but it has to be a gradual integration, you know, because art can be expensive in general, and …
We were fine with the notion of going without a microwave last June when we bought this place, but honestly, I expected that we would miss it and end up …
The bathroom is original to the house, just a little something we learned over the weekend. We've been a little skeptical as to whether the room was something they remodeled …
Editor's Update: I'm floored, it's IKEA, the best quality IKEA I've ever seen. I thought I knew the type of coffee table I wanted for our evolving living room. Something with …
I don't immediately think FOOD when I think about DIY Network and its blog Made + Remade, but incidentally, those are actually many of the posts that I get caught …
That little gallery wall that I've been working on? It's not the first frame series that I've created, and it's not done, but it's lightness and friendliness is so appealing …
I'm already regretful for posting less since the baby has been born; I have almost no record of what we've been doing. I got into the rhythm of blogging as …
Meet our new fireplace. It's a perfect example of how less can be more. Can't recall what's missing? Hint: It's shiny. It's gold. Our gold fireplace surround and glass doors looked out …
You know, most of the time I feel pretty good about the progress we make around our house. I went into writing this post (last Tuesday) doing little fist pumps …
Man, I adore this holiday, you guys. Happy day of love to you all. It's been awhile since I shared links back to some of the work I've done for DIY …
Amazing things happen in our new neighborhood when it snows; I can't get enough of the snow canopying in the pines, or the lantern lit over our neighbor's driveway. We have …
One thing became very apparent when we moved into a house with real closet space: I don't know the first thing about utilizing closets. And actually, the hallway closet shown …
Big news from over here: A single frame has been hung. I've been downright scared of hanging art in the wrong places ever since we moved in – strange, because I …
I never like to write about the bad/sad/mad. I try to reserve the negative and my cynicism, it's not a side of me that people need to see, unless maybe …
I've alluded to my thoughts on curtains before–things haven't changed in the last week, though I do wonder how it has been a whole week since I wrote about my …
I spent lots of hours sitting on the floor of the window treatment section of JCPenney as a kid, way back before the days of finding JCPenney online deals and …
PSST: We were really excited this week to see that our Azorean getaway was listed on Groupon again. 7-days, 6-nights in the middle of the Atlantic for $799 with airfare. …
It’s time for a beautiful switch. Their words, not mine, but one might say that they basically took the words right out of my mouth. Over the next few months, …
I'm a home improvement enthusiast, living a very merry DIY lifestyle. Follow me on facebook and instagram, or drop me a note if you'd like. I love notes.
You can find me writing for Home Living Handbook, HGTV.com, and a handful of other websites.
Thanks for visiting!
