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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It was a cookie-filled weekend yielding a cookie-filled belly. It's a good thing I re-succumbed to yoga. I had high hopes of going cookie-hog-wild this year, but still only somehow …
Rawr. The bear rug is progressing, but slowly. This is my official 1-week update. 12.5 hours invested. 4 yards of fabric used (I just had to buy more over the weekend). My …
I resurrected one of the last issues of ReadyMade (RIP) and flipped to this tutorial on using potting tiny pines for holiday decor. I liked their idea, although I didn't …
Our latest IKEA day trip was a spur-of-the-moment trek to pick up the new kitchen pendant light (read about its installation here). Besides buying that fixture (for $30) and picking …
Goodbye fluorescent kitchen light, hello new IKEA pendant. For an inexpensive upgrade (it only cost $30), it makes a world of a difference and brings me one step closer to …
Quickly launching ourselves into the winter and holiday season, I've been working on a few modest home projects over the last few weeks that improve the space but don't necessary …
My friend Rachel takes great photos with her assortment of cameras (her April 2011 album is a personal favorite). Landscapes, her kids, self-portraits, you name it, her albums are always …
It hadn't occured to me when I brought home my mini-tree that I didn't have an official tree topper. As in, I've never had one. I do recall that a …
My big Black Friday goal was to find a set of matching 5x7' area rugs for the carpet-less office (with free shipping, if I could be so lucky). But I …
I didn't actually mean to keep this whole week of posts so holiday-decor-centric... I do have new non-festive projects in the works, I'm just getting a little held up by …
An unveiling, indeed. Have you ever noticed that the light directly above my kitchen sink was a totally exposed florescent? Probably not. Because I wasn't showing you with big purple …
Last year, I gave a mini overview of all of the ornaments I had accumulated over the year (you can read that post here). Keeping in tradition, I'm happy to …
Little factoid: I haven't bought a Christmas tree since December 2008 when my last roommate and I negotiated on a "damaged model" from the Boy Scouts. Shameful. Living alone in the …
Last week I began experimenting with the interior of my closet. I planned a DIY ikat pattern that wouldn't require the use of a stencil, and would be totally f-r-e-e …
When I saw that Zanne had posted photos of marshmallows that she and her daughter made, I knew we had to try them ourselves. This time of the year, I'm thinking …
Yes, I came back for a second quickie post this afternoon, just to notate that I crossed another little thing off my November To-Do list. Wham, bam, that list owns me …
Learning how to make my own custom mats for framed photos, prints, and Anthropologie catalogs has been on my to-do list for a long time. I've tried many-a-different DIY technique using scrap …
It's a great idea to have a portable paint palette on hand when you're shopping for new decor and accessories, but not a concept I had considered in depth. Beyond …
Ever attempt painting an ikat pattern? Call a girl crazy for undertaking an ornate painting project on the rarely seen inside of her closet, but it seemed like a fun place to …
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!
