5 Years at Home
A thousand words couldn't properly articulate how much we love living here. We celebrated our 5th "homeiversary" in June, and just wrapped our 6th summer in this lovely place. This …
I'm a home improvement enthusiast, living a very merry DIY lifestyle.
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A thousand words couldn't properly articulate how much we love living here. We celebrated our 5th "homeiversary" in June, and just wrapped our 6th summer in this lovely place. This …
Always committing to doing the things I say I'm going to do–in this case "barn quilt all the things"–I extended my collaboration with Buffalo-based designer Whitney Crispell of Local Color …
This post was sponsored by STIHL because they supplied the chainsaw and safety equipment. However, the project is my own and Swedish cut fire logs really are things we make and …
What began as an idea to foster our daughter's fine motor skills, turned into something that quickly became one of my favorite ever-changing pieces of art. In many of the …
Elaborate landscaping and flowering gardens exist in our dreams; not so much in reality. Container gardens are my domain for now, and between herbs and potatoes and flowering front porch planters, …
Ready to make some raised planters that'll hold up really, really well? No bolts, no screws, simple design. After you make the cuts they assemble securely with pieces of rebar. The …
I've written a little bit every year to track the evolution of our backyard garden. If you want to go through those stories, feel free to do so here: 2013 (crushed …
If our last 4 springs have been focused on clearing brush, this season has been the year of removing big, old trees. March windstorms did a real number on the City of Rochester and …
Our time- and cost-intensive projects are fewer and farther between than they used to be, but I had one big goal for the first half of this year, that being …
The growing season is off to a great start, and as usual, my eyeballs/stomach expect more out of our garden than ever before. My spacial planning skills need a reality check too; …
First of all, thanks for hanging out with me as I spent the last few months publishing old posts (and especially for bearing through the last few weeks of fall/holiday content... I …
This post was originally published on DIY Network’s blog Made + Remade in October 2012. I’m setting out this week to try my hand at DIY aerating. Most landscapers and lawn …
This post was originally published on DIY Network’s blog Made + Remade in October 2013. Just when the grass stops growing two inches a week and you think your biggest outdoor project …
This post was originally published on DIY Network’s blog Made + Remade in September 2013. Cleaning up fallen leaves doesn’t have to be the off-putting, laborious chore that immediately comes to mind. …
This post was originally published on DIY Network’s blog Made + Remade in August 2012. The initial plan for my DIY flagstone patio called for a custom fire pit using simple pavers, …
This post was originally published on DIY Network’s blog Made + Remade in June 2014. No doubt that I housed at least 1,000 caterpillars in my critter catcher between the ages …
This post was originally published on DIY Network’s blog Made + Remade in June 2013. I’ve planted a tomato garden for as many years as I’ve been a homeowner. I do …
This post was originally published on DIY Network’s blog Made + Remade in July 2012. So excited. Adding a patio space to the backyard has been a pipe dream since we …
This post was originally published on DIY Network’s blog Made + Remade in May 2012. I can’t claim to be a landscaping professional, not even close, but I’m learning things as …
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 also find me writing for Home Living Handbook, a Pursuit Channel for Men's Journal, HGTV.com, and a handful of other websites.
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