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's been a really long time since we were able to get down on the type of DIY projects I enjoy most: Construction. It just doesn't happen enough anymore. Eager …
Last fall when the tree fell in our backyard, it pummeled a part of the property that it seemed the previous owners had used as a dumping ground. In its wild fall, …
I've been making powerful progress on our yard (slash, having the time of my life) with the help of the handy chainsaw and our pole saws. That's right, pole sawsss, one …
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 …
During the spring and early summer, we watched what appeared to be a dead pine tree hovering over our backyard flourish with the tiniest pine cones and sweetest needles you'd …
Well, I can't say we saw this coming. What you can't tell by the photo is that if the tree had been leaning the other way, it would have decimated the …
I've been grounded due to my very round state during some big renovating that's been happening over the last week. Being relegated to snapping pictures safely from below isn't exactly my …
It was three months ago today that we closed on this awesome home. Most of our progress so far has taken place outside, clearing brush, pruning trees, planning garden space, …
I know you guys can only be so interested in tales of laborious brush removal. I only care to think about it so much too. This is the kind of …
Sometimes the brush removal is as easy as this. Refer to yesterday's post to refer to a more challenging shrub removal project. We're on a mission to establish a deer-resistent landscape, a …
Sometimes, we rage. Our neighbors alerted us to it being brush-pickup-week in the 'hood last week, which was the perfect opportunity for us to do a little spring summer cleaning …
I have yet to take you on any sort of formal tour of our big backyard, but we've been making slow progress in mowing tall grass, clearing out brush and …
We're planning to transplant some of our favorite plants from the backyard of the old house when we close on the new house; in the four years that I've lived …
I'm usually pretty amped for anything spring-cleaning related by the time my home-a-versary rolls around in mid-May, and this year was no exception; today marks the day four years ago …
I did it. Most of the time I leave products sitting in my online shopping carts, you know, you can probably relate, to sleep on the buy and not act so …
Last fall, I drooled over online home and garden deals on the internet. Today, on the first day of spring, mostly to celebrate that I survived wintertime, I'm pointing out some …
Well, not exactly... but reusing existing plants to create a new garden space in our yard feels just as sweet. I invested in some perennials during the springtime when I was …
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!
