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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I was beginning to have nightmares about staining our perfect, handmade wedding tables. The kind of nightmares that wake you in a cold sweat and make you wish you picked …
Ahh, the beaming light shone from a brand-new-but-vintage-y filament bulb, it's the perfect finishing detail for my latest DIY project. Did you know they sold a brand of affordable filament …
My premature assumption that apple cider vinegar stain was a failure was just that. Premature. I'm still not entirely sure how the tutorials that I referred to could claim that …
It's odd how some things seem to expire at the same time. Like, how three key lightbulbs in our house burned out within 4 hours of each other on Friday, or …
Remember when we ambitiously removed the laminate kitchen countertop with great ambitions of selling it on Craigslist? It didn't happen. It's not like I expected to be able to redeem any …
I intended to take today and the weekend off so that I can get super-serious about all of our last minute wedding details (it involves a whole lotta DIY action!), …
I'm always looking for new ways to display our assortment of family photos, mostly because I can't bear to dust around another micro-sized frame on a cluttered shelf as long …
I really liked the aesthetic of last year's brown furry tree skirt wrap (seen here) that sat beneath the potted live tree in my living room. It's color was enough to help …
I'm back at it again, making ambitiously awesome things out of those floorboards I found on the side of the road earlier this year (remember when I wrote about using …
The month of December (wedding month, holiday month, trying-not-going-to-bury-myself-in-debt month) is looming heavily, but the planner in me has been anticipating a wild ride and decided to tackle a bunch …
Months ago, Pete and I set out to build our own wedding tables. We solidified the plan to make our own rustic barnwood-esque tables after a local vendor knocked my woolen …
There's all kinds of loving gratitude spiraling around us this holiday season. For fellow Americans celebrating Thanksgiving today, we hope your holiday is overflowing with hugs, stuffing, and pie. Last Sunday …
Being without a bathroom step stool with a petite 6-year old in the house has proven to be very hard; without it, it's hard for Julia to reach the faucet, …
I brought home a teak bowl set on a recent trip to our local Goodwill. It's nothing too out of the ordinary in design, a classic 1970's set with two …
Editor's update: Peek at our finished kitchen in this post! Leading up to last Friday's photo shoot, a shoot for which I'm still sworn to a degree of secrecy, we knew …
We've been working feverishly to finish building a set of farmhouse style tables for our wedding reception while it's still bearable to construct things on our deck (saws and drills are …
When it comes right down to it, we've hoarded a lot of scrap lumber in the last few years, and when I get an inkling to make something new, I …
I've got a case of mismatched dishes. In an effort to make my assorted collection more unified for the upcoming holiday season, I spent some QT with my paint markers. Bring …
This post is sponsored by Delta Faucet who has generously provided us with a new Lewiston® Touch2O® Faucet for our updated kitchen. It’s an amazing product, we’re so excited to have Touch2O in our own home, …
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!
