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Javalicious, A Gel Staining Reveal (Update #3)
September 14, 2012
Finished stained kitchen cabinets.

Thanks to everyone for the constant support as I tackled this scary, scary project. It's a big day for my little merrypad as I share the happy aftermath of my …

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DIY  / Kitchen  / Living Room

DIY Network: Pow, It’s Pallet Craft Time
September 13, 2012
pallet table project

We suspect that our neighbors have been gossiping about us as we made the decision to save a bunch enormous wooden pallets in our driveway. Not that they've mentioned it …

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DIY  / HGTV + DIY Network Projects

DIY Network: Pom Happiness
September 7, 2012
DIY Network: Pom-pom towels.

Not to be confused with one of our favorite pomegranate beverages, the DIY execution of my new bathroom towels is totally pom-wonderful. Creatively combining inexpensive tea towels with the happiest …

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Bathroom  / DIY  / HGTV + DIY Network Projects

The Merry 500
September 4, 2012
Living room art.

We'reeeee back! Bear with me as I filter through our 1,000 photographs and videos, and finish an unimaginable amount of laundry. I'll share some bits and pieces of our first-ever …

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Casual Celebrations  / Decor  / DIY

BAM, That’s The Right Light
August 23, 2012
DIY Light Update.

After a 4-month backorder, I'm excited to have given my bathroom a much-needed update in the lighting department. It's amazing how long you can go on living with a giant, …

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Bathroom  / DIY  / HGTV + DIY Network Projects  / Lighting

Dude, Where’s My Microwave? (Staining Update #2)
August 22, 2012
Kitchen cabinet staining with gel stain.

I haven't been keeping a precise record of how much time I've invested so far in the kitchen cabinet staining project, but I do know that since my last update I've …

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DIY  / Kitchen

Building a Flagstone Patio in One Day
August 21, 2012
Our DIY flagstone patio.

Cheers to Pete for producing the perfect flagstone patio. He's tired. I can't take any credit for our latest patio project; the guy's a flagstone rockstar, single-handedly bettering our backyard and …

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Backyard  / DIY  / Outdoor Living

Wedding Update: Saving The Date!
August 20, 2012
Wedding save the date cards.

I can't go as far as to say that our lives have been flipped upside down with wedding planning yet, although we'll probably be bombed with that feeling sooner or …

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DIY  / Wedding

DIY Network: Because What Girl Wouldn’t Like Sparkles
August 16, 2012
Smash tape to become outlet covers.

Hot on the tails of my pink stripe paint job, I decided to give the light switch plates and outlet covers in Julia's room a little alley-oop as part of …

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Bedrooms  / Decor  / DIY

Officially Messy (Staining Update #1)
August 15, 2012
Kitchen cabinet staining.

I've been making slow and steady progress behind the scenes updating our new kitchen cabinets, but I waited until Monday of this week to begin serious staining efforts because it's …

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DIY  / Kitchen

I Bailed on Fennel, And Then I Redecorated
August 14, 2012
free decor!

After sharing my swatch testing experiment I had good vibes about painting the whole upper half of the living room in #3, a Behr color match to Valspar's Fennel Splash (if fennel could …

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Decor  / Dining Room  / DIY  / Living Room  / Organized

The Future Mini Pat-Pat
August 13, 2012
Planning location for our DIY flagstone patio.

I hope you liked the final patio reveal that I shared on DIY Network late last week! If you missed it, you can still check it out right here, and …

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Backyard  / Being Thrifty  / DIY

DIY Network: Join The Completed Patio Party
August 9, 2012
Adding pebbles to our flagstone patio.

Come to find, a new patio is the ULTIMATE in summertime happiness, and I'm not just saying that, this thing is awesome. After you read this week's post about how the finishing …

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Backyard  / DIY  / HGTV + DIY Network Projects  / Outdoor Living

Sweet Laborious Memories
August 7, 2012
I removed the old deck myself.

We wrapped up our flagstone patio installation over the weekend, and I'm really excited to share it with you on Thursday via DIY Network. It's a serious backyard game-changer, and …

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Backyard  / Deck  / DIY

Embracing The Single Pink Stripe
August 6, 2012
Painting Julia's bedroom with a pink stripe.

I caught up on a lot of things when I took an impromptu day off on Friday. Painting Julia's new bedroom was one of the big things I had been …

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Bedrooms  / DIY

DIY Network: Moving Mountains (Of Flagstone)
August 2, 2012
Our DIY flagstone patio is coming together!

With no injuries or casualties, we successfully laid thousands of pounds of flagstone by hand into the new patio space in our backyard. It's one of those projects that I'm …

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Living Room Limbo, Popping Champagne
August 1, 2012
Living room paint updates?

It's not often that I feel compelled to change wall colors. When it comes right down to it, painting over and over again is a total bother, and I don't …

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Dining Room  / DIY  / Living Room

Gel Stain And Pudding Treats For Test #3
July 30, 2012
Testing gel stain on our kitchen cabinets.

July has owned me, and the month of August is going to be busier and more exciting in a totally different kind of way. I'll elude to our totally hip-hip-hurray …

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DIY  / Kitchen

DIY Network: The Big Patio Dig
July 26, 2012
Making room for our flagstone patio.

Monetary investments aside, if I had known that building a patio would be as easy as it's been for us so far, I probably would have pushed to start building …

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