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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Door decor happens to be something I'm wildly attuned to, that's why I try to keep to a seasonal swap-out schedule. I like to keep things fresh. I happen to …
I've only identified one little issue with the new front door that I had installed in the spring of 2010: lack of visibility. It was an issue that I considered back …
For Part 1, start here. It was really a pleasant surprise to find that shale makes a kick ass floor. The big box full of rocks sat in the back of …
Ready for Part 2? Jump to here. I've had this vision of a installing a stone entryway floor for years. Sure, cool in theory, kind of what you'd expect in an …
From time to time I come up with some harebrained ideas, and most of the time, we're not 100% sure those ideas will work out in execution. An idea that …
Maybe it's because I'm a heart-lovin', love-lovin', Valentines-Day-anticipating girl, or maybe it's just because I'm feeling crafty, I whipped up some portland cement this week and made a darling little …
My mom might proclaim that this is a little more frou-frou than most of my other DIY projects and door decor. As in floofy. As in fluffy. As in that …
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 …
Yes, everything on my Pinterest "visual happiness" board makes me happy (see the whole she-bang here). I'm actually giddy just looking at this screen shot (shucks, mittens? Rainbow dresser? Those …
Hold off temptation to roll your eyes as I tell you that I covered another (yes, seriously, a third) wall of my house in shiplap paneling. (If you're just arriving, see …
I finished up a short list of small projects this month - ones that wouldn't actually prompt an independent post, but definitely make me want to pat myself on the back. After …
Not terribly long after I launched Merrypad, I posted about my then-current paint palette. That graphic looked something like this: But in the last year, likely because I was challenging myself with …
I loved my summertime succulent wreath. It hung wonderfully, and didn't fade, droop, or melt out of shape in the extreme heat in the cavern of fire which formed every …
I'm the self-proclaimed walking definition of a girl who starts too many projects and takes forever to finish the ones that bore her. I've been working on improving my follow-through …
Those pesky radiators really make it hard to do a thorough paint job. At least, that's what I convinced myself when I moved into my house and painted every room floor …
Painting a cast iron radiator is annoying, but inevitable if you want to keep up a not-so-rugged radiator appearance. Fortunately, once you do it, and if you do it right, …
I'm clearly getting my act together with the whole finishing-the-front-entryway thing. I showed you the doorbell that was installed earlier in the week, and am stoked to report that I …
Doorbell drama. Really not a bad kind of drama to have, unless, you know, someone touches the wires that you left dangling beside the doorknob for 2 months and sues …
I had been keeping my eye out for succulents all spring. Not the obvious itsy-bitsy potted variety sold for $2.99 at Home Depot (which of course I want all of …
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!
