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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This post was originally published on DIY Network’s blog Made + Remade in March 2015. Spring brings all of the happy things, not just oil pastel rainbows in a craft time …
This post was originally published on DIY Network’s blog Made + Remade in February 2013. I picked up a few new innocent houseplants in the gardening clearance section of our local Lowe’s. …
Our family indulged in our first CSA experience this year after I came across this demystifying spreadsheet shared by a friend of ours who's a local organic farmer. CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture …
Alt title: Keeping my friends at arms length. I know quite a few people who grow garlic in their gardens in mass, and every time I'm weighing my own garlic in the produce …
My parents planted apple trees 30 years ago when they moved into their home. Macoun, Crispin, and Northern Spy apples. And if you're wondering, that's the best time to have …
My Dad shared a handful of his giant bean seeds at the end of the last growing season. We've been pretty excited about growing those beans in our own garden …
We spent our weekends skiing this winter (right up through the beginning of the month – best season ever); the hobby consumed a lot of our free time and forced us to …
I never anticipated how hard it would be to garden and landscape in our yard; when we found the house, I was excited to have more property and space to cultivate, …
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 …
You know, I could write to allude that the topics of weddings and gardening mulch go hand in hand, but they don't, unless you're investing on garden beautification in anticipation …
I had a whole bunch of little geometric planters leftover from our winter wedding, so many so that I ended up giving more away to family and friends who inquired …
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 …
Psst, if you follow me on facebook, twitter, or instagram, you might have noticed that my mom and I hit up the Big Apple over the weekend for a wedding-dress-slash-birthday-extravaganza! …
It's not often that I can bear to let my DIY-efforts go to waste, so this is just another one of those instances where other project leftovers morph into something …
It's been a radically productive few weeks in Rochester with many outdoor projects made possible by super-unseasonably-hot temperatures and rain-free days at the lake. I love this time of year. There …
Another big thanks owed to Black & Decker for making this possible. I’m under no obligation to write about the 36V cordless hedge trimmer I received for free after attending …
Thanks to Black & Decker for making this possible. I'm under no obligation to write about the 36V cordless tiller I received for free, but I'm doing it anyways. Because …
I don't know if the ivy sprawling along my garage is ever going to be fully under control; so much of it climbs through my neighbor's yard and along the …
I may keep making a big stink about our gardening efforts this spring, although if you'd take a peek in the backyard you'd probably assume that we don't do so …
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!
