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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... and also, lots of beach glass. Can you believe I've been gathering a full cup of beach glass each time I walk on shores of Lake Ontario? This was just …
I preface this with a very upfront "I'm No Landscaper" disclosure, but my little 1/10th-acre lot is a great place to start learning the landscaping essentials without getting totally, whole-heartedly, …
Nevermind that I pulled one of those classic "ooh, it's so nice, let's go buy lots of flowers" moves and assembled some lush planters for my deck exactly two days …
The front yard began to look pretty grimy as we transitioned into full-fledged springtime in Rochester. The change in seasons always kind of hits like a tornado, prompting the 400,000 …
When I made a bunch of cement planters last year, I knew right off the bat that they weren't going to be a long term success. Hell, there was e-6000 …
I sure do like when things happen ahead of schedule. It's the kind of thing I've learned to not hold people to, especially after lengthy ordeals like getting my first …
For the first time in 3 stubborn years, I'm following the directions on the seed packages that I picked up at Home Depot; I like to think that a green …
We're getting a free tree. A no-cost boost to enhance our curb appeal. And not much beats that. Word from the April 2012 This Old House Mag states that adding trees …
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 …
The front yard landscaping should be done by year 2020. It makes me a little sad to show it to you in its immature state. In my mind, by 2020 it'll …
We took a day trip to Ithaca yesterday and returned with a Jeep full of plant loot. It was the kind of excursion where one person (moi) ends up straddling a …
I actually finished leveling the dirt pile last week, but somehow forgot to show you how the new front yard turned out. Voila. This took forever. The 8 yards of topsoil that …
So very dramatic. Enjoy, and realize how seriously I take the smallest, two dollar things. I'm never too sure why a plant decides to croak when it does. I'm no horticulturist, and …
This is what 8 yards of topsoil looks like upon delivery. How about next to a Jeep Patriot? Just for scale. How about next to me? At $15/yard, and a negotiated $40 delivery …
I keep finding myself going smaller and smaller with the DIY-ed portland cement planters. My latest one is a mini, and the perfect size for my newest baby-succulent that I …
I've been plotting to make cement planters ever since I saw them detailed in the late ReadyMade magazine earlier this year. Graphic designer for Exhurb Magazine, and author of simplysofie.com, Sofie …
When my Dad gave me my annual batch of his homegrown tomato seedlings (and then so kindly planted them for me one weekend while he house-and-dog sat), it was made …
My original intent in going to Home Depot last week was to find some new large plants to occupy terra cotta pots that I had given an overhaul. The updates …
I picked up the Great Dane and Chihuahua of house plants at Home Depot yesterday because I couldn't help myself; all of the plants in the store were looking 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!
