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'm pretty sure that I've forever frightened the toddler away from the entryway with this one. Take a step back into the darkness and look towards the house. Peering monster eyes …
It's been a couple of months since I highlighted the projects that I've created for DIY Network's blog Made + Remade. When you have time–today at work or tonight with a glass …
The holiday season is completely different now that I have children – it's a kid-craft explosion up in here. There's no going wrong with handmade goodness during Christmas, and I can get …
Legrand challenged me to join its "DIY Holiday Switch" program to demonstrate how easy it is to switch out the wall plates of our light switches, and create custom designs to suit …
I'm told I'm hard to shop for, but who isn't? This year instead of doing my traditional "I don't really need anything, doesn't matter what you buy me" thing, I started pulling …
The holiday season has been exceptionally kind to us so far, if you consider that I've found time to make a lot of cookies and not a lot of time …
Back when we were little, my mom knit our family's Christmas stockings of red and ivory yarns. Dad's was the longest, little sister's the shortest, and each was classically designed …
Doin' things right. I've been looking forward to the holiday season since June. I should say, we're doing things sort of right, because early Thursday morning, the whole thing totally fell …
Holiday season has officially commenced, though I've been quietly thinking about it for awhile... planning, plotting, trying not to completely overlook Thanksgiving. We did a lot this weekend–a lot of …
Somewhere in between painting the house, buying maternity jeans, and tearing out oak floorboards, I had a chance to write six new posts for DIY Network's blog Made + Remade, including …
I came across a bunch of woven baskets at Volunteers of America a few weeks ago, all in exceptionally nice condition, and all super-super-super cheap. I bought them all, deciding that …
I'm all about the DIY love over here. With Valentine's Day not so far away, I hope you've given some consideration to what you'll be doing with your special someone. …
A few years back when I first set out to leave my 9-5, I diversified my income efforts and channeled my energies into the production and sales of pretty barnwood …
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 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 had plenty of excuses over the last three years, plenty of reasons to not get a tree, and maybe you can relate. I'd be out of town for Christmas, …
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 …
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 …
I'm getting hokey like the hokey-pokey this lovely v-day. It's probably my favorite holiday, even more than Christmas and Thanksgiving. Afterall, with all of that pink and love, I can't help …
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!
