I'm a home improvement enthusiast, living a very merry DIY lifestyle.
You can find me writing for HGTV and DIY Network, follow me on facebook and instagram, or drop me a note if you'd like. I love notes.
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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 …
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 …
A well-organized home is a happy home, and adding more storage is among the easiest things you can do to make it more functional. Whether you’re installing built-in shelves, assembling a …
It's not that our basement was filled with junk when we moved in; quite the opposite, really, but we're still just discovering things that were left on the shelves like …
I saw a statistic before the Thanksgiving holiday about the percentage of Black Friday shoppers who bought on impulse. I didn't write it down or anything, it wasn't that important at the …
We haven't nailed down great shoe/jacket/bag storage points in our home yet. There are always at least 5 pairs of shoes strewn just inside the garage entryway, backpacks and purses …
I made a New Years Resolution for DIY Network that I was going to attempt to modernize and update our existing kitchen over the course of the year. I already painted the …
Lately, making upgrades to our kitchen has been my most focused effort. You really wouldn't know it, it's slower going than I expected. I'm in the midst of electrical upgrades, and …
We were fine with the notion of going without a microwave last June when we bought this place, but honestly, I expected that we would miss it and end up …
It was hard to take a weekend away from the house so soon after moving; the list of things that need to be done is really long, not to mention …
Our kitchen floor tiles were once something that brought us a lot of joy and happiness, but quickly turned to something that we were annoyed with (sing it, joooyyy, and …
When we started to imagine how our new home might look, might be designed like, Pete and I thankfully found ourselves with a very similar point of view. These conversations …
In a totally anti-Pinterest technology fashion, I've been scheming up a new way to organize my recipes. Good, ol' fashion recipe magazine tear outs, you remember those, right? About once …
You guys, I've received a lot of emails about my stained kitchen cabinets since revealing the finished result last September, and I'm excited that many of you were so inspired …
Not to be confused with the curious "bun in the oven" reference, this post was sponsored by HomeRight, who sent me its newest product, the multi-purpose Power Steamer SteamMachine. I cleaned …
Did you know that you can find jute rugs as inexpensively as $1? Me neither, not even at the land of IKEA, where I thought all happy and inexpensive furnishings …
It's been a long time that I've been using mismatched dinnerware; my collection spans years, and what I like about it most is that I had a constant selection of …
Sometimes, or a disproportionately large amount of the time, I ignore the easier repairs in favor of exciting projects. Case in point: we still had some very, very oak-y spots …
Editor's update: Peek at our finished kitchen in this post! Leading up to last Friday's photo shoot, a shoot for which I'm still sworn to a degree of secrecy, we knew …
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 also find me writing for Home Living Handbook, a Pursuit Channel for Men's Journal, HGTV.com, and a handful of other websites.
Thanks for visiting!
