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've got a case of mismatched dishes. In an effort to make my assorted collection more unified for the upcoming holiday season, I spent some QT with my paint markers. Bring …
This post is sponsored by Delta Faucet who has generously provided us with a new Lewiston® Touch2O® Faucet for our updated kitchen. It’s an amazing product, we’re so excited to have Touch2O in our own home, …
I'm going to cut right to the chase. The countertops happened. They're here, they're amazing, and some might even go as far as to say that they're totally bitchin'. Mostly me …
I volunteered to remove our existing laminate countertops by hand. I'm not exactly sure how much money I actually was able to save by doing this myself, probably all of …
This post is sponsored by Delta Faucet who has generously provided us with a new Lewiston® Touch2O® Faucet for our updated kitchen. It's an amazing product, we're so excited to have Touch2O in our own home, …
The truth of the matter is, I've been shopping for a new countertop for a long time, since maybe June of 2009, being only weeks after I had moved into …
Hot on the tails of yesterday's post about our upcycled motorcycle towel, I moved on to having a new love in the kitchen. I'm dropping in quickly today to again shout-out …
Cody ate our brand new Kaye Rachelle towel, cue the dramatic whomp-whomp-whomp. It had only gone through the laundry once, and had only been photographed in this post relating to …
When it comes right down to it, this little bugger on the basement door should have been taken care of years ago. Why I've continued to live with a pet access …
To reward myself for staining our kitchen cabinets, I bought a new set of knives on fab.com – it's the first matching set of knives I've ever owned, and although …
We've been in the market for a set of stools for our kitchen for quite awhile now, always mentioning while cooking dinner that a seating area fitted beneath our kitchen …
Thanks to everyone for the constant support as I tackled this scary, scary project. It's a big day for my little merrypad as I share the happy aftermath of my …
I haven't been keeping a precise record of how much time I've invested so far in the kitchen cabinet staining project, but I do know that since my last update I've …
I've been making slow and steady progress behind the scenes updating our new kitchen cabinets, but I waited until Monday of this week to begin serious staining efforts because it's …
July has owned me, and the month of August is going to be busier and more exciting in a totally different kind of way. I'll elude to our totally hip-hip-hurray …
On Monday when I wrote about getting my kitchen party started, I received a bunch of thoughtful comments and emails directing me to a handy DIY post on monicawantsit.com. The …
Oh, right. I've been putting this off for a long time. It's been almost two months, to be exact, which feels more like 3 years to me, since I usually …
I'm kicking off on a brand new home improvement voyage: staining our oak kitchen cabinets. Dark espresso brown. DIY-style. And I'm downright scared about every step of the process. Looking for …
It's been a long time coming, but I think I'm finally done with the floor portion of our kitchen "remodel". Let's use the term "remodel" loosely; it hardly seems such …
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!
