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 biggest project of 2018 kept us busy for quite some time. Scheming ways in which to update the covered porch of our midcentury home was a 5-year process, and …
Our time- and cost-intensive projects are fewer and farther between than they used to be, but I had one big goal for the first half of this year, that being …
This post was originally published on DIY Network’s blog Made + Remade in August 2012. The initial plan for my DIY flagstone patio called for a custom fire pit using simple pavers, …
This post was originally published on DIY Network’s blog Made + Remade in August 2012. You’ve probably spent a lot of time on your deck this summer, and if you’re not already …
This post was originally published on DIY Network’s blog Made + Remade in June 2013. I’m in the mood for summertime dinners on the patio, the kind served on real plates …
This post was originally published on DIY Network’s blog Made + Remade in July 2012. So excited. Adding a patio space to the backyard has been a pipe dream since we …
This post was originally published on DIY Network’s blog Made + Remade in March 2013. Some of my favorite home improvement experiences have tied closely to the design and construction of …
A few years ago, we found buried blue flagstones in our yard. We have to believe that they were supplies leftover from its original build in the early 1950's – the coloring …
I did it. Most of the time I leave products sitting in my online shopping carts, you know, you can probably relate, to sleep on the buy and not act so …
Cheers to Pete for producing the perfect flagstone patio. He's tired. I can't take any credit for our latest patio project; the guy's a flagstone rockstar, single-handedly bettering our backyard and …
Come to find, a new patio is the ULTIMATE in summertime happiness, and I'm not just saying that, this thing is awesome. After you read this week's post about how the finishing …
It seems to be an inadvertent theme around here that I find myself acquiring chairs and writing about them on the holidays. See Memorial Day. This week was no exception, …
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!
