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 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 …
You guys are thrifty. You know as well as me that secondhand classic, clean-lined frames are reasonably easy to come by in the 4x6 - 8x10 range. However, I rarely find frames …
Some year+ after purchasing what the salesperson told me was "the ugliest fabric [she] ever saw," I figured out the magic recipe for getting things done, and that recipe is …
Due to a well-timed partnership with Legrand last year, I had no good reason to put off making some upgrades to the electrical outlets and switches in the main living spaces of …
I finished up a really big project this month–painting my kitchen cabinets–and with that monstrosity of an ordeal behind me, I'm pretty happy to move on to lighter fare filled …
Hey Lap. No regrets, you've beyond exceeded my expectations... and your packaging exceeded that of my wildly creative children. Figuring out how to furnish the big long walls in our house in …
In the early '90s, this custom tabletop was made by uncle for a space in my parents kitchen. I grew up with it in that kitchen corner, with built-in benches surrounding …
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 …
It's a special kind of night when you sit down to catch up on your weekly cbs.com fix, and instead get sucked into the vortex of a semi-annual online event, …
I volunteered to back up my mom's digital camera a few weeks ago; the Kodak EasyShare my sister and I bought her in 2004 now had a decade's worth of …
Unlike previous years where I hoarded up all of the cheap candles and rehab-able decor that I could find, my sights were more focused this year when we browsed garage sales on …
I'm in the process of wrapping up a few Halloween-themed projects for DIY Network's blog (and getting side-eyed glances from the neighbors, not all of whom approach to ask what the hell …
Pete and I have been setting up a major family file backup system over the last few weeks, and in the process of organizing, merging, and purging, I came across …
The roundabout way in which I learned of and got myself invited to tour Pioneer Millworks and New Energy Works is a story in of itself; this isn't a sponsored post, …
I never anticipated how hard it would be to garden and landscape in our yard; when we found the house, I was excited to have more property and space to cultivate, …
A growing, permanent art collection is something that I've been aspiring to acquire over the last year. It is exceptionally slow going, but that's OK. Step 1: Identify what you love. …
Editor's Update 2018: I still get lots of comments and questions about the West Elm Tillary sectional. 4+ years later and my views in this post are still right-on. Editor's Update …
The rug pad shown in this post was provided to me by RugPadUSA.com in exchange for a test run in our home and a good ol' American review. The rug itself, something …
Lots to cover in this post: Railing attachmentRailing baluster designLadder design (there are two!)Roofing designInstallation of the transparent polycarbonate panels There's a lot to be said about making long term investments like …
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.
Thanks for visiting!
