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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Friends! We're back from our week-long Azoresmoon! It was just about as fantastic as you might imagine, the Atlantic Ocean's own Hawaii, a genuinely beautiful and natural place. We'll be sorting …
Last summer on our flight back from Morocco, our plane flew over the majestic Azores. We didn't even know what we were seeing at the time, the islands were huge, and exploded …
Hi ho! If you're a regular around here, you might have noticed that a few things have changed with this blog. Allow me to introduce you to Merrypad 2.0, the same …
Hi guys! I'm popping in today to show you the favors that I made for our recent wedding. Know, while perusing this, that my inspiration came from Rachel at Transient …
I'm checking in today with two new posts on DIY Network! In the first post: Right up your bathroom-renovation-loving alley, I get down and show you a few other things that …
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 …
I didn't actually go into planning our wedding thinking that we wouldn't have any real flowers at our ceremony or reception... it kind of just happened, and turns out, I …
In preparing for our wedding, I sourced local salvage shops with greater than normal frequency to find candles, votives, vases, trays, scrap wood, you name it, and sometimes, which, less …
Once upon a time we had a really easy time planning our wedding. The venue, caterer, dress, and general aestetic came together effortlessly. The rings, easy. The wedding shower, delightful. …
This whole holiday-recovery thing is cyclical, and it's pretty obvious after just a few years of taking it on myself in my own home that if we don't learn how …
New year, new family, new life. You guys, my post-wedding vacation has been good, and if I vow to do anything this year, it's less. I feel all bubbly and rejuvenated, …
Best Christmas Ever. I'm taking some time off until the new year for good reason: Pete and I were married Monday afternoon, Christmas Eve, on what would have been the 63rd …
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 …
For our wedding, I bought one of the cutest cake stands of all time. It's from West Elm, and I bought it on promotion a few weeks ago for just $23 …
We "put away" our Honda Ruckuses this month, officially closing down the 2012 scooting season. They haven't gotten a lot of use since the weather has been chilling, but there …
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 …
I was beginning to have nightmares about staining our perfect, handmade wedding tables. The kind of nightmares that wake you in a cold sweat and make you wish you picked …
Ahh, the beaming light shone from a brand-new-but-vintage-y filament bulb, it's the perfect finishing detail for my latest DIY project. Did you know they sold a brand of affordable filament …
My premature assumption that apple cider vinegar stain was a failure was just that. Premature. I'm still not entirely sure how the tutorials that I referred to could claim that …
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!
