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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Doorbell drama. Really not a bad kind of drama to have, unless, you know, someone touches the wires that you left dangling beside the doorknob for 2 months and sues …
I really love a good, functional, collaborative workspace and hope if I ever find myself back in a corporate work environment, I can land in a space as innovative and …
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery? Sure. And with inspiration abundant online, between amazing blogs, search engines, and aggregators like Pinterest, project tutorials of all kinds are right at your fingertips. …
Once the garage had been cleaned up and painted, I was really raring to get going on the trim. The existing trim was a combo of black and white, and …
I had been keeping my eye out for succulents all spring. Not the obvious itsy-bitsy potted variety sold for $2.99 at Home Depot (which of course I want all of …
Oddly, the best photo I have of the gas log insert is this one, from May 2009, taken within the first 10 days of moving into my house. I was …
True story: Many visitors don't even realize that it's my garage since it doesn't match the house in any way. It's cinderblock. It's like a nice little bomb shelter. And it …
Happy day of independence, thanks for visiting, and most of all, thanks for giving me a second chance on the whole stair painting efforts. Last week I shared with you …
I first learned of Kiel Mead Designs via Lucky Magazine years and years ago. His jewelry was featured, caught my eye and from that point forward, I had the Forget Me …
I'm not done with the stair painting project. Getting there, though. There was a little snafu along the way; I had a change of heart. There were grand plans laid …
The transition from winter to spring in Rochester is an ugly one. I gave you a little photo tour of the yard a few months back, but promised that it …
There's a single third-story window in the attic. It's charming. As in, I think dormers are cute. But from a curb appeal standpoint, the paned glass window itself looked creepy - …
Editor's Update 6/2018, Still got it :) Just dropping in to say that a birdhouse I built and blogged about in 2011 is still a fan fave. …
A quick intro to a not-so-quick post: Let me backtrack 6 months to when we were demo-ing the basement "bathroom". The half-bath (shown in that thumbnail to the left) in …
How about a little product woohoo today? The Dyson Animal Vacuum*. I should certainly start out by including that this post is brought to you by me, but I was paid …
It wasn't too long ago that I snapped this photo of some lady's foot and a great wooden (albeit very weathered) doormat at one of my random garage sale stops. …
An outrageously generous opportunity presented itself last month; I doubt you would have passed up an all-expenses paid trip to see meet the people of the Delta Faucet Company - …
Once upon a time, I was a little ski bunny. I spent every blustery, wintery Saturday at a small ski club in Colden, NY; the small resort, Tamarack, was a great …
Among the most ingenious and innovative products I've ever tried to DIY, a designer who worked in conjunction with West Elm created a wonderful, attractive, desirable side table that I just needed …
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!
