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 never intended for my garage saling hobby to become so much of a series on the blog, but here's another sneak peek of some of my recent treasures. This …
... And now I'm doing a happy stair-planning dance. The project I finally decided to be brave enough to do? Painting those stairs. Here's to hoping I don't revert into …
Over in these here parts, we're starting Dad Bonanza 2011, the week long countdown to the best family picnicking holiday of June, Father's Day. We're rolling out the grill (so …
New treescaping obsession? The wood chipper. I'm a self-professed landscaping tool virgin, never really having had an opportunity to use light- or heavy-duty yard outdoor power equipment like the common rototiller, chainsaw, …
I had an urge to update the front porch light yesterday. It was just one of those totally-out-of-the-blue idea initiated by a realization that the existing light needed a good …
Although not a remarkable change to the untrained eye and touch, I finally made some necessary updates to the kitchen. The updates I'm talking about involve my friend water-based Minwax …
The kick-off of this whole entrepreneurial venture engages the art of the thrift. My salvage and saving skills are well-honed, if I do say so myself, and while I'm not …
How about a totally un-sponsored shout-out to the amazing Sugru today? It came to the rescue again this weekend, so it rightfully deserves a shout-out of televised proportions. If I …
I wasn't hiding the destroyed entryway from you, really. I just forgot about it. Back when I moved in, I painted it a nice clean white, installed some quarter round trim, …
I bought a mattress and boxspring for the guest room during the winter, which has since only been used by my Dad, master-in-command of house-and-dog when me and Pete are …
Come on over now, Grandma. Between the handrail that I reinstalled on the inside staircase and the brand-spankin' new front porch with fancy dual-handrails that is about to be revealed, …
I didn't mention last week that when we found that awesome estate sale, I had also convinced the folks hosting the sale to give me a shovel full of Myrtle …
Let me backtrack a few weeks. The first legimitately warm day last month, Pete and I took Cody down for an evening walk on the beach. It was so nice, …
Editors update: Sorry to disappoint, but the shop highlighted in this post is closed! I learned so much, and appreciate your support, but have taken on other endeavors to support …
What? I said: Sporozoan Swarm. This is the sweet brain child of Printtroll, a Seattle-based artist who we are voluntarily showing support for. Pete went to Pratt Institute with him and his wife, …
I pinned this little sweet image to one of my pinterest boards a few weeks ago; it's a light strand inside a jar, which is definitely something I'd seen created before. …
The weather's better and we're all thinking about breaking out those paint brushes and going to town on the trim, walls, ceilings, etc. Right? One good thing about the spring, after …
We've lucked into some great estate sales lately. I love this time of year. I mentioned in yesterday's post that we stumbled upon an amazing neighborhood by way of following …
You know when you think you know all the nuances of your town, know all the streets and roads and secret cut-throughs and best neighborhoods and dead ends? Apparently I'm not there …
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!
