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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Ready to make some raised planters that'll hold up really, really well? No bolts, no screws, simple design. After you make the cuts they assemble securely with pieces of rebar. The …
I've written a little bit every year to track the evolution of our backyard garden. If you want to go through those stories, feel free to do so here: 2013 (crushed …
An update to celebrate our new, warrantied car batteries (1/2022): So much has changed in the auto industry since I first wrote this post, and I've really enjoyed seeing how …
If our last 4 springs have been focused on clearing brush, this season has been the year of removing big, old trees. March windstorms did a real number on the City of Rochester and …
I mean, I'll be damned if staining the barn didn't add a few $$$$ to our property's value. Not that we're planning to sell, but if it's going to be more …
I just set out to update the look of our barn, referring to it as my "lipstick on a pig" project. The barn–which looks like a garage but isn't a garage …
We took a week-long vacation in Casablanca, Morocco for a wedding – that was more than 4 years ago – and ever since I've been searching for my own moroccan area rug inspired directly by …
For awhile now I've been meaning to assemble a list of links so you can check out the articles I've been writing for other publications. A few thousand new visitors still find their …
Much to my own surprise, I've done very little in the way of making my kid's bedrooms photo-worthy, despite purchasing pretty nice furnishings and pinning inspiration images to my heart's …
We finished 2016 off right with the installation of a gas fireplace, and celebrated by blazing our great wall of fire on max heat right into the New Year; considering how much …
Not to brag, but I'm about 72% done with my holiday shopping and feeling pretty good about it. We bailed on the brick and mortar Black Friday shenanigans this year in …
We moved the girls into a bedroom together a few months ago to make space for the new baby; they're busy reveling in their new bunk bed, pretzel linens, rad …
Agree with me on this: There are really only just a few moments in life that render as much satisfaction as buying a new refrigerator. One with no one else's grimy gook (or …
Hey guys, Minted sponsored this post and we also teamed up to gift one reader a $250 credit towards a future purchase at Minted.com! I couldn't make this easier if I tried. The …
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 …
The growing season is off to a great start, and as usual, my eyeballs/stomach expect more out of our garden than ever before. My spacial planning skills need a reality check too; …
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't waiting for my luck to run out every single day, but here I am, exactly 5 years after I left my job at …
Amongst the actual souvenirs that we pick up on our travels, I also hold on to a lot of the smaller mementos. I'm talking the maps, ticket stubs, postcards, bar …
First of all, thanks for hanging out with me as I spent the last few months publishing old posts (and especially for bearing through the last few weeks of fall/holiday content... I …
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 find me writing for Home Living Handbook, HGTV.com, and a handful of other websites.
Thanks for visiting!
