DIY Garden Posts and String Lights 💡
After a recent Hurricane in NC, I’m looking at you Ian, we had to rethink our patio lighting. One of the old posts we installed in a pot had cracked (my fault for not buying pressure treated exterior wood.) So we decided to add sturdier posts and also extend the...
DIY solar sconces
Sometimes I buy things used and I don’t really have a plan for them. Like these black sconces. I thought maybe I would find a place inside for them but adding electrical outlets into the wall through the crawl space sounded like too much work. I had a...
DIY outdoor Christmas arches
Here is a super easy DIY holiday craft. Beautiful lit arches across your sidewalk or anywhere where you want to create a walk through.Supply list includes:Two 10′ x 1/2″ white PVC pipe2 metal garden stakes (they come in green so get white spray paint...
DIY Halloween coffin
Something about 2020 and 2021 has us going FULL Macabre. We spend every day making something for Halloween. Today we illustrate how to make your own coffin out of exterior grade plywood. This thing will last a lifetime -maybe even an afterlife! 💀The...
Door paint and knobs
Keeping busy during the pandemic has been no problem. I am finding ways to stay sane and pass the time for sure! For example, I decided that all the upstairs doors needed new paint because the old paint was splotchy, chipped (darn dog!) and I didn’t like the old...
Hi, welcome to our pad!
Follow two DIYers as we decorate, redecorate, design, beautify, demo, install, fix, and remodel the interior and exterior of our second home. We've learned a lot from remodeling our first home and now we are applying this know-how to our second home. Hope you enjoy our site!
xo, Cathy
