Painted mirror
I love a great Goodwill find. The day after New Year’s when it was an official University holiday and Joe was home from work, I was able to go out and have a little fun. My idea of a good time is hunting for treasures at local thrift stores...
Octagonal mirror
When I found a huge octagonal mirror on Craigslist for $10 I knew I wanted it over my fireplace. Originally it was practically falling out of a big silver frame, so we re-framed it with trim pieces. Here is the after photo once we hung it. You can read more...
Super Toddler vs. drawer. Toddler wins.
This is how we like our kitchen drawers to look: And this is how our drawer looked after a bout with our super-strong toddler: Several of the drawer fronts are loose because they’re mostly particle board, with wood facades. Years of tugging and...
Kid’s craft/art table
My crafty husband Joe was clever enough to think about using some left over laminate counter top from our kitchen re-do to build a craft table for our kids. We had about 4 feet left over of our Wilsonart flint crystal laminate to build a little table under...
Installing a dimmer switch
One of the many little projects we tackled this weekend included installing a dimmer switch in our formal dining room. We use our formal dining room for every meal, since our eat-in-kitchen nook has been transformed into a craft center. The lighting in the...
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
