Painting a brick fire place
The decision to paint a fireplace can be a tough one. Clearly if you have a fireplace that just sits there the answer is easy. If you use your fireplace regularly then you may question if you can paint it. The answer to both is GO forth and paint it if you...
Installing shelves in child’s room
Ever since the boy’s old bookcase went kaputs we desperately needed a way to store books in their room. They have a ton of books since they love to read and don’t mind a new story every day. Here are the book shelves we built for them: We had the...
Framing an existing bathroom mirror
I’m pretty sure every house built in 1989 and then some came with HUGE plain mirrors in the bathrooms. They must be an industry standard when it comes to building supplies. They are functional and all, but they really are all about function and not making your...
I just wanted a clean bathroom
So my only intent tonight (Wednesday) was to disinfect and clean our hallway/guest bathroom. Then it turned into something WAY more. After scrubbing the toilet, scrubbing the counters, floors, mirror, blah blah I looked at our cabinets and realized they could use...
Vintage Blanket Rack
When something lands on your doorstep for you to see, that’s not exactly your cup of tea, you work with what you got, especially if it was free! Oh Yeah, I can rhyme too. A lovely neighbor of mine was giving away some things and I immediately saw...
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
