Monster Truck 4th birthday
I had so much fun today celebrating with my big 4 year old son and his friends. I also had a great time planning his party. He wanted a Monster Truck party -so here we go!!! We made our back yard deck the site of the food and drinks. We brought a...
Updating door hardware
This is not going to be a very interesting post, you’ve been warned. We haven’t been doing anything interesting around here or any fun projects. We’re still trying to get our house just “up-to-speed.” Although I love...
Staining and Sealing Grout
Both of our bathrooms were looking a little dingy in the tile department, so we spent a few weekends getting the tile looking new again. Here’s a before shot: And here’s the after: With a lot of elbow grease and the help of Oxygen...
Summer windows
It’s not Summer yet, doesn’t even feel like Spring. But it’s never too early to start looking forward to it and brightening things up in your home. I decided to take down our dark gray curtains and put up white ones. I needed some more natural...
Entry Way updates
Now that our new flooring has been installed, it’s high time I posted some pics of it! Especially since I need to update the House Tour on this blog. So here we have our entryway! Some of the pics on the wall have been updated since the last...
Guest Bathroom clean up
It’s not really our “guest bathroom” anymore, since we haven’t had a guest sleep over in a long time, but it’s the kid’s bathroom. It was in serious need of some major clean up and decluttering. I spent Friday night wondering...
$20 in my pocket
When I dropped off a donation to the Habitat Restore (our old kitchen sink to be exact) I had to stop in to look around of course! I got kind of lucky that day, cause you never know what you’re gonna get at a thrift store. And I only spent $20! Yes I had...
Purple & Gray Master Bedroom
It’s been a while since I’ve made a mood board, but I was really excited by a recent article in Good Housekeeping featuring a room that was made for both a man and a woman to love. It had both plaids and florals, grays and purples. I remember liking plaid...
Whooo is a keeper?
I walked past this owl vase/jar about 14 times at Home Goods literally trying not to buy it. I even left the store and went to Michaels next door only to realize I couldn’t live with out him. He needed a good home. My home, where he’d be free to be...
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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
