Inspiration: Fabric for Bookshelf
We’ve been under way planning our TV wall unit design. After looking through loads of wallpaper designs, I started thinking of budget friendly ideas to add some pattern and color to the back of the bookcases we’ll be using for a built-in look. The...
Mail box
Uh can anyway say it’s time for a new mailbox? Yeah, when the door of your mailbox completely falls off it’s definitely time. Joe ripped that baby out leaving these two rotting looking pieces of wood. Yep, there was a bird nest under there. Luckily...
Signs of spring
Signs of spring are everywhere! We were able to get out into our yard and do some gardening over the weekend. We were quite impressed at how many flowers were already blooming. These are just a few of what our yard is blooming in these early days of spring. ...
St. Patties Day Kissing Ball
Here’s a fun little St. Patrick’s Day craft you can do in about an hour. I call it a St. Patrick’s Day kissing ball, but you can call it whatever you want. I’m thinking it’s so cute, I’ll leave it out all spring. I found my...
Inspiration: Wallpaper for TV built-ins
We’re planning our TV built-ins and one idea I had was to wallpaper the back. Here are some wallpapers I’m digging. Via Via Via Via Via Via Via Via There are so many fun wallpapers to choose from. What the hard part will be is finding one to go with our...
Pinterest Challenge: Stenciled Drona Bins
It’s Pinterest Challenge time! It’s a seasonal thing over on Sherry & John’s website and Katie Bower’s website that I’ve been excited to take part in. I’ve been pinning stuff on organization with Ikea Expedit...
Ikea Expedit preview
I mentioned last week that we went to Ikea. YUP -we drove 5 hours round trip with the whole family to get some very special Expedit bookcases and a few other things. I’ve been dreaming up fun ideas for TV storage and had this big elaborate plan to...
Installing laminate flooring
Our living room carpet has seen better days. With three small children, it was cozy for them, but very stained. Our oldest son has a severe allergy to dust mites, and we wanted him to feel better hanging out, so we wanted something other than carpet for our...
Painting the living room
Once all the primer dried (24 hours) we got to work painting. It took two nights total. On the first night I cut in around all the edges (I had serious claw-hand at that point) and then rolled on the first coat with a roller brush. It definitely needed two...
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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
