DIY Candles
I have been saving old candle jars for a little while now. They are far too pretty to toss into the recycle bin. At a recent trip to the craft store Michaels I found candle making supplies. I had wanted to make candles but didn’t really know where to look...
DIY Pleated Lamp Shade
Here’s my attempt at making a Pleated Lamp Shade, like all the rage in England and Pinterest. Here was my first attempt using a Rose thrift store fabric. It gives off a Shabby Chic vibe, not really what I was going for. Upon the first try I learned a few...
Indoor House plant roundup
Come January when the holidays are over, the weather is unpredictable, and we’re stuck inside a lot, it’s nice to have some greenery to brighten up the winter months. I never quite knew how many plants I had until watering them became part of my...
Christmas 2022 House Tour
Welcome to our two days of decorating the inside of our house tour! We spent Black Friday and part of Sunday putting up our Christmas tree and decorating. We spent one full day outside and I’ll try to photograph that tomorrow. Most everything has been collected...
Quick Mudroom Makeover
Finally getting around to this small mudroom update. The AFTER photo:BEFOREI painted the wall with Farrow and Ball Aubergine (same as in our daughter’s room.) We made a seat out of a piece of plywood leftover from our Murphy Bed Project and added...
Painting a storm door
I decided to give the front door a fresh paint job. It was a dark slate blue to start and I was trying to match it with a color I already had. This color is a bit more teal but I love the way it turned out. I replaced the door handle as well and decided to...
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...
Outdoor Halloween Tour 2022
Halloween decor in the daytime just doesn’t have the same vibe, but here is our house during the daylight hours, before the ghouls come out to haunt it. We have many home made gravestones, wooden stakes, a mummy and of course our Pearson Dead and Breakfast...
Halloween House Tour 2022
Velcome (say it in that Vampire Voice you love) to our Halloween house tour. This may be a first total tour of how we decorate for Halloween on the blog. There are so many photos that I will do another post on our how we decorate outside. Most everything...
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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
