When I bought my kreg jig, I had no idea how much I would love it. Sure, DIY bloggers everywhere sing it’s praises, but would I find it useful? After over 2 years of using it, I’ve found that I love it. We used it to build our farmhouse table, the bar in our sunroom,
Design blogs fulfill my inner voyeur. I love seeing how people decorate and how it relates to their personalities. Use of color especially intrigues me. It’s so interesting that for some, bold color brings happiness and others love a home filled with neutrals. I was curious how other bloggers use color, so I asked a few
After taking time off for the holidays and illness, my DIY mojo returned and I got to work on my hallway and staircase project. I’m pretty tired of looking at it unfinished so I was feeling very motivated to get it done. Spoiler alert: it’s not done, but I did get a lot done this
After taking time off for the holidays and illness, my DIY mojo returned and I got to work on my hallway and staircase project. I’m pretty tired of looking at it unfinished so I was feeling very motivated to get it done. Spoiler alert: it’s not done, but I did get a lot done this
I love wallpaper. If I could (aka hubby would be cool with it), I would have it in most of the rooms of my house. Wallpaper adds so much life by bringing in pattern. Wallpaper is especially good in boring spaces, like hallways. I’m sure you have some in your home too. Spaces that no
Do you have a DIY lover on your list to shop for? I’ve made a gift guide for people like myself who really love DIY. Some of these items are things that I own, but some are just things that I’ve been looking at buying to make my own DIY projects easier. Gift
You know how sometimes you get on Pinterest to search for a specific subject and before you know it, three hours have passed and you’re looking at completely unrelated information? That’s exactly how I ran across an article about choosing paint colors for dark rooms. This article blew my mind. I’ve been painting rooms for
One of the items on my to-do list for the One Room Challenge was to figure out a way to get rid of the hard water stains in the bath tub. For a while, bar keepers friend was keeping it at bay, but it hasn’t been effective for a while. Other the weekend, I found
Stain is a good way to protect your deck and keep it beautiful for years to come. However, new pressure treated wood should not be stained or painted for at least 6 months. More than 6 months has passed since we built our deck last summer, so it was time. Is your new deck ready to be
Over the weekend, I played with DIY stain. It was a pretty fun science experiment (unlike switching the theme of my blog – if it looks funny right now, I’m working on it and probably crying a bit too.) So back to the stain, it was fun to experiment with. In case you’ve never heard
