Like most builder-basic houses, our house has a concrete slab we’ll call a “porch.” It wasn’t doing much for me and it certainly wasn’t holding up to my idea of a porch. I’ve always dreamed of having a classic wood planked porch so we played around with the idea of
A note from the future: This post was originally written when I was still learning to tackle some of the DIY projects that intimidated me. Years later, I still believe one of the best things you can do for yourself—and your home—is learn which jobs really are within your reach.
Welcome back to Part 2 of our DIY project — stereo to bar! When we left off in our previous post, I had shown a photo of what the stereo looked like after a coat of chalk paint and the shiplap stained and attached: As mentioned in the first post,
Converting this old stereo to bar, was definitely a labor of love and probably one of the hardest and time-consuming project I have ever tackled. I speak for myself and not for Amanda, but I learned a ton and I think all the time invested was definitely worth it. This
My latest obsession is making bath bombs. It’s one of those things I saw often on Pinterest, especially when searching “homemade gifts” and the like. I made a couple of batches this weekend and I kid you not — my son needed a gift for a young lady for her
Framing a builder-grade bathroom mirror is an easy way to give it a finished, custom look without removing the existing mirror from the wall. When you’re renovating with a two-year-old and five-year-old underfoot, you might as well throw your timeline for finishing a project out the window. Take for instance