Projects
DIY Solid Wood Wall-to-Wall Shelves
DIY
DIY Solid Wood Wall-to-Wall Shelves
Last night we hung the shelves in the reading room and the design that has been in our minds finally came to fruition. From this: To this: We really wanted wall-to-wall thicker solid wood shelves that maybe looked like they were floating, but not necessarily are--since you can't very easily achieve that with solid wood. […]
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December 20, 2013
Projects
Staining our Douglas Fir Shelves--A Different Ballgame!
DIY
Staining our Douglas Fir Shelves--A Different Ballgame!
We actually expected to have these shelves hung and posted about today, but we really wanted to make sure we were 100% happy with our stain and we just weren't on our initial test piece. So we have tried and tried and tried again until we found a method that worked and we were happy […]
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December 18, 2013
Projects
White Mosaic in the Nursery
DIY
White Mosaic in the Nursery
When we bought this home in the summer, we had plans to turn this room into an office, but we're so much happier to transform it into a nursery in the coming months. We have a direction for this room, but not a complete mood board put together yet. I think that will be one […]
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December 16, 2013
Projects
Gift Guide for the DIYer + Home-Lover
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Gift Guide for the DIYer + Home-Lover
1. The Wagner Flexio 590 paint sprayer recently changed our lives and our minds about paint sprayers in general. Chances are, your DIYer has had a similar experience and now you get to blow their mind with this one that works, oh so well! 2. A really great soy candle that lasts for 50 hours […]
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December 13, 2013
Projects
Cedar & Moss in the Reading Room
DIY
Cedar & Moss in the Reading Room
The last time we visited "project shelving," this is where we left off: In a whirlwind weekend plus a few late nights, we built a wall to house some library lights for what we're calling the reading room. The whole thing involved lots of trips to the small attic to run the electrical, drywall, texturizing […]
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December 9, 2013
Projects
The Easiest Way to Paint a Crib + Giveaway!!
DIY
The Easiest Way to Paint a Crib + Giveaway!!
We weren't planning on starting the nursery until after the new year, but here we are--painting the crib. I feel excited and sad at the same time. Especially when I watch old videos of Greta jumping around in her crib, like this one from 19 months:< Oh squeeze that girl!!! So, about the crib--it's so […]
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December 6, 2013
Projects
Project Shelving: A Wall for The Sconces
DIY
Project Shelving: A Wall for The Sconces
Our reading room shelving project has officially taken off and has changed a little bit since the last time we talked about it. We discovered a legit lumber yard down the road a few miles that made it too hard to turn down wood shelves instead of painting them white. But before we even get […]
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November 27, 2013
Projects
A Neighborly Pantry
DIY
A Neighborly Pantry
As I mentioned here, one of our favorite things about being on the Ace Bloggers panel is that there is a real focus on the neighborhood. In fact, we recently had the chance to do a whole project for one of our neighbors. It's not like we're hurting for projects to do around here, but […]
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November 25, 2013
Projects
Our Advent Calendar + Ideas
DIY
Our Advent Calendar + Ideas
Last night I finished our advent calendar that will hopefully be in our family for years and years: As a reminder, this is how it looked when I bought it on clearance for $20 from our local craft store (Porter's for anyone close) As a reminder, this is how it looked when I bought it […]
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November 21, 2013
Projects
Ask Julia: A Venture Into Painting Walls
DIY
Ask Julia: A Venture Into Painting Walls
Sometimes we get asked such a great, in depth question that can be helpful to so many others we have decided to answer such questions (with permission, of course) right here. Today's question comes from a couple that just moved into military housing--their first place they are allowed to paint: Julia, I am […]
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November 15, 2013
Projects
Winterizing The Lawn
DIY
Winterizing The Lawn
We were recently invited by Ace Hardware to be a part of their first ever Ace Blogger Panel. It's exciting and new and the reason for my trip to Chicago (their headquarters) a few weeks ago. Ace's whole goal is to create a hardware store experience that makes you feel like you're getting help from […]
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November 13, 2013
Projects
A Pop for the Patio Door
DIY
A Pop for the Patio Door
Every night, when we're tucking Greta into bed, she usually asks what we are going to do fun the next day. (The girl keeps me on my toes!) A couple nights ago, I wasn't sure. "Um, what do you want to do?" And she said, "I want to go to the store and get paint […]
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November 6, 2013
Projects
Cleaning Tile Floors Without Chemicals
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Cleaning Tile Floors Without Chemicals
This post is sponsored by Wagner. Yesterday, we showed you the finished hall half bath. A lot of work went into the quick makeover and the results left us with a fresh looking and feeling space. The only things we didn't get to were swapping out the faucet (we'll find the perfect one soon) […]
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November 5, 2013
Projects
Half Bath: Afters!
DIY
Half Bath: Afters!
We're calling this bathroom done! ... For now. We still need to replace the faucet and eventually the tile floors, but those things will come. You can see lots of befores in this post, but here's a before and after side by side (and lots of photos following with sources at the end): The lines […]
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November 4, 2013
Projects
Painting and Planking the Hall Half Bath--Part II
DIY
Painting and Planking the Hall Half Bath--Part II
I feel like we have left you with a few loose ends when talking about the hall half bath. First, we left you with a photo of the paneling installed, but unfinished. And then Friday, we spilled the beans that while painting the paneling, we also repainted the walls. Anyway, without further ado, here's how […]
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October 28, 2013
Projects
A New Fixture and Paint-a-thon
DIY
A New Fixture and Paint-a-thon
We put in a lot of painting hours yesterday. The good news is, it's done! (The painting part.) The bad news is, it was so late (11pm) that I didn't get to snap any photos for you, so we'll have all of those pictures for you on Monday. Painting the planks took a lot longer […]
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October 25, 2013
Projects
Planking The Bathroom--Part 1
DIY
Planking The Bathroom--Part 1
Before I even start trying to break down this process for you from observing and interviewing Chris, I have to note--he did this one all by himself. We planned on adding planked walls to the lower half of this hall bath, but when? When I stopped throwing up all day. I wasn't sure. Last week, […]
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October 24, 2013
Projects
Onyx and the Front Door
DIY
Onyx and the Front Door
On our pre-party to-do list was the task of painting our front door. Ideally, we could replace the entire thing. It's terribly dented and it's not necessarily our favorite design. We have actually been pricing out a dutch door. I can't stop dreaming about the functionality of a dutch door--where I can open the top and […]
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October 22, 2013
Projects
Well, This Looks Crazy
DIY
Well, This Looks Crazy
I nearly forgot how much painting happens when you first move into a house. So much painting! We mentioned revamping our half bath before our upcoming costume party and considering that is less than two weeks away, we figured it is time to dive in. A new light fixture, mirror and some accessories are on […]
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October 15, 2013
Projects
Reading Room Green
DIY
Reading Room Green
When you first enter our house, there's a small room to the immediate right that has 5 great windows. We had no initial plans for this room since there was so much other space to tackle first, but when we (Greta, Charly and I) started spending a lot of time in here usually sitting on […]
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October 14, 2013
