DIY
DIY Outdoor Kitchen Paneling
This past Christmas I surprised Chris with a trip to Barbecue University where he was able to learn and grill from top professionals and try out all of the best grills on the market. He had the most fun, but he also got to take all sorts of grills for a test run and try […]
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August 15, 2022
DIY
DIY: How To Add Planking to Any Wall or Room
A while back, I shared in this post that I wanted to add planking to the entire bonus room (or family room), wall-to-wall-to-ceiling. We've added planking many times before, but to never an entire room. The bonus room is where we're finding ourselves hanging out together as a family. We love to pile in on […]
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September 30, 2021
DIY
A Ceiling treatment and box trim in Our Daughter's Bedroom!
Finish carpentry, though slow and enigmatic, is the definition of "craft." It really makes a room special, and we knew from the very beginning of our life in this home that we wanted every room to have some kind of special trim, moulding, paneling etc. that makes it feel like more than just a space […]
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December 14, 2020
DIY
How to Plank a Ceiling & Install Crown
We've talked about wanting to give our ceilings a bit more attention in this home than we have in previous homes, and yesterday we did just that! Though things have really slowed down these past few months (for everyone), we're making such great progress and are getting so close! Here's how our closet started out […]
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May 20, 2020
DIY
The Office Wall Treatment is Finished!
Today, we're excited to share our updated office walls. As a reminder, we're turning the 5th bedroom in our basement into a home office/studio space. We haven't done anything to that bedroom room since moving in, so it's especially fun to give life to a room that's been a bit of a wasted space the past three […]
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August 22, 2016
Projects
Adding Wainscoting to the Home Office
A couple weeks ago we introduced one of our new room projects to you--a dedicated home office/studio--and this weekend, after a lot of planning and a trip to Ikea last weekend to pick up desk supplies, we finally got cracking on it. It's a pretty vanilla room to start with, and although it's in the […]
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July 25, 2016
