Throughout my house, I'm always changing out switch plates to either 1) blend them into the rest of the room or 2) elevate them to reflect other accents in the room. One way to do that is with paintable switch plates. For instance, if your switch plates are on a baseboard where you don’t want […]
“How do you live in a house under renovation, as a family?” Chris grew up building houses with his family during the summers, and I grew up doing lots of DIY projects with my family. My sisters and I still talk about the summer we hauled railroad ties from the driveway to the backyard and […]
It might seem like we're bouncing from project to project sometimes, but the truth is there is so much MORE happening behind the scenes that we don't share day to day. Haha! I thought today it would be fun to peel back the curtain and share a look at our workflow and what projects (and […]
These past 19 months since moving into this house have been big. Bigger than we anticipated when we moved here - perhaps bigger than we would have knowingly taken on, so it's probably good we didn't know what we were getting ourselves into. Ha! But as the projects came up and we decided to just […]
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 […]
If it feels like we have 12 projects happening at the same time, that's not true. It's probably closer to 15. JK it's not that bad, but it sure feels like a whirlwind at times! And while things have been progressing in the playroom, homework room, and exterior, major happenings have been... uh... happening, I […]
A couple weeks ago we shared how our closet looked after painting everything. In case you need a reminder: Yes, those are IKEA PAX closets. We built bases for them to raise them up the height of our baseboards; filled the extra holes and added facing; added base, crown, and a ceiling treatment; and painted everything […]
Last week we finished putting up all the trim and getting things filled and sanded, and this week has been all about paint. As a reminder... Kind of hard to look at, haha. Clutter, paint samples on the wall, wood floors mixed with wood shelves and wood baseboard and white baseboard and wood filler and […]
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 […]
This post is sponsored by Lowe's Home Improvement. *Whew* What a makeover! What a room! What wonderful people! What a great team! But, I'm getting ahead of myself :) In January, we put the call out: Win a bedroom makeover with CLJ and The Makerista! I have been a fan of Gwen's for years, and […]
There are all kinds of options for hiding the wires of your television, each with their strengths and weaknesses. But when you know your television will be on a specific wall for the long term, why not actually hide them inside the wall? Adding cable access brush plates to your wall is easy to do and […]
Our oldest daughter, Greta (10 this month!) has a real passion for horses. She's taking riding lessons and learning so much that I have a feeling our pasture in the backyard won't be empty for too long. So when it came time to choose art for her room, horses were a natural choice. I went […]
The Fullmer's kitchen is d-o-n-e and I can't wait to share all of the photos today! We've been sharing progress as we go, so in case you missed it, here are the past posts about... All the before photos and mood board Demoing the kitchen and the new layout Finding asbestos and course correcting The […]
1. The 11 Best Candles for Spring 2. DIY Painted Swing Set 3. DIY Modern Traditional House Number Plaque 4. Upgrade your mailbox for under $100 5. Hanging Herbs in the Kitchen (And here's our favorite faux ones!) 6. 4 Steps to Transition Your Bedding from Winter to Spring 7. Staining Wood Easter Eggs! 8. How […]
This post is part of a paid partnership with Lowe's. Our garage has been a bit neglected over the past few years. It has served as a catch-all for everything project related, with random clean times here and there where we were actually able to park our cars inside it. But now that we've finished almost […]
Happy New Year! When I think about 2014, I get overwhelmed. It was a good year and a hard year, too. We couldn't feel more grateful to be on this end of it. I plan on diving back into another VERY FULL year of renovating and blogging--ohhhh I can't wait to share with you what […]
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