Building a Fence || Part 1

Today would be the one week mark into one seriously MAJOR project…we are DIY’ing a new fence and saving ourselves some serious bones doing this project ourselves!   A little back-story: When we bought this house there were 2 very large clusters of un-contained Bamboo…unhappy face.  After Andy spent 40+ hours of digging – I’m seriously NOT exaggerating – we got a glimpse of what condition … Read more

Ikea Hack || Malm Upgrade

If you saw last weeks post on our Full Wall Wainscoting Reveal you may have seen my “please excuse my Malm” photoshoped attempt at promising you that I was not decorating our Master Bedroom with Black Malm dressers…side note: nothing wrong with Malm’s they just would NOT fit aesthetically with our bedroom!   So I hope to … Read more

DIY Fuax & No Sew Roman Shades

This past week I have been focused on expelling junk in preparation for our Annual Neighborhood garage sale (30+ homes)…when I found a few yards of unused fabric that I purchased a long time ago.   I can’t remember why I bought this linen floral fabric but I was pretty stoked to reconnect with this cute … Read more

DIY Painting Lamp Shades

DIY’ing is all about the good and the bad!   Not always does an idea or project hit a home run and today is a project that falls into that “not so perfect” category.  Well, I guess I should say I’m totally diggin’ the results…it was the process that had difficulty!So here you can see the … Read more

DIY Chevron Wood box || How To

I’m back today to give a full “How To” on the Chevron Wood Box that I built last week….read about it {here}.  I seriously loving these boxes (love the style, love they are custom and I love how they complete my large Built-in shelves).  For anyone searching for storage bins, I TOTALLY recommend building your own!  … Read more

May Revisited and Sincerest Thanks!

I apologize that my Monthly re-cap is late…but where the heck did May go!?  And how the heck did we get this far into June already!?  If asked, I would say that May was one wild ride!  On a personal note we had some pretty amazing things happen this month…our very first adult vacation to … Read more

DIY Chevron Wood Storage Box

So if you follow me on Instagram or Facebook you may have seen a few sneak peaks into some cray cray “wood working” I’ve been doing…and after a week of fumbling around and trial and error I have a finished product.   Readers please meet my A-DOR-A-BLE Chevron Wood Storage Box! This little gem was conjured up when I found this … Read more

Full Wall Wainscoting || Reveal

Put a fork in it…our Full Wall Wainscoting is complete!   If you haven’t been following along or if you are new to the blog….I have been working on a Master Bedroom overhaul…that was oh so needed!!!  I shared some inspiration {here}.  Step one in transforming the new room was to create a bit of symmetry and balance around our oddly placed window … Read more

Laundry Room Progress || New Shelving

We Finally have shelves in the Laundry Room, 3 Cheers!!! Wahoo for additional storage! Wahoo I finally made it out to Ikea (but oh snap, I’m driving out there again today…I always forget something) and Wahoo because they are so darn snazzy.  These shelves are the perfect blend of rustic and industrial…I smile every time I go … Read more