At the end of winter/early Spring, we had a couple of pine trees taken down in the backyard. And while you know we’re always up for DIY, there was no way I was letting Dan climb a tree and swing around like a little monkey. So we had someone else help us out. Side story:… Continue reading DIY Tree Trunk Benches
In the midst of our constant home renovations, its nice to throw in fun diy projects along the way. Dan deems these our “side projects,” and we always have a few going on at a time. This one in particular was especially fun for both of us, as Dan got to dive into a bit… Continue reading DIY entryway bench
This old house came with all new windows. Except for two in what we’ve deemed the back bedroom. These windows were circa 1930 and original to the house. They were made of solid wood and had that awesome pulley feature for opening and closing the windows. The only problem, one was missing a pane of… Continue reading Picture frame window
Now that we’re settling in, I’m excited to start working on projects that will add a bit more of our personalities to the house. While we painted the walls in the entire house, we left the closets boring old white. That was fine for the bedrooms, as they’ll be covered in clothes anyway. But we… Continue reading Dressing up the linen closet
Christmas was fast approaching, and as usual, I was in need of a gift idea for our family exchange. Each year, my siblings and I throw our names into a hat and pick names. And each year, we spend the weeks leading up to Christmas trying to figure out who has who, when we really… Continue reading Wine rack DIY
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