Our neighbors are moving and sold us two solid-pine bookshelves for the dining room. This room has always echoed, and the addition of some new many-sided furniture has helped tremendously. The plan was to paint the shelves white to match the baseboards, so last weekend as temperatures warmed up I… Read More »Painting Bookshelves
After months deciding what color we wanted the front door to be forever, we settled on the best, safest, darkest choice: black. I ordered myself a jar of Art Deco exterior metal door paint and waited for a dry 65 degree day when we would be home all day (oh,… Read More »Finally Painted The Front Door
Hot tubs are very expensive luxury purchases, but we’re still kind of cheap thrifty people, so we thought, let’s save some money by building the tub foundation ourselves. If you need a foundation for your hot tub, rent a back-hoe. Don’t do what we did, which was spend 24 man-hours… Read More »DIY Hot Tub Foundation
Goodness, I’ve been so busy lately with absolutely no time to post because we just bought a house!!! Finally, the process is done, and the house is ours. We’ve been trying to close on this thing for the better part of a season, but as anyone who’s ever bought a… Read More »Get Ready for the DIY Home Improvement Posts
Last month for my birthday Jake completely surprised me with this jewelry cabinet that he built himself. I knew for weeks that he was in the basement building something, but I never would have guessed how intricate, large, or useful it would be! Because this cabinet is a handmade, artistic… Read More »Birthday Jewelry Cabinet Handmade by Jake
Apparently March is National Craft Month. My boyfriend Jake and I got a head start this past weekend by building our own custom plant shelves on a whim. With spring right around the corner it’s time to start some of our seeds indoors. This year we hope to grow sweet… Read More »Custom Shelves