I love the cute, cottagey look of our new painted white brick house, but if I’m honest it does lack a lil’ character now: enter these moody green DIY window shutters. Though we’re yet to actually hang them (read: we’re procrastinating because they’re going to be heavy and held above our heads for a long…
The best budget-friendly exterior lighting
After working on our exterior for a couple of weeks with painting our brick and building DIY window shutters, we decided to take down some ugly, wobbly post lighting so I of course then found myself down a rabbit hole of the best budget-friendly exterior lighting and figured I’d share my finds. Our old posts…
We’re painting our brick house!
The exterior of our red brick house has been looking a little neglected since we moved in almost a year ago. It’s got some landscaping overgrowth, the bricks are kind of discolored, and at the very least it’s in need of a good cleaning (it is a 70-year-old house). So, this next week we’re going…
5 ways to cut costs on a home renovation
So you already know we’re thrifty AF, but over the course of three houses now we’ve learned a few tricks in how to cut costs during your home renovation. We evidently keep buying houses in that awkward in-between where they’re priced too high for a flipper or investor to make much of an immediate profit…
DIY cottage peg rail shelf
Close to six months into this kitchen renovation, we’re finally at the finishing steps, which includes making this DIY cottage peg rail shelf that gives me at least one little finished corner of the room to look at and see progress. It’s the perfect addition to an otherwise blank wall and it adds some functional…
Our ultimate holiday gift guide
Whew boy, Christmas is my shit. I love the gift wrapping, I love finding the perfect present for someone and watching them open it, I love baking and buffalo plaid PJs and cranberry cocktails. If that makes me basic, so be it, but turkey and mashed potatoes can take a damn seat because by Thanksgiving…
Bright functional laundry room makeover
Wallpaper | Vintage floral print | Floor tile |Wall frame The beadboard. The wallpaper. The cabinet space. I can’t even pick my favorite part of our laundry room makeover, but I’ll tell you one thing: It’s a lot more fun to be sorting through someone else’s undies in this colorful, functional space than it was in…
How to start a herringbone tile pattern
We recently undertook the mammoth effort of ripping apart our entire kitchen down to the subfloor and rebuilding, but when it got to tiling we realized that while there are a lot of videos on how to do a herringbone tile pattern, there isn’t a lot of information on how to start a herringbone tile…
The best DIY tools for demolition
So…. we tore apart our kitchen last month and quickly figured out that demolition really isn’t that hard, you just need the right tools, so we’ve rounded up a list of the best DIY tools for demolition. As a backstory, a few weeks before Theo was born I was prepping some freezer meals and getting…
Easy DIY window trim
Sometimes projects look great in your head then just don’t translate into reality, but this DIY window trim is not one of those projects. It took only one day to complete, used minimal materials and tools, and made the window itself look bigger and more high-end, even though we actually didn’t touch it at all….