When we decided to use MusselBound Adhesive Tile Mat in our kitchen backsplash project rather than using traditional thinset, one of the most common questions we were asked is “how long does Musselbound last?” Obviously, fresh out of the pack, we had nothing but a hope and a dream that it wouldn’t start peeling off….
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DIY Toddler Dress Up Station
Our 3-year-old is really leaning into her princess and superhero era, so I recently decided to turn a corner of her bedroom into a DIY toddler dress up station. I had spent months slowly thrifting tutus, hats, headbands, purses, and other accessories in preparation for this project and my sister bought her this superhero cape…
DIY Overgrouted Stone Fireplace
When we thought about the cozy lived-in feel we wanted to create for our living room, I immediately knew I wanted to do a DIY overgrouted stone fireplace. There’s something about the look that, to me, feels modern and like an old cottage at the same time. Plus, as a DIYer learning how to overgrout…
How to install a stone veneer fireplace
Easily the most intimidating part of our living room makeover was figuring out how to install a stone veneer fireplace. I’m no stonemason, and it took some really mad people on the internet, an all-nighter, a lot of googling, and a lot of self-doubt before we finally got there (i.e. the life cycle of just…
4 things to consider when choosing kitchen countertops
In what should be a surprise to nobody at this point, I spent a long time toiling over the samples when choosing kitchen countertops for our recent renovation. We had kind of a lot going on: a brick-look herringbone floor tile, a marble backsplash, beadboard ceilings, i.e. a lot of different patterns and shapes and…
Cozy living room fireplace: Part One
Our next project is one I’m – to be quite honest – pretty intimidated by: creating a cozy stacked stone living room fireplace from a blank wall in our living room. We built a fireplace in our last living room, but that one was tiled and there’s something about stone that seems like it’ll take…
How we extended our kitchen cabinets to the ceiling
Everyone has their little pet peeves in home design (just ask all the painted brick haters coming at me on social media), and for me one of them is when kitchen cabinets don’t extend to the ceiling. For us, the process of extending our kitchen cabinets to the ceiling was a make-it-up-as-you-go approach, but it…
How we turned an antique dresser into a bathroom vanity
When I started designing our hallway bathroom makeover (in my head during toddler bath time, mostly) I always knew I wanted to turn an antique dresser into a bathroom vanity. It’s unique, the wood tones are so cozy, and on the whole, it’s a lot more affordable than most vanities that aren’t ugly stock cabinets….
DIY kitchen range hood
She’s beefy, she’s beautiful, she’s a champagne taste on a beer budget, she’s my new DIY kitchen range hood. This thing was honestly one of the quicker, easier, more budget-friendly DIYs in our kitchen remodel but I procrastinated getting started for weeks because I was nervous about the angles I’d need to calculate for the…
How we painted our brick house
I knew painting our brick would make a huge difference but I was not prepared for how amazing this painted white brick makeover would look. Not only did it immediately brighten up the curb appeal, but it made the whole house look decades newer. We even had a neighbor stop us to say he appreciates…