The kitchen. The heart of the home, where memories are made. The problem when we moved into our house, though, is that the memories were of trying to find a place to put our cutlery and not, like, baking Christmas cookies. It was tiny, dark and non-functional. There was an entire wall that only had…
How to hang a (perfectly straight) gallery wall
Gallery walls have always drawn me in. Not so much the farmhouse, old-cheese-grater-on-the-wall type, but the more modern, subdued ones? Very much yes. When we got married last year, I knew right away I wanted a gallery wall of our favorite wedding photos on display because a) we spent a lot of money on them…
DIY wrapped porch columns
As a parent, there are certain things you say you’ll never do, like get your hair cut in the I-want-to-talk-to-your-manager style or start telling your younger, childless friends that they don’t even know what it’s like to be really tired. Well, Alex looked fatherhood in the eye and decided he was going to go all…
DIY hand stamped ring dish
Making over an entire room and showing big, dramatic before-and-after pictures is great and probably one of our favorite things, but there’s also a whole lot of joy in the little DIYs scattered around the home that make you happy every time you walk by. I have a feeling these little DIY clay ring dishes…
House paint color roundup: The colors used throughout our home
Finding the right paint color is so hard. I have spent hours looking on Pinterest, clicking through paint companies’ online color swatches and even holding the physical paint chips from the hardware store up against my own wall before deciding on one. I’ll go to the paint counter, so confident in my pick of one…
How to refinish outdoor furniture
Phew, talk about a GLOW UP. This patio set has been taunting me for more than a year now with its greyed-out wood grain, old stained cushions and cute design that I just knew had potential if I put any effort at all into it to learn how to refinish outdoor furniture. To backtrack, this…
DIY floating shelves
The thing I would say I struggle with the most in DIY is wanting to do everything all at once. I’ll have an idea for a total room makeover and want to do every element right away, multiplied by however many rooms we have in our house. But if these DIY floating shelves taught me…
How to get your house ready to sell (+ a bonus checklist)
Oh, boy. It’s been a LONG WEEK, but our house is under contract! Our cute little yellow house was on the market nine days before we got an offer, so now we’re in that awkward waiting-to-pass-inspection-and-hoping-not-to-lose-our-jobs phase which is really fun when you’re selling a house during coronavirus. It’s been about a month since we…
Easy DIY kids book storage bin
I think books are truly one of the best baby shower gifts. Don’t get me wrong, new parents are for sure going to need that diaper pail, but add a book as a gift as well and you’ve got a sweet personal touch. Is dad really into space? Throw in a cute planets book. You’re…
How we updated our bathroom with a $6 grout pen
This little DIY was oddly therapeutic. I had set out to refresh the stained, discolored grout in our guest bathroom because we’ve got our house on the market and it’s one of the last things really bringin’ down the vibe in there. Thankfully, grout pens exist. Part of it is our fault – the bathroom…