The day we moved into our house was pretty indicative of how everything seems to go for us the last few years. It was a Friday, we were both off work, and we had perfectly crafted our plan of attack, but the timeline was tight. We had to pick up our Uhaul at 8 a.m.,…
How to Spackle Over Paneling in One Weekend for Less Than $60
Before we get into to how to spackle over paneling, we have to tell you about the way we started making over our master bedroom, which is actually pretty embarrassing. It was earlier this year, I was about eight months pregnant and we had just finished covering the too-bold-for-us teal walls in our guest bedroom…
What Led Us to DIY (Without Any Experience)
When I was in kindergarten I distinctly remember being dissuaded from a life of DIY. Mrs R, a beloved teacher in a small town of about 250 in rural Australia who went by that name because nobody could pronounce Rohrschneider, had told a 5-year-old Emma that her ability to cut out shapes with cardboard was…