How to Add Shiplap to a Peaked Ceiling
Hot tubs. You either love them or you hate them. The previous owners of our house had a hot tub in the three seasons room and during the sale, they offered to leave the hot tub. We quickly declined that offer, despite many of our family and friends thinking we were nuts! Maybe we are!…
How to Build Mission Style Cabinet Doors
Sure, you can buy new cabinets or pay to have them refaced, but where’s the fun in that? 🙂 Not to mention, who’s going to foot the bill! We have 84 cabinet doors and drawer fronts in our house (so far!) and we have built each one of them. Due to the exact measurements needed…
Stone Paver Patio
Life is better on the patio Of all our house projects, the stone patio we installed in the front of our house is most certainly my favorite! Since the install almost a year and a half ago, we have spent countless summer days and made numerous memories on the patio. Sitting on that patio, sipping…
DIY Bathroom Remodel
Not a lot needs to be said about the before pictures of our guest bathroom. It was pretty obvious that a lot of changes needed to happen. While it has been over three years since we moved in and the project is only just complete, a lot of big cosmetic changes were made early on…
Garage Makeover
While most people spend Memorial Day Weekend grilling out or relaxing outdoors, we made the crazy decision to paint our garage walls! We have slowly been working on organizing our garage but the beat up, dirty walls seemed to detract from any progress we made. While we didn’t go to the extreme lengths of patching…
Custom Storage Solution – Arrow Replacement Signs
Some items are just plain harder to store than others. The more fragile or odd-shaped a particular item is, the less likely it is that standard, store-bought storage solutions will fit the bill. This came particularly true with one of my favorite home decor pieces. About a year ago, we started collecting Hanging Arrow Decorative…
Custom Window Well Covers
Window wells are not glamorous. Especially when they’ve been ignored for a couple decades. Ours were so bad, that even if I had “before” pictures (this was one of last year’s projects), I still don’t think I could share them! The window well covers were dingy, faded, and out-of-date. The window wells themselves contained gallons…
Organized Paint and Supplies
To be completely honest, as much as I appreciate paint for its feasibility and its high impact to a room, painting is definitely NOT one of my favorite DIY projects! When we moved into our house, we painted pretty much everything – walls, ceilings, cabinets. And since then, I just feel like I’ve maxed out…
Adding Curb Appeal With An Updated Mailbox
With the extreme weather we see in the Midwest, our mailboxes can really take a beating! From the chipping paint on the box, the mildew buildup on the post, and the slight lean from an encounter with a car on a rainy night (not mine, I swear!), our mailbox sure had seen better days! With…
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