Carpet To Naught
The day I've been waiting for! And the day the dog has been dreading (he really loves sleeping on carpet). Carpet removal, yo! We're about 4 months behind where we expected …
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The day I've been waiting for! And the day the dog has been dreading (he really loves sleeping on carpet). Carpet removal, yo! We're about 4 months behind where we expected …
It's time for a beautiful switch. Their words, not mine, but one might say that they basically took the words right out of my mouth. Over the next few months, …
It shall now be confessed that two years ago, I stole/borrowed/assumed ownership of a vintage rocking horse (and rocking elephant) pattern that I found discarded of in Pete's parents dumpster …
We went to IKEA last weekend, mostly because we had spent the night in Niagara Falls and seize any opportunity that we can get when it comes to buying Canadian …
A post I'd intended to preempt this one would definitely better details our vision for this home. I gotta get on that, I know it would be helpful to get …
We knew that priming our home wasn't going to be a lightning fast effort, if it took us multiple days, even a week, or if our schedules only allowed us …
Sherwin-Williams graciously sponsored this post! We are so lucky to have them pitching in to help support our super summer of painting. If I haven't already made it very clear, …
We toured the house for the first time with our realtor, and for the second time during our home inspection in mid-April. The property was a lot different then than …
On a whim, I ordered a new West Elm rug. It arrived last week with the help of the strongest UPS delivery man ever, and I had a chance to …
Closet space is at a premium in our home; they're all tiny, and they're all really dark. We're making strides to change ours slowly (i.e. every morning I think that a …
I'll be the first to admit that I'm not the best seamstress, and I'm not even a great no-sew seamstress, but if I were, my house might have way more …
We're feverishly enthralled in Valentine's Day over here, eating Hershey's Kisses, wearing red, what can I say, I love the love, and I've always been that way, so happy day to all …
In the vein of simple home updates, I decided to institute a switcheroo in my (admittedly limited) curtain department. Back this curtain train up, yes, I only have two sets …
There's a reason I'm up to my wrists in fuschia pink RIT dye, but I'm not ready to go there yet. In fact, I'm hoping to make a lot of …
Hot on the tails of my pink stripe paint job, I decided to give the light switch plates and outlet covers in Julia's room a little alley-oop as part of …
I caught up on a lot of things when I took an impromptu day off on Friday. Painting Julia's new bedroom was one of the big things I had been …
As I eluded to yesterday, I'm in the midst of a lot of different types of projects this month, and I'm feeling a little bit all over the place as …
We're making steady progress as we transform the guest room into a real kid's room for Pete's real kid. I never did a lot in the sense of decorating or …
The hexagonal/geometric/honeycomb headboard showed earlier this week came together really nicely. It's still surprising to me that it's just wood glue holding these geometric shapes together, but in person, it …
I'm a home improvement enthusiast, living a very merry DIY lifestyle.
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