This post contains affilliate links. For more information see disclosures. Merry Christmas everyone! I wanted to share a fun little craft that you would be able to do Christmas Eve or after festivities Christmas Day! We celebrated Christmas with my parents last weekend and my mother and I actually made some adorable Christmas gnomes. I’m super happy with how they…
Category: Design/DIY
The Hot Tub Accessory You Didn’t Know You Needed
This post may contain affiliate links. For more information see disclosures. I know it’s been awhile since I’ve created a blog post, but I’ve been taking some time away from social media, and yes that includes blogging as well. I have been busy working on my sister-in-law and her now husband’s wedding gift, detoxing from social media, and have had…
How Families Can Spend Quality Time Outdoors During the Pandemic
This week’s post is a guest post by Charlotte Meier. Charlotte has been passionate about safety her whole life. Ever since she became a homeowner, she began directing that passion towards home safety and created her website, homesafetyhub.org. Be sure to check out Charlotte’s website and I hope you enjoy this week’s post! Families all over the country are quarantining,…
How to Make Grey Work
I absolutely love neutral colors! My own personal design color preference is that I tend to lean more towards cooler colors like greys and blues rather than warm colors like yellow and browns. I also tend to prefer lighter, more airy colors as opposed to stuffy, dark colors. In the house that we built, I definitely wanted some grey, neutral…
How to Refinish a Deck
This post contains affiliate links. For more information see disclosures. Over a month ago I posted a list of summer projects I wanted to accomplish. I had a 3 day weekend over Memorial Day weekend and my plan was to strip and stain the deck over the weekend. But…that was when I thought I would just be able to powerwash…
How to Paint Vinyl Siding
I’ve been anxiously awaiting my decking materials for the past 3 weeks and they have finally arrived! As long as it stays nice this weekend, I will be prepping and restaining the deck, along with installing a new railing – with the help of the hubs of course. I know I’ll be super pumped to cross this summer project off…
Summer Projects 2020
This post contains affiliate links. For more information see disclosures. Today’s blog post is all about the projects I have lined up for this summer! It’s definitely an ambitious list, but if I can’t complete all of them this summer, they will just go on my list for next year. If anything, I hope it’ll inspire you to try some…
DIY Painted Vanity
I know I’ve painted quite a few cabinets since I’ve had this blog (see my kitchen island or my parents’ kitchen), however I feel I have finally perfected the application of paint to wood and veneer cabinets. If you remember this past summer we painted our 2nd floor bathroom (you can see that project here), however it’s still a work…
How to Paint Kitchen Cabinets
A couple weeks ago I shared my parent’s new farmhouse kitchen island that we DIY’d. If you missed it, you can read that post here. I think the butcher block turned out absolutely amazing! With their new white kitchen island, they also wanted new white kitchen cabinets without the price tag of brand new cabinets. Their cabinets were old and…
DIY Farmhouse Kitchen Island
This post contains affiliate links. For more information see disclosures. This past week I went to visit my parents. They have been wanting a new kitchen island and to update their current cabinets. So over a 4 day visit we did just that! Kitchen Island Supplies: Diamond Now Arcadia 30″ Door and Drawer Base Cabinet Diamond Now Arcadia 18″ Drawer…