Attached Garage Demolition Welcome to week 2 of the One Room Challenge! This week we’ll walk you through the steps of our DIY garage demolition. When thinking of home demolition, flashes of the most popular HGTV shows pop into my head. These shows make demolition seem like so much fun and [...]
Planning a Garage Conversion Here we go! Cully and I are planning a garage conversion; the biggest DIY makeover in our current house to date. We are thrilled to be a part of the One Room Challenge and we'll walk you through the process of our transformation over the next eight [...]
How to Read a Tape Measure If you are a DIYer, a woodworker, a seamstress, or any kind of home project extraordinaire, knowing how to read a tape measure is key to the success of most projects. Cully used to laugh at my inability to accurately read a tape measure. My [...]
DIY Half Bathroom Makeover On a Budget It’s powder room reveal day! I’ll share with you all the details of our DIY half bathroom makeover on a budget and provide all the steps you need to take to do the same. When we moved into our home a little over a [...]
Paint Marble Effect: A How to Guide to DIY Faux Marble Painting My search to buy a new marble top dining table came to a screeching halt once I saw the price tag of $1,500+. That was not in the budget, so a DIY paint marble effect project was born! I [...]
How to Make a Stencil Cully and I decided it was time to give our half bathroom a refresh. Part of this journey included learning how to make a stencil for the feature wall. Rewind a few days before we started this project and you would find me browsing Pinterest and [...]
How to Learn Woodworking Discover how to learn woodworking step by step, coming from our own experience. It was June of 2010 and Cully and I just purchased our first home. It was a 700 square foot condo that we had been renting for a couple of years. We loved it [...]
How to Make Chalk Paint Painting outdated furniture and cabinets continues to be an increasingly popular DIY project. Many are searching how to make chalk paint at home to help keep their project budget friendly. Since 2015 I’ve been giving facelifts to discarded furniture and have tried every DIY chalk paint [...]
What are the Best Laminate Floors for Dogs? Now living in our third fixer upper, we are all too familiar with DIY laminate flooring installation. Only difference is this time we have four dogs...with a combined weight of over 300 pounds. Finding the best laminate floors for dogs was critical for [...]
How to Clean Paint Brushes A quality brush is important for a silky smooth finish. A premium price tag is often paired with said brush. Knowing how to clean paint brushes will ensure many years of use and minimize unnecessary waste. A silky smooth finish is especially important when painting your [...]
