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 so much, we asked…
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 our home. Dogs on…
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 A silky smooth finish is especially important when painting your outdated furniture. Our Plush…
DIY Tile Removal Phase 2 of our kitchen renovation is here and today we’ll be talking tile. This week, we wrapped up the DIY tile removal part of the project and I’m sharing all the juicy details below. Check out Phase 1 of our DIY Farmhouse Kitchen redo here. If you’ve removed tile flooring before,…
Home Renovations on a Budget Currently living in our third fixer upper, we’re becoming quite keen to the topic of home renovations on a budget. It wasn’t always this way. Flashback six years to our first major renovation. We dove into the renovation head first with rose-colored glasses and an unrealistic budget. Most of the…
DIY Home Improvement Project: How to Square off Archways in Your Home I’ll never forget the first time we set foot in our house. I remember loving the open concept and spacious kitchen. The square footage was the exact amount of house we were looking for, it has a big, beautiful barn-like garage and sits…
We did it! Our first DIY concrete patio project is complete (hallelujah!). Read on for details about our experience to learn more about the process and steps to this incredibly rewarding DIY project. Here’s the backstory behind the why we decided to build (er, more like pour?) a new patio: There is nothing we love…
Happy Wednesday! I’m about to share with you the best Dollar Tree organization for your closet – yippee! What sparked this organization decision was quite a humorous story. It goes like this… Cully and I got into a little “tiff” about where the bug spray was. He was outside working on one of the sprinklers…
DIY Chicken Coop on a Budget We have chickens! Today’s post is all about how we built our DIY chicken coop on a budget. I’ll walk you through the process step-by-step and share how we saved thousands by DIYing this project. The chicken coop building began when our chicks were 3 weeks old. The coop…
Your positive, encouraging responses to our DIY vintage farmhouse kitchen project have been so wonderful! Many have asked where we purchased the lighting and decor. While much of it was repurposed or vintage (ie: can’t just buy from Amazon LOL), there were several vintage farmhouse decor items we purchased new. The vintage farmhouse style chandeliers…
