So there was this time…at Lowes…where we impulsively bought a new stove (kind of like the time we impulsively bought a $400 stainless steel refrigerator…I sense a trend) which naturally led to us ripping down a wall. It was the stove’s fault. The wall would have never suffered it’s ill fate if it wasn’t for … Read more
Alternate title for this post “How $9.32 And Twenty Minutes Saved My Sanity And Prevented Me From Pulling My Hair Out During The Holiday Shopping Craziness That Is Our Etsy Shop”. But I thought that might be too long of a title. Consider yourselves spared. But the nine bucks and twenty minutes was well worth … Read more
Fuzzy wuzzy was a bear…errrr…rug. Fuzzy wuzzy had no hair…errrr…bugs?! That kind of works…emphasis on “kind of”. But seriously y’all we bought a new rug for our living room and it is soooo fuzzy, cozy and awesome! And so you can fully appreciate the new rug in the above “after” shot, here’s the obligatory “before” … Read more
Starting projects…totally my jam…finishing projects…not so much. Please tell me I’m not the only one who is a stellar project starter but then lets them kind of fizzle?! Anywho, I needed to take some “workshop” photos for our shop listing on Scout Mob and our Etsy office space was kind of looking like this: I … Read more
Bueller….Bueller….Bueller…..Anyone out there? Is this thing on?! Long time no blog post! Seriously…it’s been a month. I couldn’t even remember how to log into my blog it’s been so long! And the comments and the emails…goodness…I’ve got some serious catching up to do. So if you’re recently (and by recently I mean the last couple … Read more
A long, long time ago, I can still remember, how that music used to make me smile we bought a tractor seat stool at Home Goods. It was an impromptu purchase while on a Vermont road trip because when you see a tractor seat stool, you buy it. Those are the rules. No exceptions. But … Read more
“First you must find… another shrubbery! Then, when you have found the shrubbery, you must place it here, beside this shrubbery…” What?! We’re talking about shrubbery tonight on the blog so isn’t it a given that we whip out Monty Python quotes?! Anyway…we owe you an update, or two, or three about the progress we’ve … Read more
I kid you not, a mortar and pestle has lived on the back of our toilet since since early August. See: And a closeup for the cheap seats in the back: I told you so. For the record, mostly so you don’t think I’m the weirdo with a mortar and pestle on the back of … Read more
Yes, that’s right folks, that’s OUR old house featured in the September 2013 issue of This Old House magazine. Boom! I’m still on cloud nine in that can’t-stop-smiling kind of way and don’t intend to ever come down from this high! So stinking proud of our little feature! Okay, so I kind of have to … Read more
A few weeks ago myself and a few other blog buddies were approached by Coupons.com to do a little sponsor post. Don’t go running away because I said “sponsor”…this is a doozy of a post! You’re gonna want to stick around for this one. They provided us with Sears gift cards and challenged us to … Read more
My current obsession these days has been all about the industrial look. Who would have thunk it?! Especially since I work full time in industrial distribution. What I’ve REALLY been jonesing after have been all those gorgeous cage lights. I love an old school looking, exposed light bulb, and those colorful trouble-light-esque cages surrounding the … Read more
Do you ever have one of those weekends where you should do something in particular? You put it on the list, have every intention of tackling “said something” and yet it never gets done? You know, something like utilize the most perfect, rain free weekend to finish painting your porch windows because it’s (look for … Read more
If there was such thing as “Blogger Scouts” I would totally be getting my “Annie Sloan Chalk Painting” badge for my inaugural chalk painting experience, making over our living room end table. Not bad for a first timer, huh?! The old end table was in rough shape but still a keeper. I’m pretty sure it’s … Read more
Let’s just file this blog post under “really awesome tricks I learned from Colby (the PG-13 edition)”. Although, that may be a bit excessive, so I’ll just stick with the good ol’ “construction knowledge” category. So today we’re back on the porch remodel train and this time around we’re talking damaged wood and how to … Read more
The guest room/craft space refresh continues, this time in the form of a little lighting switcheroo. We needed to switch out the black lamp (on the desk in the left pic) since it was too tall for the slanted ceiling. So off it went to thrift store and we replaced it with a brass finish … Read more
Do you ever watch the TV show Holmes on Homes? We do. All the time. Not that we ever watch it on purpose, it’s just one of those shows that’s always on. A few years ago, right after we bought our little fixer upper of a home, we were watching an episode when Holmes started … Read more