Sick of paying ridiculous amounts of money for laundry detergent? Do you feel like your chemical ridden laundry detergent is harming the environment and your skin? Want a more cost effective solution to store bought detergents such as Tide and Whisk? Do I sound like a bad infomercial? I’m done…I swear. I don’t know what … Read more
Last weekend Colby and I spent a significant amount of time down along the coast of Maine, visiting with some friends and flea market-ing. More specifically, we were in the Belfast/Searsport area in Maine which is a mecca for amazing flea markets and antique stores. We ventured to about five different venues, all of which … Read more
To preface my blog post, let me put it out there that I am absolutely addicted to the Young House Love blog. Sherry is my girl and I enjoy reading her posts very much. So when she and her homegirl Katie Bower of the Bower Power Blog issued the Pinterest Challenge. I was all over … Read more
Remember last week when I told you that I was working on a little project to add some pizazz to the bathroom? And then I got a little distracted with a little old engagement and didn’t finish it? Well, here it is…the pizazzed up bathroom. We decided to add some beadboard to the slanty part … Read more
So the other day I had a minor epiphany moment. A few months ago, and by a few I really mean about eight, I designed and Colby built the most magnificent media cabinet known to man. I may be a little biased there. It’s just so dang amazing. Then I finished it with a seafoamy … Read more
I know I’ve been complaining ALOT about all the drywall sanding we’ve been doing (I admit it) and it’s about time I gave you a little tour of all the drywall progress (mostly so you can understand why I’ve been doing all this complaining…and maybe have a little sympathy pain…or maybe you’ll come help me….pleeeeeaaaaase). … Read more
Truth. Crack is whack. Especially of the shower grout variety. It’s even more whack when you’re sitting on the toilet and an entire line of grout is cracked and at eye level and staring you down screaming “Fix me! Fix me!” So I fixed the grout. Here’s the evil little cracked grout line: This was … Read more
Mirror mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all? Not this bad boy that’s for sure: He wouldn’t be so bad except that the copper color absolutely does not go with our vibrantly painted yellow bathroom. Let’s take a look at the ugly close up: Whoa that’s ugly! But I can’t complain too … Read more
This past weekend, completely at random, Colby built me a wine rack. Yup, on a complete whim and using only scraps of wood that he had down in his workshop; leftovers from previous projects. I had asked him to build me one at some point based off these really cool, recycled crate ones I had … Read more
First off, happy Fourth of July everyone! I hope you all grilled, enjoyed some sun, and celebrated our freedom. I certainly celebrated our freedom from those dastardly red coats by throwing on a few red coats of Valspar’s “Front Door Red” Signature exterior paint on our main door. And I cannot confirm nor deny that … Read more
About a month ago on what felt like the hottest day of the year (it was in fact the only truly sunny weekend day we’ve had all summer) we decided the shed needed a mini makeover. It really just needed a MAJOR paint job. See what I mean? Colby started the overhaul with a little … Read more
During my trip this past weekend to “the county”, for those non Maine-ers out there that’s Aroostook County, where I’m from, I fell in love. And I fell HARD. I was up for a bridal shower for one of my high school friends but I also got some serious momma time in. I love momma … Read more
This past weekend I was away “playing” in the county while Colby was home “working” on the house. He wanted to stay behind to start prepping the dining room for it’s ginormous new window. This included taking down the just…..installed….sheet rock, building a new header for the ginormous window, framing out the window, and moving … Read more
One of the projects I tackled during my weekend of 27 projects was priming and painting the bathroom door and doorway trim. It also happened to be the ONLY project that I actually started AND completed this past weekend. I tend to bite off more than I can chew and house project shenanigans is no … Read more
“We don’t have mistakes here, we just have happy accidents.” This quote pretty much sums up our whole house project/DIY experience. The million dollar question, who said that? C’mon…I know one of you out there in TV land knows this one? Dad? I’m counting on you here! Ok, ok…it’s the great American painter, Bob Ross. … Read more
With all the gorgeous weather that we’ve had lately, I couldn’t help but get outside and garden. I’m working on my green thumb, which has been a long time coming. My thumb is more like a light yellow. There’s still so much blue that needs to be added before I’ll be able to properly take … Read more