How To Build A Rustic Kitchen Island Part 2: Finishing And A Budget
March 24, 2016
Welcome to our second installment of kitchen island building where we can officially stick a fork in the island-building project,...
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How To Build A Rustic Kitchen Island Part 1: Framing and Drawers
March 21, 2016
First of all, major thanks to everyone who showed us love on our newly completed kitchen island. We’re absolutely in...
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Meet Our Rustic Kitchen Island
March 14, 2016
Last week we had one of those triumphant moments. The kind where you feel like Mr. Rocky Balboa at the...
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Refinishing An Antique Buffet Using Annie Sloan Chalk Paint In Graphite
February 28, 2016
Hello friends! How are you all doing tonight (or this morning or afternoon…depending on when you’re reading this)? We’re coming...
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The Tale Of Two Tables: And An Initial Craft Room Tour
February 17, 2016
Craft room table frame built from recycled barn wood from our farmhouse property and table top built from old shelves.
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Dining Room Painting And Planning
February 10, 2016
I feel like kind of a jerk talking about our dining room makeover and the plans for that makeover (which...
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Wrapping Paper Storage Rack DIY From Scrap Wood
January 31, 2016
DIY wrapping paper storage rack from scrap wood and creating a wrapping station in a craft room.
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Appliance Installations
January 6, 2016
Back in November, just before Thanksgiving rolled around, I told a tale of how we accumulated all of our appliances...
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The 32 Year Old Rub ‘n Buff Virgin
December 17, 2015
This is awful. I had to stop and think for a second how old I was. I originally had written,...
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Our Appliance Story: Saving A Ton & Dramatically Retrieving a Clearance Stove
November 22, 2015
When I was in college I loved watching TLC’s “A Baby Story” and “A Wedding Story”. It wasn’t so much...
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Throwing In The Towel (or Paintbrush)
November 15, 2015
Considering that the mums on our back porch have died off after a series of frosts and we’ve had our...
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Roll With It: Vintage Rolltop Desk Find & Repair
October 28, 2015
After the last couple of weeks of oh-my-goodness-all-I-have-done-for-my-one-room-challenge-project-is-paint woes, I finally feel like I’m making a little bit of progress. ...
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Trim Painting For Days: A Painted Entry and Landing
October 25, 2015
My arms hurt, I can’t lift anything above my head, or even just lift my arms above my head, and...
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I Wanna Stoop Baby
October 12, 2015
I called my dad last week to wish him a happy birthday. He turned older than dirt so a call...
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The Bathroom Game Plan
October 5, 2015
It’s football season so a bathroom “game plan” post is oh so appropriate. On second thought, let’s not talk about...
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Nine Towel Bars, Five Doors, and a Whole Lotta Ugly: Our Bathroom Reno Begins
September 20, 2015
Well, folks…we got a tractor-cart full of construction debris sitting in our yard. That can only mean one thing…our first...
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