Guys. Over the past couple weekends, Andrew and I have been giving our backyard a massive haircut. Like, gigantic. Huge. Monstrous. I’m fairly certain that no yard work had been done at our house for 5+ years, if not longer (and our house is about 12 years old). It was a long and tedious process, …
Before we bought our house I had never done a large home renovation project. Sure, I’d worked on a million DIY projects and painted walls, but making part of our house un-liveable was a new experience entirely. Our floor remodel was a huge project – much bigger than I expected. Now that we’ve lived through it, I’m …
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Have you ever been punched in the stomach? I hope not, but that’s kind of the feeling you get when you walk back to your car and discover it’s there’s been a car robbery. 🙁 via GIPHY That’s what happened last week when we were in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Now that it’s been a …
I’ve said it before, but my mom is pretty much amazing at everything (see: 4 Home Decorating Tips from My Ingenious Mama). I love bouncing ideas off her to get inspired. When she gets an idea in her head, there’s no stopping her. As was the case with her accent wall! My parents moved to Arizona …
I love the look of floating shelves – you know the ones: they look like they’re magically protruding out of the walls: Beautiful. But have you ever hung one up yourself? Have you? I did (kind of). I cried and got so frustrated. I drilled a hole just 1/8″ off, and the shelf wouldn’t hook on …
