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DIY Newlyweds: DIY Home Decorating Ideas, Tips, Projects
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The DIY Newlyweds present DIY home decorating ideas, budget home decorating tips, and DIY home projects.
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White Painted Fireplace!

Woohoo!  I’ve been hinting about a project over the last couple of weeks and I’m so excited to finally share it today.  I’ve been giving my fireplace a makeover!  After a lot of ponder...

18 h ago

Favorite Travel Souvenirs

One of my very most favorite things to do ever is travel.  If time and money weren’t an obstacle, I would travel to every continent on the planet.  My hubby and I decided a long time ago to...

2 days ago

What I’ve Been Up To

The tricky part of blogging is that when I’m busy working on projects, I don’t have time to blog.  Or when I’m busy blogging, I don’t have time to actually do projects.  So you can probably...

5 days ago

Sweet Strawberries

Two years ago I bought two small strawberry plants and planted them in a container.  I got a whopping harvest of about 3 or 5 strawberries that year.  Last year, I replanted those plants in...

18 may 12

Garage Sale Hosting Tips

Remember last year when I had a garage sale and said it would be years before I had another one because theyre so much work? Well I guess I have a bad memory because my family got together to host an...

18 may 12

Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Bites

We had a bunch of bananas that were starting to brown (what an exciting start to this blog post, haha), so I wanted to make a snack with them before they went bad.   There are a bunch of di...

10 may 12

Mother’s Day Gift Ideas & Giveaway!

Mother’s Day is less than a week away and although I’d like to do something nice to show my appreciation to my Mom, she’s one of those hard to shop for people who appreciates the thought, but is hard...

07 may 12

My Favorite Projects: April 2012

It feels like we were just celebrating the New Year, but it’s May already!  When did that happen?  And why am I always so surprised at the start of each month?  Don’t I have a calendar...

03 may 12

Creature Comforts

I woke up on Wednesday morning to the sound of tiny feet pitter-pattering near my bed.  It sound like it was coming from inside of our heating vent.  So of course, I immediately pictured th...

27 apr 12

Yard Sale Trickery

I had another great weekend yard sale shopping...for the most part.   Two nice neighborhoods near me hold a community yard sale each year and they happened to fall on the same day this year...

23 apr 12

DAP DryDex

After an unfortunate curtain hanging incident that left my kitchen wall with an inordinate amount of holes (dont ask!), I had quite a lot of spackling to do! Thats why I was so happy when DAP reached...

20 apr 12

Quails & Candle Holders

I am so excited that it is finally garage sale season again!  I love spending Saturday mornings outdoors searching for possible treasures.  I’ve been to a couple of garage sales so far this...

16 apr 12

My Favorite Projects: March 2012

April is in full swing already, so it’s high time to take a look back at some of my favorite things from last month.  First, here’s a taste of my DIY fun from March: I shared an easy way to grow...

12 apr 12

Pineapple Flowers

I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter.  Since I’ve already shared my Easter decorations and Easter dessert ideas, I thought I’d update y’all on what I ended up making.  From my Easter dess...

09 apr 12

Easter Wind Up

I don’t go too crazy seasonally decorating for holidays other than Christmas, but I did put out a couple of little Easter decorations this year. My hubby has a few wind-up Easter toys from his childh...

06 apr 12

Shocking Twist & Delicious Seitan Recipe

If this blog was a soap opera, this post would be the shocking twist where you find out that I had an evil twin or that John Black was really Roman Brady with amnesia.  I’m being dramatic, but I...

05 apr 12

Easter Dessert Ideas

I don’t know how Easter manages to sneak up on me every year, but somehow it does.  Easter is in just a few days so I’ve been thinking of some Easter desserts I could make, as I do every year.&n...

03 apr 12

My Dream House

I’ve got some bad news.  I did NOT win the $640 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot on Friday.  Total bummer.  Even though I didn’t win, I had some fun waiting for my winning numbers...

02 apr 12

Flowering Trees & Scary Bees

Since planting trees in our backyard last May, I’ve been looking forward to when they’d flower this spring.  Our trees, a semi-dwarf peach tree and flowering Cleveland pear tree, have grown a lo...

30 mar 12

Nautical Map Pillow

I may have gone a little pillow crazy again.  In addition to fabric pillows I showed you guys recently, I’ve made a few unusual pillows in the past: a tea towel pillow, argyle sweater pillow, an...

26 mar 12

Outdoor Project Inspiration

I’ve been feeling a little sick…I think I come down with a case of spring fever!  The unusually warm weather we’ve been having (it’s supposed to get as high as 80 degrees today or tomorrow- in M...

22 mar 12

Spring Already?

Usually about this time of year I start complaining about how winter won’t end.  But this year, I’m elated that it feels like spring already!  We had gorgeous 70 degree weather all weekend ...

19 mar 12

Fun Paint Color Selection Tool

I am excited to share a new paint color selection tool today!  Believe it or not, there is actually a tool out there that makes choosing paint colors fun and easy!  Don’t believe me?  ...

16 mar 12

DIY Photo Coasters

It’s Pinterest Challenge time!  The Pinterest Challenge was thought up by Katie and Sherry to inspire us to actually MAKE something that we Pin on Pinterest- you know, instead of just pinning a ...

14 mar 12

Easy Trick to Grow Green Onions

Oh Pinterest, you are so very wise.  You have taught me so much, including how to grow my own green onions.  I saw this pin on Pinterest which said you could take your used green onions fro...

12 mar 12 1 person likes this

All Locked Up (Plus a Giveaway!)

Earlier this week, I shared the new Kwikset SmartKey Deadbolt that I purchased.  Home security is very important of course, so I was happy to install a new deadbolt with top of the line safety f...

10 mar 12

Whats Dry and Old and in my Vase?

I love getting fresh flowers, but I’m always disappointed when it’s time to throw them out.  So I decided to keep my Valentine’s Day flowers a little longer than usual this year. I sadly had to ...

08 mar 12 1 person likes this

Time to Spray Paint

I recently snagged a mantle clock from my cousin who was getting rid of it.  Originally from Home Goods, I liked the clock but it wasn’t really my style.  I thought it would look nice on to...

06 mar 12

Kwikset $50 Home Depot Gift Card Giveaway

We work hard to build beautiful homes that we love, but what’s more important than keeping our homes and family safe?  So I jumped at the chance to upgrade my home’s security with Kwikset SmartK...

05 mar 12

My Favorite Projects: February 2012

I heard someone say “Happy New Year” the other day.  I too am surprised at how quickly this year has been moving, but I think we can all agree we are well past the Happy New Year part of the yea...

02 mar 12

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