I’m taking a break! We’re headed to Cancun. I’ve never been before so it’ll be an adventure. July is my birthday. It’s a big one. (I’m not ready to say the number ...
The winner of the $100 AmEx gift card from Pennington Seed is… Congratulations Alley!
Things are moving along. Last week my living room floor looked like this! Now it looks like this. And I finished texturing, sanding and priming! I just have to paint, put on some mouldi...
I use a work light when I texture, sand or paint walls. Set to shine on the wall at an angle, it creates shadows and illuminates flaws. It allows me to see what I would otherwise only notice m...
That’s right! I know it because I’m a TICK magnet! I’ve had 3 tick bites so far this Spring. They FREAK me out! Wes and Madison haven’t had ONE tick bite and they’...
We’ve been enjoying our new grassy yard. So we’re really excited that Pennington Seed is going to give one lucky reader a $100 American Express Gift Card to use on “Sprucing ...
I wanted to create wood plank ceiling in this small hallway. I thought I’d save some money and use ‘faux” Wood Planks. I also had to get rid of that nasty light. Now that tho...
I made a little DIY Bootcamp Video to show you how to cut drywall…in case you didn’t know. Voila!
I think I’m about half way done with this project. I was taping and mudding and decided to just retexture ALL the walls. I was originally thinking I’d hide the REALLY HEAVY texture by app...
Looking for inspiration is what I find myself doing in between coats of joint compound. (It was either browse Pinterest or take a hairdryer to it!) I thought I’d share some of my Powder Room In...
I must be the messiest mudder there is. I’m covered in the stuff! I am making progress though. I usually leave big “Mudding” jobs to the professionals and I may hire someone in for ...
Remember…way back when…I shared with you my Weed Lawn? I wanted to Round Up the whole thing and start fres. But WE decided that we should try to preserve what meager grass was there, figh...
As usual, this project is dragging on and on. I keep finding more things to add. I have two completely different ideas for my “coat closet” and I have to make a decision before I c...
I’m making progress in the Powder Room. Just when I started to feel comfortable with the Open Bathroom Policy! First I tore out the closet. Then I tore out the tub. Then I took out the e...
Up until recently, I’ve just been using a regular old Shop Vac for dust collection and I used to constantly have to replace my filter because it would bet so clogged with fine dust that the vac...
Just for fun, here are some more plans that I think are really interesting and different from anything I had thought of. I’m sticking with the plan I shared yesterday but I think these are rea...
I got some really good plan submissions and wanted to share. I know a lot of you wanted to see all the options for ideas for your own home. I didn’t give enough measurements in my SketchUp des...
I got to participate in the Plaid , Martha Stewart Mother’s Day campaign. They sent me all this good stuff…and I got to make a gift for my Momma! I decided I wanted to make ...
Wes guessed my idea. Or rather, he tricked me into giving it up! Surprisingly, he didn’t flip out about it. LOL So, now I can go ahead and share with you (if you didn’t already guess...
I told you I’d share my favorite tools, gadgets and supplies as I put everything away in my new workshop. I have to confess, I didn’t get passed filling up the pegboard before I had to d...
Friday I decided leaving this crazy “bathtub wall” sticking out where I want my Christmas tree was not going to cut it. So yesterday I tore out the studs. And today a plumbe...
You guys…are…awesome! That’s all there is to it. I read through every single comment to my question about what to do with my “Hated Bathroom”. Sorry if I haven’t ...
OK, so it’s not that bad. It’s “Blah”. I could easily make it “Look” awesome enough. The problem is that the tub placement is upsetting my living room plan and ...
When I tore everything out of the living room, I just piled it onto the porch. This is what greeted Wes when he got home. Luckily I had Skyped with him earlier in the week so he had an idea of what ...
I got everything torn out last week! I think my original plan showed me just making the two doors in the hallway the same height but I really planned on tearing one wall out all along. (I just forg...
When it comes time to tear out those walls, it’s easy to get too excited and start into it without taking a couple minutes to prep. Who wants crap falling into their vents to be blown up into...
I raised the doorway no problem and then started in on the coat closet and realized the back wall seemed too shallow. So I punched a hole (with a hammer) and discovered a bathtub! No joke! ”Th...
What’s next on my DIY agenda may surprise you. It surprises me a bit, but it makes sense. Although the kitchen needs to be redone, it’s the only project in the house that will require m...
I knew I wanted about 20″ long Drawer Pulls for my Workshop but didn’t want to pay much for them. Ha! Have you priced 20″ long drawer pulls? And then Leather Drawer pulls? IR...
To create an old world, aged for decades, Distressed Wood Countertop like I did in my Workshop, I do everything I ordinarily try NOT to do in the finishing process. Sand against the grain and unevenl...
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