Today is the big hanging-the-cabinets day! Unfortunately it’s also find-a-dentist-quick day because Chris’s filling and part of his tooth came out while brushing his teeth at work.  And Greta has decided to continue her cranky streak because of her teeth, …

While browsing around Pinterest last week, I came across a little tip that said you can clean out all of that old paint that gets dried and stuck in your paintbrush with boiling vinegar.  When my brush gets to that …

First things first:  Yes, I finished painting the cabinets.  We are gonna give them a few days to dry before hanging them, but you can definitely look forward to after pictures along with the whole process (pronounce it with a …

After extensive tutorial research and 5 hours of internal battling over whether to start or not,  I took the plunge: That’s just primer, fyi.  I’m sure I’ll have a whole list of tips and dos and don’t-worry-abouts when I’m done, …

It took me ALL day to hang curtains in the dining room.  All day long yesterday.  Of course, Greta needed attention and some outside time and we had to run a couple errands, but I was thinking it was gonna …

While I am here wrestling with a power drill that is seriously lacking power (I don’t think I am supposed to have to use a regular screwdriver once I hit a stud because my drill stops working), I am serving …

Did Greta’s room need new curtains?  Yes.  Only because we had other plans for those white curtains that we snagged for 50% off a while back at Ikea.  So, to replace them, I had plans to make my own curtains …

 Chris and I had a few different ideas of how we wanted to spend our long weekend.  I saw us painting the kitchen cabinets and he saw us just chillin’ and barbecuing.  So we compromised.  I tackled a large painting …

Remember all that canvas Chris got me for Mother’s Day? And now think about that big blank wall in our Dining Room we left white. It’s about to get a splash of color.  

We do more than work on our home.  Ha!  Tons more. And although it may seem like our life is revolved around fixing up our house–it really is just a hobby.  I try to do one project a day and …