Wondering how to lay your own sod? Follow these Pro tips for DIY sod installation for a high-quality lawn on a do-it-yourself budget! The yard was a big selling point for our current house (and also for us buying the house next door as well!) but we had a big garden area that we just […]
Build a Flip-Over 2×4 Bar Stool Step Ladder AKA Hoosier Step Stool
We’ve been hard at working making our work area in the garage at our Birch House feel more like a workshop and less like a storage unit that also houses our tools — it’s slow going, but we’re making progress! Today’s video will show you how we built this simple but smart flip-over bar stool […]
DIY Hand-Stamped Herringbone Accent Wall
We loved the hand-stamped wallpaper styles that we’re seeing in magazines and home shows lately (and the two that our team did here and here) so we set out to make our own DIY hand-stamped herringbone accent wall in our office space. We stamped this section of the wall in a couple of hours, with […]
Workshop Cleanup: Adding a Dust Collector to a Mobile Clamp Rack
Having our own DIY workshop in our garage is a huge deal to us as Remodelaholics, but often the workshop is even more neglected than other not-so-tidy areas of the house. I’ve been fighting the uphill battle of working in a cleaner shop for a long time. A cleaner workshop with less time spent tidying […]
Workshop Organization: Sturdy Mobile Clamp Rack and Tool Storage System
As we’ve worked on more and more projects in varying sizes and difficulty levels, we’ve accumulated a large collection of clamps. I love having them available to use, but keeping them organized and finding a good clamp storage system has been something I’ve really needed to add to my shop ever since we started cleaning […]
DIY Giant Lighted Star for Outdoor Christmas Light Display
Looking for something different this year for your outdoor holiday light display? We’ve got something for you today… and it’s not a little something. We’re talking a BIG something: a giant lighted star. And when we say giant, we mean GIANT: 16 feet tall! We’ve done this for a couple years now and we love […]
Skin So Soft! A Water Softener Update
*Today’s post is partnership with Morton Salt. Thank you Morton, for helping us take care of our extremely hard water! A few months back, we shared about our new water softener, so today we’re partnering with Morton again to give an update about our first few months. Read the first installment of the water softener […]
How to Hack a Bigger Dining Table for Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is coming up here in the US, and that means family and friends gathering together to feast! We are hosting this year and we need a bigger dining table to seat our guests — but our table doesn’t have a leaf we can add to extend the table length. So instead, we asked ourselves […]
The Quickest and Easiest Way to Hang Shelves and Hooks for a Family Organization Center
Do you ever consider hanging stuff on your walls only to chicken out because of all the tools and things you have to collect just to hang anything? I am a chronic non-wall decorator for this very reason. I just can’t stand the thought of having to go through all the hassle of finding anchors, […]
Simple Countertop Towel Ladder and Utensil Organizer
In every kitchen the countertop space is valuable real estate! Recently friend of mine suggested a play on the well known quilt ladder, but for hand towels. This idea solved a problem for me. We used to have a dish washer with a front handle, and that is where we kept our towels to dry […]
Water Softener Heaven!
*Today’s post is partnership with Morton Salt. Thank you Morton, for helping us take care of our extremely hard water! When it comes to remodeling projects, it’s always really enticing to work toward a pretty after picture, especially if there’s a cringe-y before to compare to. The inspiration of a beautiful new kitchen or a […]
Easy Dollar Store Halloween Hacks and Mantel Decor
As I mentioned in our Halloween decor roundup post this morning — we LOVE Halloween! But as any long-time readers will also know, I am not a big-time decorator, so when I decide to decorate, I like it to be fast, easy, and inexpensive (kind of like our dollar store gold skeletons from last year). […]
Table Saw Workbench Building Plans with Rockler T-Track System
Have you ever wanted a nice wood shop table saw workbench and a router table all in one? Today I want to show you a table saw workbench that I designed to help bring some order to my little workshop. (Remember how we showed you the mess that we started with last week?) To help […]
Starting to Organize Our Workshop
We have a bit of a personal problem. It is being addicted to remodeling… and it spills over into our garage in a very horrible way! The truth is, since we moved back to Utah 6 or so years ago, we have been actively remodeling 3 separate homes non-stop. DIY remodeling a house takes A […]
Fall Mantel at our House
This year, in partnership with Shaw Floors, I am joining a fall home tour… and I hate to disappoint, but for me that means the front room. The rest of my house is torn up at the moment… (remember ripping things out is my thing…#remodelaholic) If you are itching to see an amazing whole home […]
