Build a wood triangle tree or a whole forest of trees for your mantel! This easy Christmas decor idea can be painted and decorated to fit whatever style you love, for Christmas and winter decorating. Last year we showed you this Ornament Display Tree, and we loved it! The triangle tree shape is just so fun […]
Easy Dollar Store Hacks for Halloween Decorations
Come watch our fast, easy, and inexpensive dollar store hacks for DIY Halloween decorations: DIY bejeweled sugar skulls and a Dia de los Muertos garland. Also find 12 DIY Halloween decoration projects from a collection of bloggers. You’re sure to find one you’ll love! Also take a look at our Halloween decor roundup post , how […]
Smart Home Update: Installing a Wi-Fi Thermostat
Installing a Wi-FI Thermostat can be a tedious chore if you don’t know what you are doing. See how we added a smart home thermostat and what features we love about our Honeywell Home T-9 Wi-Fi Thermostat. As we’ve been updating our pair of fixer-uppers, we’ve also been adding smart home features. Controlling household devices […]
How to Refinish and Restore a Wood Deck
We built our redwood deck a few years ago and the stain and sealer faded and chipped almost immediately. It was time for a new deck finish! Watch and see how to refinish and restore a wood deck using an oil finish instead of a stain and sealer. Back when we bought our Birch House […]
Pro Tips for DIY Sod Installation
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 […]
