Build a budget-friendly garden arbor from 2x4s and other inexpensive structural lumber following our easy building plan. This classic wood arbor is beautiful for a backyard wedding arch or just everyday backyard decor! A few years back, my sister asked me to build a garden arbor for her backyard wedding. So I got to work […]
Dining Room Hutch Makeover: Painting Furniture with No Sanding, No Priming, No Sealer
This post has been created in partnership with Beyond Paint. All opinions are my own. When we moved into our home my very favorite thing, and the reason I fell in love with this home were all the built-ins. Who doesn’t love a good built in? This built-in hutch in the dining room particularly […]
Learning About Drywall, PURPLE XP | Blogger Event
As DIY home bloggers, Cassity and I get to learn about and try many different products that are used in and around a home. Most of our blog posts show pictures of what a room looks like in the final stages, but recently we got the chance to learn more than we thought possible about […]
Simple Modern DIY Deck Pergola Plans
Follow these simple DIY deck pergola plans to build your own easy wood pergola to hang lights or planters. This modern design is easy to install, simple to customize to your deck size, and cheap to build. We’ve also restained our deck with oil and built an outdoor coffee table with drink coolers to make […]
Fun Bagel Buffet for an Easy Brunch Party
This month for my Better Homes & Gardens at Walmart partner post I am excited to share a SUPER cute, really fun, bagel buffet. Truly, this can be a great way to feed just about anybody, but in particular it might be fun for Mother’s Day!!?! A late morning brunch with some of my favorite […]
DIY Waterfall Plywood Console Table
Our next project in our Plywood Pretty series uses just one sheet of plywood and shows off the unique character of plywood, both the grain of the plywood and the banded plywood edges. This beautiful waterfall console table is sleek and modern, with its exposed plywood edges! Because it uses two cuts of plywood stacked […]
DIY Modern Plywood Bench Tutorial | Half Lap Construction
We absolutely love this cool DIY Modern Plywood Bench Tutorial using half lap construction. This was made out of only one sheet of plywood. It has a great look to it with all of the end grain of the plywood as a main feature. It is really strong and sturdy. Check out below how easy […]
Outdoor Sectional Sofa Reveal
On Presidents’ Day weekend I had the privilege to go to the St George parade of homes. The weather was beautiful, and when I came back north, the weather was gorgeous it was in the 60s. I breathed a huge sigh of relief, I was finally like “Yes winter is over!” We’ve had a lot […]
15 minute Ikea Dresser Hack – Wallpaper covered dresser
Do you have a plain old Ikea dresser that need to be updated? Use some peel and stick wallpaper or contact paper to make over your dresser in less than 15 minutes! A while ago I decided to update / hack my daughter’s ikea dresser. I used peel and stick wallpaper to give it […]
My Pantry Organization
I don’t know about you but after Christmas I am SO ready to clean out my house. I don’t know if it is the new year, and being stuck in my house with the freezing weather that causes it, but I have a a sneaking suspicion that it might have to do with Christmas day. […]
DIY 2×6 Bench, Modern Waterfall Bench Tutorial
Hey guys! Remember way back when we showed you the entry makeover that we did. well, it has only been about 6 months for us to get the promised bench tutorial put together! Sorry about that. Truly I might be the worst blogger on the planet, I have projects all the way back from 2012 […]
Christmas Mantel Decorating
You guys! I have such a fun post today decorating my mantel, and to disclose, in order to keep this blog running and free to our readers, we occasionally partner with brands. Today, we have partnered with CJ Affiliate’s VIP Content Service and want to thank Pier 1 for sponsoring this post. While this is a […]
Custom Rugs With Shaw Floors
Last fall, we finished our front room (like 90% done) and have basically been living with it as is ever since, but we’ve run into a problem. While we LOVED the thick grey rugs, they had too big of an appetite for our vacuums to keep up with!! Literally our vacuum shuts down trying to […]
Woodland Christmas Tree Decorating
We have a new awesome Christmas tree Decorating video on our YouTube channel and I would be so thankful if you would like it and give it a thumbs up and leave a comment! I have so much fun decorating Christmas trees that I thought I would try a Rustic Woodland Christmas Tree […]
Christmas Cookie Decorating Party!
I know for those of you who like to do things last minute this might be a little bit early, but for the planners, it will be right on time. Don’t ask me if I already have my Christmas tree up because I will have to plead the fifth… Because before you know it Christmas […]
