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DIY Built in Desk (Basement Series 4)
For all of you saints who have stuck around while I’ve shared allllllllll the details on our basement – thank you! After the carpet, walls, ceiling, and back grid wall were completed added one more project to complete this space, a DIY built in desk! We’ve always wanted to allocate a space to have a…
DIY accent wall in the basement (Basement Series 3)
In the middle of our basement renovation we realized we had to do something about a damaged wall. After tossing around some ideas we decided to try our hand at a DIY accent wall. These look great in living rooms so we hoped it would translate to a basement too. It was an easy project…
How to Finish a DIY Basement Ceiling (Basement Series 2)
Knowing we couldn’t save the drywall on our basement ceiling we came up with a plan that we could do ourselves. If you are renovating your basement maybe this finished DIY basement ceiling will work for you too! Now that you’ve seen the before pictures of our basement you’re all caught up on why this…
Beginning Our Basement Renovation (Basement Reno Series 1)
This is going to be a long post guys, so grab a cup of coffee and settle in! When we bought our house we knew that we would be in for a basement renovation. I really like the previous owners of our home. I’m not judging their style, it was just really different than ours. …
A Quiet Christmas Night
I don’t know about you but too often it seems like my days slip by and my to-do list ends longer than it started. I’ve had a lot of those days recently trying to get everything in place before Christmas comes. I’ve pushed myself on the blog to publish several posts this fall, and especially…
Christmas Master Bedroom Tour
Two years ago I was browsing Pinterest and came across a bedroom decorated for Christmas and realized I had the perfect master bedroom to be decorated – it is green after all! (Take the full tour here.) A week later a black Friday impulse purchase of Christmasy flannel sheets confirmed that my bedroom was getting…
Gift Wrap Alternative: Fabric Gift Wrap Tutorial
In an effort to reduce waste this Christmas I began seeking out gift wrap alternatives. Nothing was exactly what I was looking for (beautiful, tailored, and looked like gift wrap) so I spent the year (yes YEAR) coming up with my own fabric gift wrap tutorial. What makes this one special is that it fits…
DIY Mirror Ornaments for Christmas
Our house is one of those that has Christmas trees everywhere, I don’t care – we love it! So when I get a chance to do some ornament DIY’s I jump at the chance. This summer I helped my sister in law clean out her new classroom and we came across A LOT of different…
Easy Holiday Card DIY Display Idea
One of the things I just love about Christmas is the steady stream of happy mail we receive throughout the month. (And no, I’m not talking about the Amazon boxes.) Ever since we have been married I have stuck the years stash of Christmas cards down in the bottom of one of our tubs. I…