I dedicated this weekend to knocking off some project work and while it impeded my sleeping in and my back, I luckily succeeded. My two main goals were to stain our new pergola and get my garden going for the fall. Done and done! I’ve long had a dream of us owning enough land… Read More
Welcome back from the weekend! I had grand plans to paint our new bifold door for the master bath, do my Shoot Fly Shoot video, and do my Craftsy video but instead cooked all day Saturday, had some good friends over, slept till 11 on Sunday (haven’t done that in years!), and caught up on… Read More
Hope everyone had a good, productive weekend! We sure did here! Well, Saturday at least. I got the wainscoting done (four, FOUR! coats of paint) and husband ran in the local Beach to Bay relay for his work team and placed 8th in the commercial division! Pretty dang impressive for the largest relay in America, way… Read More
I hope everyone had a good Easter weekend! We spent ours completing the first step of Project Pergola: setting the posts. See our design plan here. Husband initially wanted to build the whole thing this weekend but we quickly realized that was wayyyy too ambitious with everything else going on (posts would have to be… Read More
When we overhauled the backyard shortly after moving in to our home, it was without saying that we obviously needed some sort of an upgrade from the “pergola” the previous owners installed. The only reason we left it this long (4.5 years!) is because it’s nice to hang bird feeders from. The beams are, get this…5′… Read More
We have been in our home for four and a half years, which seems like it just flew by. But looking back at our backyard’s transformation in that time, it feels like forever and a day ago. This was the first DIY home improvement project we did at this house and it completely transformed it.… Read More
