Note: Some of the links below are affiliate links, which means if you click through to make a purchase, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission. Long time no see! It’s been a bit since I have hopped on here to write something. With life comes jobs, families, and just […]
How to Build a Wooden Window Box Planter
Window box planters can add a splash of color and charm to your home’s curb appeal. I fell in love with the look that window boxes gave a home when I visited my family living in Germany several years ago. All across Europe, so many cute little houses had the most beautiful flowers just exploding […]
Trial by Tenant: Important Issues to Think About
Wow have we had a busy few weeks. I am writing this from inside one of our rentals as we do the tenant turnaround dance (read: cleaning, repairing, listing, itemizing deductions from deposits). Some of you keep up with my DIY renovations/building, but some of you join in on the real estate investment fun (or […]
6 Magical Days in Taos, New Mexico
Note: Some of the links below are affiliate links, which means if you click through to make a purchase, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission. The One Room Challenge is over and, after dedicating myself 110% to renovating the nursery into a big girl room, I was more than […]
Spring 2019 One Room Challenge – Big Girl Room Final Reveal
Note: Some of the links below are affiliate links, which means if you click through to make a purchase, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission. We made it!! It’s finally reveal day for the One Room Challenge and I am so excited to share this with you guys! After […]
Do It Yourself Flooring – ORC Week 5
We are getting SO CLOSE to the end of the One Room Challenge, and while last week I was set back with some health issues, this week I fully recovered all of my lost progress and then some! Intro | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 Now, as you all […]
Emily’s Room – ORC Week 4
Week One | Week Two | Week Three We are wrapping up the fourth week of the Better Homes and Gardens One Room Challenge. This week did NOT go as smoothly as I had hoped, for a number of reasons. I didn’t have my favorite stain for the roof, Special Walnut, so I had to […]
Checking In On the Rehab
I have been really invested in the One Room Challenge lately, and it has eaten up a lot of my time. In fact, this week was one of the hardest (they said it would be!) because of so many things, which I will get into for tomorrow’s post about moving into week four. However, I […]
Halfway Point – ORC Week 3 Update
We are over the hump in the Better Homes and Gardens One Room Challenge! We have moved into week 3 and the cabin bed build – the part that I anticipated would take me the longest – is wrapping up this week. See What’s Up with our One Room Challenge Week 1 – Introducing the […]
6 Tips for Getting Things Done with a Toddler
Toddler (n.) Emotionally unstable pint-sized dictator with the uncanny ability to know exactly how far to push you towards utter insanity before reverting to a lovable cuddle monster. I wish I knew who came up with this definition, but it is pretty spot-on. Despite its challenges, this age is definitely my favorite by far. My […]