New stairs, nearly there

Guys, we have stairs! Like, proper, permanent stairs! Adam and I cut and installed the new treads and risers over the weekend, which was su...

Waiting for spring

We're in the middle of a big storm here today, so yesterday I stopped into the grocery store (and the liquor store) for supplies. I left...

DIY tassel floor pillows

I haven't sewn anything in awhile, but I was sick and tired of looking at the huge, brown and beige floral pillows on our living room fl...

DIY stained stair treads

It's funny how one project leads to another sometimes. While we were picking up some materials to repair the bathroom floor, three stair...

Hannah's nursery: then and now

I'm pleased to report that we have a functioning toilet again. Adam worked around the clock to repair the floor and re-install the toile...

A pretty distraction

It turns out our little bathroom floor fix isn't as "little" as we thought it was going to be (isn't that always the way, ...

My last 15 reads

One of my goals for my thirtieth year was to read 12 books. One book per month felt challenging, but doable. As it turned out, some months ...

My BILLY bookcase hack on Poppytalk

Remember my BILLY bookcases-turned-entertainment-unit  hack? It was recently featured in Poppytalk's  round-up of 10 IKEA hacks to bookm...

Choosing a bathroom floor tile

We weren't planning to replace the flooring in our bathroom - the existing linoleum wouldn't have been our first choice, but it was ...

Step stool makeover

I had to laugh when I read Dana's post on her Ikea BEKVAM stool makeover , since I was working on the very same project. Great minds thi...

Choosing a bench for the bedroom

1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 Our bedroom is mostly complete, but I'd like to add a bench at the foot of our bed (and a rug, but that's a post f...