*This is NOT a sponsored post- I just wanted to share our experience with you!* Over the winter, I stared out the window to our backyard and imagined what I wanted it to look like. I'd seen an ad for ChipDrop, a service that connects arborists with people wanting wood chips. We have quite a [...]
Tag: DIY
DIY Upcycled Potting Bench
I just hate throwing things away. I also have a tendency to rescue sad looking furniture from the side of the road and fix it up. When I saw this pitiful table, I knew I could turn it into a potting station for our porch. We've really gotten into gardening in the last two years, [...]
RabbitGoo Window Cling/Film Installation and Review
This looks like something that would be a sponsored post, but it isn't. i just found something fun and wanted to share it with y'all. If a post is ever sponsored, I'll let you know right away up here at the very top! I recently saw an ad on social media promoting a window cling [...]
DIY Desk Makeover
I am in love.I didn't plan it. I didn't expect it. It just came out of nowhere, and now I'm all googly-eyed and practically drooling over this new love of mine.I locked eyes across a dusty room. My love wasn't all dressed up; actually, more worn and dirty than I'd ever anticipated for myself. But [...]
Bathroom Update for less than $60
Once upon a time, we walked into a gorgeous, spotlessly clean house. Then we bought it. Then it started falling apart.The reason it was spotlessly clean is because it was freshly painted and then no one lived here. So when we began, you know, living in our house, that paint didn't hold up too well. [...]
Go Big, Go 30 Kitchen Makeover
When we moved into our house in summer 2016, I loved our kitchen. The mint green cabinets paired nicely with my red accessories, and gave off a retro feel. The only thing I didn't love was the painted-on backsplash meant to look like subway tile. It was done freehand, and the lines weren't uniform. It [...]
Upcycling 101: A Simple Canister
I really dislike waste. I don't like wasting food, or supplies, or even containers that food comes in. I try and repurpose things, because you're constantly hearing about how overflowing the landfills are and giant trash islands in the ocean and birds dying, and that's just not good. So I try and do my part [...]
Turn a drab dresser into a fab coffee bar
Since we haven't been busy enough (ha!) with moving and being without a/c and traveling and life, I realized our new kitchen needs more storage and decided to buy a cheap dresser off of CraigsList and turn it into a coffee bar. Here's the step by step in case you're a glutton for punishment like [...]