*This post is sponsored by Miracle-Gro! Thank you for supporting the fabulous brands that make Reality Daydream possible! This post contains affiliate links.* All this time at home has sparked some serious creativity around the house. And now that the weather is warming up here in Iowa, we can finally get outdoors and start giving our curb appeal a little love too! After a tumultuous winter, ... [ Read More ]
Curb Appeal Efforts: STIHL Hedge Trimmer Review
As you know, we've been making more of an effort to up our curb appeal now that we live in an actual neighborhood, rather than the absolute middle of nowhere. Not that our neighbors have expectations, but we just don't want to be THAT SHAGGY HOUSE on the street. Ya know? This post is sponsored by STIHL. Thank you for supporting the fabulous brands that make Reality Daydream ... [ Read More ]
Car Seat Poncho Tutorial
Howdy friends! I originally posted this Car Seat Poncho tutorial several years ago. But it's been such a popular post, and SO MANY of you have made these for your littles over the years... I thought it would be worth re-posting!! PLUS, my girl Cypress was sooooo itty-bitty and not-yet-sassy! Before you comment or email me to ask if I sell these, the answer is no... BUT! Since making this poncho 3 ... [ Read More ]
Kitchen Update – Exterior
We've gone into great detail on the happenings of the INSIDE of our kitchen build, but today we're going to take a deep dive into what's been going down on the exterior! If you remember from this post, the back of our house looked like this when we bought this house. *This post is sponsored by our friends at DAP. Thank you for supporting the fabulous brands that make Reality Daydream ... [ Read More ]
Edging a Sidewalk – Stihl FC56C-E
Now that we don't live on an acreage and have a more manageable amount of space to maintain, Nick is taking a huge interest in keeping our curb appeal... well, appealing. I've been doing my part in the flower gardens, but today we're going to talk about the lawn. We've been fertilizing and watering our lawn, but I haven't been ready to give Nick the green light on weed-killers... because our ... [ Read More ]
Snow Candles
I have fond memories of making snow candles as a kid, and I've been hoarding (gathering from yard sales and thrift stores) candles to melt down to do this project with the kiddos! You can also use paraffin wax for this, and you can also tint the colors of your candles by adding broken crayons! But let's not get too far ahead of ourselves. Here's what you need Snow day (bored kids) and ... [ Read More ]
Edging and mulching your flowerbed
I may have a green thumb for my indoor plants, but when it comes to my flower garden? Yikes. There are some pretty flowers that come up each year in this garden, but for the most part, it’s just a mass of weeds. And if I’m being honest, it’s not because I don’t have a green thumb for outdoor plants… it’s because I’ve always PRIORITIZED OTHER THINGS in the spring and summer. However! ... [ Read More ]
Unique Patio Lights… strung between birch logs!
We had such a great response to our Patio Makeover! THANK YOU! The video we shared included a little DIY project that we threw in, and I knew we would get lots of questions about the patio lights (and we did!), so I'm dropping in here today to give out a little more details on how to make these birch log lighting! I’m not even sure how the idea came to me, but I know for sure I haven’t seen ... [ Read More ]
Patio Refresh + Video!
I’ve shared the story how we found / purchased our house, and 8 years later, it’s hard to believe it used to look like this: After a couple years of living here, Nick and I started talking about how nice it would be to have a nice outdoor space for entertaining and just hanging out. We dreamed up a rounded patio with a corresponding rounded pergola, because we like to be complicated and ... [ Read More ]
Annual Fam Camping 2017
It’s become a bit of a tradition to share our annual family camping adventures here on the blog! I have to admit, after last summer’s camping trip where I unknowingly get a little cozy with a deer tick, and was infected with Lyme Disease, I wasn’t quite as excited to pitch a tent in the wilderness this summer. I have this mama-bear quality where I fiercely want to protect my littles from danger. ... [ Read More ]