Among other things, I've been thinking a lot about freshening things up in the bedroom (no, not like that). It's become painfully obvious to me that the walls are still BEIGE like they were when we bought the house, and quite frankly, we haven't done anything to this room except build a fabric tufted headboard.We are firm believers in the fact that the bedroom should be your sanctuary. An escape. ... [ Read More ]

Soooo... ok.I don't work today, and I'm feeling quite lazy. The more projects I'm in the middle of, the less likely I am to be productive. It's an epic problem in my life. I will tell you that we're soon to finish up two matching dressers (that took us a LOT longer than we anticipated), and we have a couple china cabinets that we're super excited to get started on! The ... [ Read More ]

What's incredibly disgusting you ask? Well I'll tell you.athletes foot debreeding a wound under-eye circles dead flies And I'm here today to talk about the latter of the four. It is past the middle of November, and no matter how often I sweep my floors, the next day they look like this:Really? GROSS.And we don't discriminate either. We've got flies, Japanese beetles, Boxelder bugs, and ... [ Read More ]

Me and my sweetie pie have been watching Hoarders lately, and holy buckets... Some people can live in the most disgusting conditions! The benefit of this show is to help you appreciate how tidy your partner is, and it's been nudging me into a life of freakish organization. Speaking of which, have any of you ever been to The Container Store? It's an organizational freak's paradise.So the other day, ... [ Read More ]

This weekend, we didn't schedule any backsplashes in the interest of insulating and drywalling the garage. Rumor has it, this is the last nice weekend before Iowa's typical subzero snowy mess sets in, so there's no time to waste!Having finished the walls in the evenings last week, the ceiling was all that remained... the hardest part!Brother Tim came down for the day to lend a hand and help things ... [ Read More ]

Way back in July, you may remember this coffee table/end table set that we brought back from the dead, and our new friend DeVon was the lucky recipient of these pieces. After acquiring said furniture, several months passed, and she somehow fell upon our blog and saw that we do lots of different furniture!! She emailed us, and attached this photo (and a cry for help):She knew she wanted it to be ... [ Read More ]

What are the chances of us having TWO "Robyn's" wanting a custom painted backsplash?! The first Robyn we did back in June, and she paved the way for all the chocolatey brown backsplashes we've done since! Remember that post?Well more-recent-Robyn loved the rich browns and thought it would contrast her honey oak cabinets... smart woman!Genius that I am, I remembered our camera, but forgot to grab ... [ Read More ]