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Crown Molding Shelf Ledge above Wainscotting

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Good Afternoon! My name is Nick and I am a crown-aholic. Today I would like to talk to you about my obsessive crown molding disorder. It started with the ceiling (part 1), then the all consuming powers of the crown found it’s way into the shelving; I just can’t get enough crown. I find myself craving things like Burger King and Crown Royal. What is happening? What is next… the dining area, ... [ Read More ]

20 Months

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The time has come when the girls need to be entertained. They’re no longer content to play quietly together, or follow each other around, or watch daddy use power tools. I need to start getting creative about planning little activities for them. Like immediately. They’re at a tough age where their old enough to enjoy coloring or playdough or fingerpaint, but they still put everything in their ... [ Read More ]

Painted Dresser for Little Girl’s Room!

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So we made friends with the lady (HI DAWN!) that bought our burnpile buffet… I mean, how could we not when we grew so emotionally attached to a hunk’o’wood? We considered asking for visitation rights, but decided that would be weird. We were delighted when she contacted us with a commissioned project for her daughter Allie’s room! She has two mismatched dressers that she’d like to coordinate ... [ Read More ]

The Beginning of the End Table {Using VINYL as a Stencil!}

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Is it not a beautiful sunshiney day out today? Well at least it is here in Iowa. Everything’s all drippy and melty outside, and making me yearn for spring something fierce. I got to go out and frolic in it sans-twins this morning for a mommy-date-type-gathering that was fabulous. ALSO… it’s my Mommy’s 60th Birthday today! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!! I’m overjoyed to introduce to you a new member to the ... [ Read More ]

Shabby Flower Desk

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Good Morning! Did you have a splendid weekend? I desperately hope so. So we had this desk, right? (that’s not an opossum… it’s our kitty, Blanche) Oh! And do you see those random pieces of wood carelessly thrown under the desk? Those are vital pieces of what became this chair. Anyhoodle… I had a vision for the desk. I shared that vision with Nick. I delegated to him the responsibility of the ... [ Read More ]

Looking Back at 2012

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Happy New Year friends! We had a crazy wild year of 2012, and wanted to share a few a LOT of our favorite projects from the past year! I don’t think I realized just how productive we’ve been until I started going back through posts and reflecting on the past 12 months. Some of these projects seem so recent, while others seem like centuries ago. If you’ve been around here for awhile, it will be a ... [ Read More ]

Mixed Emotions Monday

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Do you want the good news or the bad news first? How about the bad news, since I can’t bear to leave the post on a sad note. So here’s the story… we got two new ‘additions’ to our dining room over the weekend. Both of which I was suuuuper excited about. Of course you know a couple weeks ago, we went out to Powesheik Pines and picked out our Christmas tree (but just tagged it to be cut down ... [ Read More ]

20 Simple DIY Projects for UNDER $20! (Great Homemade Gift Ideas!)

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Good morning! Don’t you look radiant this morning! Wouldn’t it be delightful if someone said that to you every morning? Bed-head and all? Instead of, ‘babe, I think you’ve been wearing that shirt all week’. Christmas cards from family and friends have been trickling in, although we haven’t decorated for the holidays yet (getting the tree this weekend), I broke out our DIY Photo Wreath! This was ... [ Read More ]

Tutorial: Installing a Light Fixture

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Hey hey, Nick here, coming at you from a technical side. Lets talk electricity… more specifically wiring a light fixture! We often get comments from readers discouraged to take the leap in the DIY world because of their lack of experience.  Well let me tell you folks we don’t have it all figured out! As a matter of fact, most DIY’ers don’t.  When we run into a problem, we Google it or read a book ... [ Read More ]

The Rebirth of an Ancient Chandy

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There was a time, not long ago, when we lived in an enchanted world of elegant palaces and grand parties. NAME THAT MOVIE! Sorry, let me try that again… there was a time when I stenciled the wall at the top of the stairs and mentioned briefly in passing that I planned eventually to slap some curtains on the window and slap a chandy on the ceiling. CHECK AND CHECK!! (I just high-fived myself) So ... [ Read More ]

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