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Simple Christmas Centerpiece

This is our first Christmas in the house, which means very few decorations for the season. I owned a fake [gasp] tree, ornaments, a few other things here and there, but those were all used in a small apartment. Well the house is a bit bigger, and therefore, we needed a few more decorations…especially in […]

One of My Winter Projects

Meet my grandmother’s chair. I’m guessing it’s as old as my parents. I love it. Sure it’s yellow, but not for long. I had mentioned to my grandmother last spring that if ever she decides to get rid of that chair, that I want it. Well, it became mine about two months ago and I […]

Bathroom #2 Is Finished!

So Room #2 is finished, and it also the house’s main bathroom (before you got to see the basement bathroom). When you see the before and after pictures, you may be saying to yourself, “well…it kind of just looks the same.” That’s because we didn’t gut the bathroom or make any drastic changes. Yes, the […]

DIY: Corkboard

I’m gearing up to reupholster a chair this winter, so I’m attempting a few smaller DIY projects until then. This project is for a corkboard, and it was super easy. Last year I made this chalkboard for my senior capstone class. I picked up the frame from Hobby Lobby for $25, and a can of […]

Room #1 is Finished!

So everyone knows that your first place takes some time to get exactly how you want it. Well Tim has lived here for six months, and myself for three. We actually have 3 rooms in the house done to how we would like them, but here’s the first of them…the downstairs/basement bathroom! Since the basement […]