Our Home & Projects

Our playroom to a study makeover begins

Do you have a designated playroom? We kind of do. It use to be my mom’s formal living room but now it’s a designated tv room where all the toys live.

How to install mosaic tiling {tutorial}

Tiling our bathroom wall was my second time installing tile and lets just say, I’m glad I don’t do it for a living! ha. It’s actually quite simple but very time consuming and messy.

Bathroom board and batten wainscoting {tutorial}

Our recent bathroom renovation included a full wall DIY board and batten wall treatment that I will admit, was tedious and somewhat painful to install.

How to hang glass shelves using bingo brackets

Today I will show you how I hung the glass shelves in our recently renovated bathroom. I knew I wanted to hang floating shelves

Our multigenerational family year in review 2012

It is hard to believe that today is the last day of 2012. It seems a bit surreal to be reflecting on the entire year and looking back at all of the home renovations

Our Christmas home tour 2012

Today I am sharing our Christmas home tour with you. So many fun parties going on in the blogosphere, I couldn’t resist joining :).

Woman’s Day feature + behind the scenes

It’s been a long wait but 5 months after the initial email from a Woman’s Day editor, I am excited to show you our Woman’s Day feature + behind the scenes pictures.

Our gold + silver Christmas tree {decorated family room}

Our gold and silver Christmas tree this year sits proudly in our family room where the owls have moved in. I am still loving the owl trend and hoping it sticks around for a while

How to hang shelves {our Christmas mantel}

Today I will show you how to hang shelves quickly to create a Christmas mantel. Our fireplace mantel is in need of some TLC so until that project is finished,

DIY bathroom renovation {reveal}

My husbands bathroom is finally completed. When I tell you that this 8×10 space made me cry and almost jump out the tiny window in this room, I am not kidding

Our diy bathroom {creative storage solutions} + AOL real estate feature

I am almost finished with our diy bathroom for my husband. I finished tiling around the fiberglass shower insert yesterday and I am hoping to have the grout finished today.

DIY wooden cornice board {board & batten trim}

When I think of board and batten, I don’t usually think of it in a form of a window treatment. Usually, board-and-batten describes an interior paneling that has alternating wide boards and narrow wooden strips, called battens.