Step by step instructions on how to build a basement ledge to cover a concrete wall.

As we were finishing our basement, we roughed in an oversized opening for the door to the utility room. I never wanted to be in a situation where we needed to install something like a new furnace, only to find out the door was too small to get it in the mechanical room. Instead of […]

When we were building our home, I picked my favorite gray paint (SW mindful gray) and painted almost every common area of my home that color. The mudroom was on the list of spaces that got painted Mindful Gray. Unfortunately, it ended up being just a little too dark for such a small space. It […]

The landing of my stairs going into the basement has 9-foot tall ceilings. I envisioned a wooden box lantern light pendant hanging there to welcome you into the “entertainment zone” of my home. I began price comparing and just couldn’t convince myself to spend over $100 on something I knew I could make myself. I […]

I have to be honest, my bedroom is the last thing I think about when I feel like I want to do some decorating. It has become a dumping ground for hand-me-down furniture I’ve collected since college. The day finally came when my husband and I bought a new bed, and with that I decided […]

I created my farmhouse kitchen from scratch, building everything including cabinets, concrete and butcher block countertops, and a custom range hood.

I was trying to come up with a Christmas craft that my daughter and I would both enjoy working on. There are only so many salt dough ornaments a mom can make before the eyes start to glaze over. So I thought it would be fun to make a DIY bird church that we could […]

In my last post, I went over everything you need to do to prepare your walls for stone. If you missed it, you can read all about it here. After everything is ready to go, it’s time to dive in with both feet and start installing the stone! We chose to use cast natural stone […]

It took a lot of trips to home improvement stores to decide what kind of finish materials we wanted to use on the fireplace. We finally decided on some rustic chunky stone veneer. Finishing our fireplace turned out to be pretty easy compared to some of the other things we’ve completed recently. For right now, […]