Building Life Together One DIY at a Time
I am determined to make things greener around here, no matter what the weather is like. The only other obstacle indoors? Bill's brown thumb. I think this was a peace plant. Was being the key phrase. Tsk tsk. So I knew when we went to Ikea that there were new plants in our future. Like… Continue reading More Flowers!
This past weekend was a rare one for me. I didn't have to be driving anywhere! Instead of heading to Pittsburgh and Bill, or back to Philly to see my parents and childhood dear friends, or even just driving into the office for catch up work, I had no obligations of driving. Needless to say,… Continue reading World [Market] Exploring
So, normally, DC would be an absolute ZOO now, blanketed in tourist in town for the Cherry Blossoms. Mother nature seems to have had other plans, and instead we're under a winter weather advisory. Thanks for nothing, Phil. So since the cherry trees are NOT blossoming just yet, I turned to my local craft store… Continue reading Cherry Pink Spring Mantle
So you may remember for winter I warmed a few of our pillows up by wrapping them in a sweater. As cozy and comfy as they may be.... sweaters make me think of the cold. And I'm done with the cold. Dee Oh En Eee DONE I tell ya. So when I came across these… Continue reading Springing for Stripes!
Hope you had a fun weekend and had some time to get into the Green spirit! Bill & I marked the weekend with Pittsburgh's St Patrick's Day Parade. It ranged from all kinds of Irish step dancers (a lifetime goal of mine) to bag pipers and politicians, and even some really bizarre things like groundhogs… Continue reading Happy (day after) St Paddy’s Day!
Earlier this week we mentioned our trip to Ikea's BYOF event. We picked up a few things for around the apartment. Though it may be upside down in the photo above, one of the important things we picked up was the Ledberg light kit. If you recall from our 2013 Goals, one of those is… Continue reading Taking the Kitchen to Task
For those of you who live near an Ikea, you may have taken advantage of their special Bring Your Own Friend event this past weekend. It was basically your typical Ikea trip, but with bigger crowds, free blue bags and extra staff to answer your questions. And it was awesome. We got stuck in a… Continue reading Ikea BYOF Adventures
I don't know about where you live, but this past weekend Pittsburgh was a true delight with temperatures creeping on 70 degrees! Though we had our Saturday filled with adventures at Ikea's BYOF event (more on that later this week!), Sunday was spent enjoying the warmer weather in the city, complete with a picnic dinner… Continue reading Welcoming Spring
You may recall me joking that I was going to work through John & Sherry's book, Young House Love much like that movie about Julia Child... This was seriously 99% joke though. YES I draw a TON of inspiration from everybody's favorite dynamic-diy-duo, but I SWEAR not all of the projects you see here are… Continue reading Book Project Bonanza Vol. 3
Unless you're a reader from another country - like the UK, or exotic places like Texas* or California** - then you've likely heard alllll about the EPIC SNOWQUESTER that was slated to clobber DC yesterday. (Our government cannot play nice right now and is currently Sequestering so as to solve budget cut disagreements, and the… Continue reading DC Winter is a LIE
THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID. Ok, now that we've gotten THAT out of the way, on to our topic - water spots on our purdy new butcher block leaf in the kitchen. Just a few weeks ago we shared with you how my Sister was kind enough to give us her barely-used butcher block kitchen leaf… Continue reading Spotted Wood, Not So Good
We've mentioned it before when talking about our new wall mounted cutting board, or when we added the new spice rack. We just don't have a lot of space in our kitchen. Having space on the counter for a nice paper towel holder just isn't an option. (Which is a shame since my Dad made… Continue reading Scrap-wood Paper Towel holder
February is a short month but we still managed to pack quite a lot into these short 28 days! And to keep the new tradition going, we'll start this recap off with a little Hey Girl action as started by the link party last month... If you missed last month's recap, here are the three… Continue reading Hey girl. February 2013 in Review
B & B Build A Life 