Building Life Together One DIY at a Time
Before you get excited, NO, we have not adopted a Corgi. YET. And YES, we are those millennials who finally decided to buy a house to get a dog. BUT that doesn't mean that we haven't started to plan. And while learning that Buying a couch sucks, we also learned that sometimes you get endorsements from… Continue reading A Corgi Approved Couch & Our Apartment Tour
Don't you just love the Facebook feature that shares past memories with you? Well this gen crossed my feed today: That's me (Beth) bugging out at the insanity that comes with moving. Especially when you arrive home from your honeymoon and (no joke) immediately start hauling your things from one place to another. What made… Continue reading We Moved! (A Year Ago)
Bill & I are nearing our 1st Anniversary as Mr & Mrs and that means we're SO CLOSE to our European honeymoon (Anniversary-moon?) Adventure! While we wanted to travel to Europe sooner, a destination wedding already required time off, so we opted to put the trip off until our Anniversary so we could take the… Continue reading Gasthaus Geraniums
You ever get a silly idea that has no function but just makes you happy? This is a story of one of those silly ideas. Remember that time we mentioned how buying a couch sucks? That's because we spent most of the summer weighing pros and cons (and sales) before FINALLY picking a couch. … Continue reading Make Couches from Lemonade
We recently shared our Wedding Welcome sign and I mentioned how the goal was to create a sign we could later use at our home. Well the plan was to use the cool marquee light arrow for the wedding. But AFTER the wedding? Add a little more lettering and seal the sign with spray-on laquer… Continue reading Enjoying our Wedding Welcome Sign
Why does it suck? Because you start out thinking this will be easy - I like sitting, I know how to sit, I should be able to find something I enjoy sitting on. WRONG. There's so much more that you have to consider. Just hop into the Macy's Furniture gallery and pop your bum on a few different options, and you'll see what I mean...
So we've been building towards the big DESK REVEAL - but in reality, it's so much more than just a desk, but a complete, clean-lined, compact office solution. A place where we can get down to business if we need, that provides the storage for-two requested but also avoids closing in the space. We shared… Continue reading Clean Compact Office Solution
We're DIY Lovers who live in a rented apartment. So while we have a wonderful landlord who is generally very understanding and welcoming of many types of projects, we can't do fun things like add a tile back-splash to the kitchen, install crown molding, or paint the walls something other than the same white paint… Continue reading Renter’s Wall Update with Cork
Hello Friends! We're working on the desk. No, really, it's almost there -- and by almost there I mean I've almost put the whole post together. At this point the desk has been LIVE and in action for a crazy-long time and I'm just a terrible blogger. BUT -- while coming up with this wonderful… Continue reading How to Hide a Wireless Router
No, Really. I'm posting this. Like, a year late. #SorryNotSorry Once Upon a time I shared that we were going to upgrade our desk space. Lets look at where we were then: Not a terrible space at all really. But... not as functional as it could be. And most certainly not very pretty. Here were… Continue reading Journey to a new Desk
Remember that time I posted my foray into chalk paint? Well, obviously it's long since been finished. This goodwill steal was destined to be the home of our printer. It's handy wheels made it easy to roll the printer out on the rare occurrence that we'd actually use it (for printing..... wedding invitations?!?) while generally… Continue reading Chalk Paint Reveal
So, we're slim on posts for 2014. And we're nearly out of days in 2014. OOPS. Point being, it's likely not too hard to scan back to our post about 2014 Resolutions. You'll note #3 on the list of goals for our home for this year... Create a balance between workspace and dressing space. I’m… Continue reading Visual Closet Sollution
Using chalk paint to cover an old metal printer stand and make it a popping color and fun piece for any office
We're still all aglow from our recent Engagement - no date set just yet, but we're getting there with the wedding planning. So much to think about! In the meantime, this fabulous update occurred (actually back in February, but who's counting?) For Valentine's Day, we actually celebrated at Ikea of all places. Our local store… Continue reading You Light Up My Life ~ Bookshelf Lights
Yes, that's right -- we've achieved a goal! We hung things on the wall! Ok, technically, these were hung before thanksgiving. .....yes, we're that behind in blogland. Oops! The frame on the right is a framed print we got when touring the Yuengling Brewery a few summers ago. It's lived in a tube since then,… Continue reading FEED THE WALLS ~ Or, Finally Hanging Stuff
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