Building Life Together One DIY at a Time
Where you’ll learn about us as we DIY.
Like I mentioned last week, I've officially moved to Pittsburgh, jumping in with both feet ready to take on this town.To get more acquainted, I thought I'd bring you along to one of our favorite weekend activities. Our Strip Dates...No, we're not going to Cheerleaders' Gentleman's Club! But it's not too far from there. The Strip… Continue reading Our Pittsburgh Strip Dates
As we unveiled earlier this week, I am officially moving to Pittsburgh with Bill. (Before we were a long distance deal. But no more!) In all the insanity that comes with putting your life into boxes, I came up with a few interesting packing ideas I thought I'd share. Yes, you went to ikea excited… Continue reading Moving & Packing Ideas
Do you know what this box means? Yes! You are correct! We DO have fantastic packing tape that just so happens to have my favorite letter on it! (Thanks, Mom!) But what else does it mean? ? ? ? Yup! Bill & I have done a lot of talking and planning, and of course it's… Continue reading Guess What?!
Hopefully you have the day off and are gearing up for some fun times with friends and family. Today we celebrate the day America declared independence from Great Britain by eating way too much grilled food and then blowing up colorful bombs that we call fireworks because they make it sound nicer. (Oops, just used… Continue reading Happy 4th of July!
As you all know, Bill & I spent the end of June enjoying the sun, surf and sand in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. And it honestly is my happy place. And after our recent fun, we thought we'd share with you why we love it so much. Let's start with some of the… Continue reading 11 Reasons Why We Love OBX
Fewf! What a month! June brought a number of great projects and tasty treats too. Like our Hot Cocoa Banana Muffins. Bill clearly enjoyed them. See?! So let's take a look at all the the crazy things we were up to! Wreath – White-washed for Summer! Taking Palmolive® Soft Touch to Task Easy Houseplant Care New Dishes!… Continue reading Hey girl. June 2013 in Review
We're still at the beach...on OBX time. We'll be back in action next week!
Bill & I are off to our favorite place in the world, the Outer Banks, for a week of R&R before the real world hits me in the face again. So I figured what better way to kick off the week than to share with you what's in my beach bag. Coach Canvas Beach Shell… Continue reading What’s in My Beach Bag
So today I was reading through one of my favorite blogs, Sew Woodsy, about their hysterical search for ticks, and the crash of their headboard. (Seriously, stop over and give it a read. Too funny!) I sent them a link to our own headboard project to illustrate how we hung our headboard as ours is… Continue reading A Little Bedroom Evolution
A few weeks ago, my parents came for their first visit to Pittsburgh. Bill got to play tour guide, and we enjoyed their company and had a nice dinner at the apartment.... over the live news feed of the Boston Bomber man hunt as it unfolded. We also introduced my parents to the crazy world… Continue reading New Dishes!
May was a busy month, which sadly meant we didn't get nearly as many projects completed as I'd have liked. And there were no pictures of Bill to turn into a funny hey girl like this one from February.... Or these original ones from January. So for the most part May's recap is a rundown… Continue reading Hey girl. May 2013 in Review
I don't know why - I don't recall reading it anywhere - but I just knew that stopping by the Louvre at sunset would be a beautiful sight. And fortunately, it didn't disappoint! Given our short visit, we decided against visiting the Louvre as it's so huge you could easily spend an entire day there. … Continue reading The Louvre at Sunset
Paris and shopping, I mean they do kinda go hand in hand. So off to the Champs-Élysées we went!There were so many shops -- and a LINE just to get into Louis Vitton! Ridiculous.I was totally crushing on these high-heeled-high-tops in one store... but couldn't fathom spending $250 on them! And of course the treats! … Continue reading Shopping & People Watching In Paris
After a quick breakfast at the hotel - with the most DELICIOUS croissants, we were off to Notre Dame! We arrived just before noon, and it turns out they still hold services, so we were able to witness mass. Notre Dame was overwhelming. I don't consider myself to be that religious, but you couldn't help… Continue reading Gosh Notre-Dame It!
I can't say it enough - we had spectacular weather for this trip! It did rain a little on us the afternoon of our full day in Paris, but even with that it was still a warm 10 days with more Sun than England and Paris usually see in springtime. And what I couldn't get… Continue reading Springtime in Paris
B & B Build A Life 