It’s no secret that we love us some moldings around here. Trim work is such a great way to add a feeling of richness to your home and it’s actually deceptively inexpensive and easy if you use basic hardware store pieces combined together to create the look you want. We’ve shared some fun and inexpensive […]
How to sharpen your scissors! (Ten Second Tips)
To quickly sharpen your kitchen or crafting scissors, just cut through a piece of sandpaper a few times. An old or slightly used up piece of sandpaper will work just fine, just make sure you wash your scissors with warm, soapy water once you’re done sharpening!
5 No-Fail Paint Colours!
For the last six weeks or so, I’ve been touring around with CIL paints and visiting with DIYers at a bunch of different Home Depots to help people get over their “paint paralysis”. You know what I mean: It’s when you’re terrified to start painting a room for fear of picking the wrong colour and […]
What you can REALLY expect when you buy a 100 year old farm house
So, three years ago, we took the leap and bought the old farm house. We’re livin’ the dream. A lot of people spend hours watching renovation shows and hope to one day be able to bring an old beauty back to life with a little creativity and a lot of hard work and on the surface, […]
Jobs that kids can do on your next DIY home renovation project! (Inspiration Fridays)
OK, hear me out: I know you think it sounds crazy but you really can put your kids to work on your next DIY project, get great results AND even create some wonderful family memories too! Well, alright, the pictures of Baby Jack with a paint brush are a bit of a joke, but once […]
Plant trees for energy savings! (Ten Second Tips)
A deciduous tree planted on the West, South, or East side of your home can save Summer home cooling energy costs up to 30%! The bonus is that leaves will fall off during the Winter months, allowing the sun to come through and help keep your home warm, giving your furnace a little break too! […]
The best Lego storage. (Ten Second Tips)
Do you have a mountain of disorganized lego at your house? Forget about all of those complicated, expensive and time-consuming lego storage solutions you’ve seen and given up on and just use cheapo clear storage bins instead. So much easier for kids to see everything and it’s a simple enough system that they might […]
DIY Chalkboard done right!
OK, let me just start out by saying that if I was in charge of this chalkboard project, then I absolutely would have gone ahead and done a shoddy job of it. I ended up asking Chris to make this for Kennedy’s room though, so of course he went and turned a quick little […]
Easy Baked Taco Recipe
My gramma and my cousin were in town to visit a couple of weeks ago. I admit that I didn’t do much cooking and didn’t really do the best job of feeding them anything other than restaurant food, but we did make this one recipe together one night and it was delicious! My gramma […]
30 (Plus 1) Things to do with the Family this Fall! (Inspiration Fridays)
Fun on the farm 1. Apple picking – No Fall season is complete without a trip to the apple farm. 2. Pumpkin patch – It’s never fun dragging a lopsided pumpkin home from the supermarket along with the milk, bread and TP. Why not get out and kick off the Halloween season with a trip […]
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