It was a pretty great year for DIY projects around these parts. We really did make a lot of progress on the house AND we shared some handy tips along the way too! Here are the top 5 favorites from this year, according to our readers.
How to paint absolutely perfect wall stripes (from September)
The no-brainer no math molding trick (from August)
Our favorite speedy deck staining trick (from July)
How to paint old wall paneling (from September)
How to change out a light fixture (from June)
Wow, I never noticed it before, but it looks like we really picked up speed with the DIY projects in the last half of the year. Yay for us! I hope you enjoyed looking back over some of the best posts of the last year with me. More “best of” categories will be coming up later this week!
Courtenay Hartford is the author of creeklinehouse.com, a blog based on her adventures renovating a 120-year-old farmhouse in rural Ontario, Canada. On her blog, Courtenay shares interior design tips based on her own farmhouse and her work as founder and stylist of the interior photography firm Art & Spaces. She also writes about her farmhouse garden, plant-based recipes, family travel, and homekeeping best practices. Courtenay is the author of the book The Cleaning Ninja and has been featured in numerous magazines including Country Sampler Farmhouse Style, Better Homes and Gardens, Parents Magazine, Real Simple, and Our Homes.