We have a blank wall in our kitchen that was underutilized. We decided that a buffet table would work well there because we were looking to add some storage as it is right by our back door. After looking for several months, we found a vintage piece that we really liked at the local salvage …
While frequenting our local salvage store last fall, we stumbled across a set of vintage organ pipes. Although we rarely purchase something without having a clear plan for it, we just couldn’t leave without the pipes. So we purchased them and brought them home where they sat in the garage for about nine months while …
We had a fire pit at our previous home that was well-loved and much used. Unfortunately, even though our new home has two porches, both are covered and there is nowhere to put a fire pit. We decided that a small tabletop fire pit might be a nice alternative. It would allow the ambiance of …
The front door on our century home is amazing. It is solid wood with beautiful paneling and almost three inches thick. However, time has not been kind to the door. It had several large cracks through which you could see sunlight and the panels were pulling out of the door frame (see photos below). The …
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Our century home came with built-in window boxes on the second floor. As I am not much of a gardener (I have a habit of forgetting to water or tend to plants), I found the idea of putting plants into the window boxes quite daunting. In fact, last summer (our first summer in our new …
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How to hide a smart home speaker? If you are like us, you probably have several smart home speakers throughout your house. We are a Google Home/Nest household, but the Amazon Echo products (and others) are essentially the same thing. None of them are particularly attractive and the larger ones are difficult to hide. I’ve …
This is part two of my recently completed home improvement and decor projects overview. I decided to compile my more recent spring projects here. Several were actually completed during quarantine. At the beginning of the stay-at-home order I was quite productive (I just which I could be consistently productive). This will get the blog up …
Since I started my new full-time job in December, I haven’t updated the blog at all (I’m very sorry). Although we have been very busy adjusting to my new job over the past few months, we still somehow found time to do several smaller DIY home improvement and decor projects around the house. Since many …
