When we first purchased our century home in 2018, we realized very quickly that our dark, modern furniture was not going to work. Over the next two years we worked really hard to furnish our home in a way that honored its history and charm. Although we purchased several pieces of new furniture, we also …
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About six months ago, Brian and I started to get into hiking. We have really enjoyed exploring different metro parks in the Cleveland area and it is fantastic exercise. One of the problems that we often run into is bugs. And I hate the feel and smell of bug spray on my skin. So, I …
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If you have read my previous post on candle-making, you will know that I made a few mistakes on my first attempt. Because I wanted to make more candles to give as gifts, I made a few adjustments and gave it another try. This time, I even tried using candle dye in some of my …
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 …
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. *This …
A few months ago we purchased an outdoor table console base from the Arhaus Moving Sale. We really liked the style of the Bourdeaux console table that we found there, but the “reconstructed stone” (basically painted concrete) top was badly bowed and had several large chips in it. We decided to purchase just the base …
I recently attempted a DIY project updating a vintage frame and artwork that we found at the local salvage store. I had been looking for some time for a piece of art to go in our small powder room on the first floor, but was having difficulty finding something that was both the correct size …
*This post contains affiliate links. Our first DIY project in the new house was to replace some old radiator screen covers. The previous screens looked like caning but were made out of metal and were damaged. We originally intended to use punched metal to replace the screens, but we found that we couldn’t purchase large …
