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A spooky + sparkly Halloween
It’s that spooky (and sparkly) time of year again – Halloween! We picked up a free pumpkin from our park district (just like we did last Halloween) earlier this month and brought it home for Toddler E...
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Gift Guide for Your Home: DIY Tools and Supplies
You may be seeing a lot of gift guides popping up lately, with a plethora of ideas for what to get your friends and family this holiday season. But don’t forget to add your home to your gift-giving...
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Our last-minute DIY Christmas tree
We were just going to make do with our little cardboard Christmas tree again this year, but then this happened… Even though we’ve been really busy with holiday activities and family gatherings this...
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State of the House: First floor
Happy 2015! With a new year beginning, we thought we’d put together a kind of “State of the House” report. We’ve already done a lot of home improvement, renovation, DIY, and overall re-designing of our...
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A 2014 report card: Did we accomplish our goals?
Now that we’ve gone through our entire house (inside and out) to assess our progress so far, let’s take a quick look back at the project goals we set for ourselves last year. It’s report card time… did...
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Balance, value, and our goals for 2015
John and I have finally nailed down (pun intended!) our house project plans for 2015, and we’re excited to share them! Our challenge this year: How to get the most value from our small budget and...
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Our vintage nursery dresser + modern DIY inspiration
Today we’re sharing our inspiration and ideas for a classic modern Ikea dresser hack, plus the history behind our vintage DIY nursery dresser! As you know, we’ve been transforming Toddler E’s former...
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A DIY Ikea Tarva dresser for our modern kid
Last week, we talked about moving our treasured family nursery dresser into Baby T’s room, and shared our DIY plans to design a modern furniture look with the Ikea Tarva three-drawer dresser in Toddler...
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A raised garden bed for summer!
Today we’re introducing a new project that we’re really excited about: creating a raised garden bed in our backyard to grow vegetables and other edibles this summer! We haven’t posted in a while...
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How to build a (covered) raised garden bed
We’re finally finished building our custom raised garden bed, and today we’re sharing our design and construction process. Let’s get right to the specifics! We built the base of the raised bed from 2 x...
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