It seems most mother’s day gift ideas are for gifts from children to adult parents. Well…I’m an adult woman with no children and an even more adult mom who happens to be a big fan of simplifying. And I would still like to give my mom a gift for Mother’s Day! I’m not a very […]
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New vintage furniture
We scored with a bunch of 50s furniture, art, and a mid-century floor lamp from Craigslist and Goodwill. (Everything for under $50)
DIY dry shampoo for dogs
Guys…dogs just stink. We love them like crazy, so we put up with it until we’re to the point of not even wanting to be in the same room anymore. In spite of what some vets recommend (and lots of people on the internet who are just quoting each other), our dogs do best with […]
DIY dog bed
The dogs have been banished to the closet. Our Golden boy isn’t a fan of confined spaces, but our Bernese girl loves them, so we thought she would love a bed in the closet and he wouldn’t be much of a fan. Of course, it’s the exact opposite. They both fit in the bed, and they’re both […]
An open closet (ORC Week 3)
Week three already of the One Room Challenge…only two weeks to go to finish our bedroom, and several projects still need to be tackled. But we have the open closet that we love so much again. Apparently, I have lost the “before” photos, but they looked like any other closet: a single metal rod and […]
Can you really put contact paper on countertops?
There have been people sharing this on the internet for years. The first time I heard of someone putting contact paper on a countertop, I simultaneously thought it was an awesome and horrible idea. There seemed to be no way it would last or look decent. But it was so cheap and crafty it also […]
The bedroom is painted (ORC Week 2)
Guys! I’m totally off my plan on the One Room Challenge, and we’ve only just finished the first week of work. I was hoping to do this all neat and orderly, but that’s out the window already. I did get the room painted. Last week, after the first post, Laine had convinced me in the […]
A before-and-after (of me this time, not a room)
Tired? Irritable? Foggy? Depressed? No matter how hard you try to lose weight, just keep gaining? Migraines, insomnia, heartburn, or digestive problems, thyroid problems? You might have the same problem I had. (Yes, for me those were all symptoms of one singular problem.)
Bedroom makeover before (ORC Week 1)
Ready for some ugly before photos? Everybody loves ugly before photos. If you’re new here, we purchased a custom-built 1961 MCM a year and a half ago and haven’t had a spare second (or dollar) to get to work on restoring it until now. I’m so excited to finally start tackling a project in our […]