I was recently asked to help design a front yard. I went over and met with Eddy. Pedar and I measured her yard and spoke to her about her budget and vision. We talked about what she likes (color) and what she needs (easy, not a lot of maintenance/trimming).
Read MoreI decided a couple of weeks ago that I was done potting plants on the lawn, I wanted a darn potting table and that was that!
Read MoreIt took us two months and $5,000 to turn our old shed into a beautiful office space. We absolutely love it!
Read MoreI finally finished our master bathroom refresh and I LOVE it! A few months back I looked at the light that we bought from Home Depot in 2013 and couldn’t look at it another minute. I ordered a new light that day! The next month when I was painting several doors black, I decided to paint the inside of the bathroom door black. I loved the change. Then I decided I couldn’t be surrounded by the same damn baby blue anymore, so I painted the bathroom white.
Read MoreAfter I finished painting the walls I really started to question this project. Was I really going to like it? Should I just wait till we can afford to pay someone to redo for us? The self-doubt can really get to you. I took a break and came back to it and powered through and I am so glad I did.
Read MoreOur front porch doesn’t receive that much light so it looks really dark. I decided recently that I wanted to paint the front door a bright color. I thought I was going to paint it yellow, but I decided on a gorgeous blue called, “Dip in the pool”— it is a very happy light turquoise color.
Read MoreI don’t know how these crafty people do it because I think stenciling is hard and tedious. You have to tape the stencil to the wall, paint, let it dry and then start all over.
Read MoreWhen we moved here I just moved our porch benches from our old house and the jade plant and stuck it on the porch. I eventually added new pillows and few more potted plants. I
Read MoreFor over a year now I have been dreaming about this dandelion mural I saw online. I showed it to Casey and asked him if he could try and recreate something like this for me. He said, “Oh yeah. I can do that!” Lucky me!!!
Read MoreOne day I looked at the patio furniture on our deck and realized I couldn’t look at it anymore. Our neighbors on Oxbow put it out for free in 2004 and I painted it and stuck some patio cushions on it. I was done looking at it, so I finally bought this set on Wayfair. I put our old set on Facebook Marketplace for Free and it was gone within the hour. I love giving stuff away to people that want it! Hurrah!
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