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DIY White Wood Ceiling
We're done! Well, sort of. We have to add some trim, but that can be another post. This was so much easier than I expected.  We'd been brainstorming wood ceiling ideas,  and felt pretty confident in...
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DIY Air Plant Hanger Collection
Hello again! I'm trapped in the house while a plumber fixes our water heater. Â It was a leaky pipe, and while some of you may say "why didn't you try to fix it?!" - well - sometimes you have to know...
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Downstairs Bathroom Details
We're done. We're done! The downstairs bathroom is done, and I'm just waiting for the right time to take the tour pics. Bear with me, it's hard to get good light down there. We wrapped up the finishing...
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New Strings n' Things + DIY kits!
It's been a busy past few months for the string art sector of my life, there have been some new ideas along the way too. Just a quick showcase of the latest gear for your walls, starting with my...
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DIY Air Plant Sphere
I'm so excited to share this project! I had this idea a few weeks ago, and since it was finally raining in California recently, this made the perfect Rainy Day Project. While finishing up the details...
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Valentine's Day Steaks & Wine
Source: Tasty Kitchen Hey, whoah, panic - Valentine's Day is this Friday. What's that? You haven't decked your house in hearts, arrows, and bowl after bowl full of adorable candies? (Kudos to those of...
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Before and After: The Downstairs Bath Official Tour
Should we finally tour this bathroom or what? When we started the bathroom in...oh.. mid, November? The idea was for it to be a 1 to 2 weekend project. Then of course Thanksgiving happened, and oh -...
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China Cabinet Makeover
Hello again! Ralphy & I have finally gotten back into painting furniture! Feels so good. While moving here was a wonderful thing, I did lose my workshop, meaning we can only paint when the weather...
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Creating with the Stars 2014
Hello & Happy Spring! Today makes it official, though it's been feeling Spring like for a few weeks now around here, and I love it! I woke up Monday morning to quite the surprise... I had entered...
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Guest Post: 10 Ways to Enrich your Bedroom
Hey everyone! Wow, what a month - I've been crazy busy... First there was the East Coast Creative project, which I found out I was a contestant on a Monday, got the information packet Monday night,...
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Duluth Kick in the Pants Contest and Giveaway
Hey everyone! So to say I've been slacking on the home projects lately is a total understatement.... I've been so swamped with different jobs (like this huge string art piece, I'm still sore!)Â that the...
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How To: Modern Timber Slat Coffee Table
Well, I'm finally getting this tutorial put up! Last month was a whirlwind, and I was one of the lucky ones chosen to compete in the East Coast Creative Creating with the Stars challenge. If you...
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String Art Giveaway on Better After
If you're a fan of the blog Better After, or follow me on Facebook, you already know about this giveaway.  I've had so many new designs & orders lately that I didn't realize it's been forever since...
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New Kitchen Buffet with Open Shelves
Well in the midst of the usual balancing of many projects, we squeezed this one in recently. Â I Â had really been craving some large scale open shelving in our kitchen, because with it's height - I...
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I'm Back! With a Giveaway No Less...
Hey guys! Sorry, I totally took a breather there. I didn't mean to, it's just that May turned out to be crazy busy! Between work, string art orders, helping with a wedding (pics soon, I was so all over...
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Backyard Bar Progress
Backyard Brick Patio Bar Progress... say that ten times fast, huh? Â We do actually call this area the brick patio, because in our house - there are so many doors (6!) that it's really hard to say...
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Quick DIY Secret Mossy Hiding Pail
Well I guess not so secret anymore now that I've blasted this all over the internet.  Oh well, I guess if you come to my house you'll know this secret spot & head straight to it. Good thing for...
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Backyard Brick Patio: A Quick Update
Hello again! I'm still around, I hope you haven't forgotten me! Summer has been wild & crazy in all the right ways, but the downside is that I've totally neglected blogtime. Â Womp! Between...
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String Update! September 2014...
Wow, a rainy day? This is great! We are in the middle of one of our worst droughts out here in California, so I'm not going to complain about rain at ALL. It's so refreshing, and it's forcing me to...
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Modern Stool Makeover
Hello World! Well, I'm waiting for the sun to come out so I can shoot some pretty shots of the backyard bench that we FINALLY finished! I'm so. so. SO happy to be done with that thing. It was the...
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Backyard Patio: Tree stump to Day Bed
You know what I realized as I set out to write this post? I completely skipped out on showing you how we turned the stump into a bench in the first place! So this post got twice as long, oops...If you...
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Wheelbarrow + Rain Chain = Cute Drainage Solution
Hello! Wow, long time no hear from me, huh? Well, I can explain, sort of, but I'll tuck it away at the end of this post. Last month we got a TON of rain, and while we managed to put up rain gutters the...
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Back with a Book, Baby!
I'm back! Do you even remember me? Â Ha-ha, I hope so - I know it's been SO long, and I really am sorry about that gap, but I hope that my announcement excuses me just a teency bit.. So, some exciting...
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Baby Nursery Reveal! After & Before...
Hey everyone! Well, I'm dusting off my keyboard and putting my blogging sweatpants back on, finally! I'm back & I'm really excited to show you one of the latest projects we've been working on, I've...
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DIY Canvas Nursery Animals
Hi everyone! I'm back as promised with a tutorial on how to make the adorable nursery art we did for Sarah & Shaun's nursery. This is a really easy project, with a great impact, we were pretty...
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