Ashley and I are pleased to announce that we are expecting a new DIY’er to be added to our family this summer! We are super excited about the 6th member of our family and cannot wait to share all new memories with everyone. Of course, with a new baby and a new house, that can […]
Finally finished up the trash drawer a few days ago. I really like the way this turned out. The drawer now opens smoothly and there is no bouncing or binding of the slides. The box at the rear of the drawer has worked out great for extra bags and the fit of the trash can […]
I was checking out the weather on my ipad last night and noticed this strange, near perfect, circle up in Nebraska. Not really sure what it was but I found it be pretty interesting. This was during a pretty extreme midwest blizzard that was happening. A blizzard that had thundersnow! Here is another quick pick […]
This weekend I helped “Craft Girl” and “Chicken Nugget Girl” with their Valentine boxes. It took us awhile to come up with good ideas. Originally “CNG” wanted to do another oven box like she did last year. She figured since she was at a new school, it would be ok since no one saw the […]
It was no secret in our household that I was unhappy with the job I did on our slide out trashcan. It was a rushed job and I felt the craftsmanship showed it. But it worked…for the most part. Since I made the original box with the incorrect dimensions, I had to mount the rails […]
One of the kitchen projects that I am most proud of is our island. What’s funny about this thing is that we almost didn’t have it. The story goes like this….I purchased an entire kitchen’s worth of cabinets from a husband and wife off of Craigslist. They were doing an entire house remodel and the […]
Ashley and I have been pretty busy on the kitchen. It’s taking a bit longer to do than I hoped it would but considering our hectic schedule and the inability to keep the doors off all day because of the kids, I think we are doing pretty well with it. Below are two pictures to […]
Last night I had a huge hankering for some of my “famous” primal brownies but since we have a tree nut allergy in the house I knew that wasn’t going to happen. Or was it. 🙂 I decided to do a little bit of experimentation and substituted out the almond butter with sunbutter. I also poured the batter into cupcake […]
It seems that once again Ashley and I have several projects going on but none that are quite finished. We also have quite a few projects that are finished but we just don’t have pictures taken yet. Here is what we have completed and I hope to post on soon. Chicken Nugget’s room remodel Craft Girl’s room […]
I am not a fan of can lights in any part of the house except for the basement. They seem so plain and boring to me. Wouldn’t you know it our house has them all over the place – kitchen, hallways, etc. The first one to be replaced was the one located in the kitchen […]