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So a while back I posted about a coffee table that I was making. It I got almost all of the tedious construction done on a random warm...

Time for another throwback to a bunch of sewing I did a while back! I love sewing clothes to wear on regular days, but I LOVE sewing for...

Four weeks. That's how long my weekend paint project actually ended up taking. Granted, there ended up being a lot of things that we...

Optimism is usually a good trait, but it isn't necessarily a good thing to have as much optimism as I seem to have when it comes to...

One trait that I think serves me well (and gets me into a LOT of trouble) is that I generally think I can do things even when I have no...

So I've been wanting to feature some older projects and having a throwback Thursday seems to be like a really great way to show some of...

So, the basement is basically done, but there's been one problem with the room. Despite it being one of the nicest (if not THE nicest)...

So we're basically finished with the basement. We're still waiting on a few things before we can officially call it DONE, but I'll hold...

Normally this time of year is a mad dash to get all of my christmas crafting done before we leave town for the holidays. This year,...

So we're still wrapping up the final stages of room construction (doors and trim) we actually got the pocket door that I made hung the...

So the guys we had come finish the floor were amazing. They got here at 8am on Tuesday and worked until 6:30pm. They were back in the...

When it comes to tiling, the answer is HARD. Now I've tiled before, but I've never been responsible for a whole room. I was still pretty...

Doors, floor, and trim.... somehow this is the list of what remains to be done in terms of construction. It kind of seems unreal when I...

I at least had the foresight when we started to realize that I wanted nothing to do with a drywall ceiling. I can deal with sanding a...

So one of the nice things about building a room from nothing is that when you're painting, you don't have to tape anything off. We wanted...

Getting the walls painted was a HUGE milestone in the basement reno. For the walls we decided to use Sherwin-Williams Agreeable Gray. I...

All the houses in our area from this era had central heat/air put in much later. How anyone lived around here without AC is beyond me....

The easiest part of hanging drywall is attaching it to studs. This leads to a false sense that it's going to be quick and easy. Let me...

As unpleasant as it can be to spend hours in a drafty basement all winter, it's extremely gratifying to watch a room start to transform...

After taking measurements for the room, Mr. Handy and I placed an order for the construction supplies that we needed for the basement...