Browse: Woodworking

  • DIY Built-Ins Part 2 – Building the Bookshelves

    DIY Built-Ins Part 2 – Building the Bookshelves

    Our built-ins in the office are slowly (but surely!) coming together! Here’s part 2 of this building process with steps to create the bookshelves…

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  • Video Tutorial – DIY Wall Molding in the Bathroom

    Video Tutorial – DIY Wall Molding in the Bathroom

    Our first floor bathroom was in need of some personality. Here’s how we added a super easy wood wall treatment…

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  • How To Add Board And Batten To A Small Bathroom

    How To Add Board And Batten To A Small Bathroom

    Making baby steps toward finishing our half bathroom off the kitchen by adding board and batten…

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  • White Built-Ins Around the Fireplace: Before and After

    White Built-Ins Around the Fireplace: Before and After

    Every step of our renovation process so far has been SO exciting. Even the smallest changes have had me giddy. But today’s transformation may be one of my favorites so far…

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  • How To DIY Book Ledges

    How To DIY Book Ledges

    I’ve always loved seeing nurseries where books are displayed. These displays are not only functional but they double as adorable decor that any little one can enjoy for years to come…

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  • How to Make Time for DIY Projects

    How to Make Time for DIY Projects

    “How do you find time for DIY projects?”ย It’s a question we both get all.the.time. Our lives are pretty jampacked and there aren’t many hours leftover for fun DIY projects.ย However, we’re still getting stuff done around our places! Here’s how…

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  • B’s House Has New Trim, Casing & Doors!

    B’s House Has New Trim, Casing & Doors!

    Two carpenters had been working for 3 full days hanging the baseboard, window casings, door frames and new doors. When I finally came home to see their hard workย finished, I could not WIPE the smile off of my face…

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  • How to Demo Trim to Save Money

    How to Demo Trim to Save Money

    We decided to hire out some of the large projects because of the expertise (and time) required. But I’m also trying to do as much prep as we can ahead of the professionals to save them time andย money….

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  • How to Install New Baseboard – Part 2

    How to Install New Baseboard – Part 2

    If you’re just joining us, make sure you START HERE to catch up on the first few steps of installing new baseboard. Yesterday we tackled steps #1 through #4 and today we are picking up where we left off to finish up this attainable DIY project If you’re back for more baseboard business, let’s diveKeep…

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  • How to Install Baseboard – Part 1

    How to Install Baseboard – Part 1

    Thanks toย our blog survey last month we received several requests for a specific tutorial on how to replace baseboard. We’ve tackled this project a few times (usually in the process of adding wood treatment to a wall) yet never really thought about sharing the tutorial on this DIY project. So as obvious as this requestKeep…

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  • Our Favorite Woodworking DIY Projects

    Our Favorite Woodworking DIY Projects

    5 years ago neither of us had ever picked up a pneumatic nail gun and we definitely had no clue what a miter saw was. Today, we use those tools on a regular basis whenever we’re tackling a new woodworking DIY project. Woodworking projects are some of our favorite because they can add so muchKeep…

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  • DIY Shiplap in the Bathroom

    DIY Shiplap in the Bathroom

    My shiplap dreams have come true! I recently talked about how this new round mirror had me completely itching to make aย few more updates in our bathroom. (Enter my shiplap dreams). Shiplap Plans In a perfect world, I would shiplap the entire bathroom, but there were a few roadblocks and a few uncertainties that urgedKeep…

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