How to Turn an Antique Dresser into an Awesome Desk

So, it turns out that when you blog or manage your family’s finances, schedules, and meal planning, you tend to spend a lot of time in your home office. I certainly have. Well, if you have a tiny desk to use as your work surface you’ve probably experienced the frustration of having little to no […]

Time Tested Process For Building a Perfectly Straight Fence

Talk about a long title! Whew! Anyway, have you ever seen a beautiful home with perfect landscaping, but couldn’t appreciate those because of the uneven fence that surrounds it? A crooked fence can be so distracting and displeasing to look at but it is a difficult mistake to avoid. If you are planning a DIY […]

How to Get Free Labor

Long ago, people did things less efficiently than we do today. Things like shelling beans, plowing fields with a horse drawn plow, and getting from point A to point B were a slow process. But, they did know how to do one thing super efficiently and with free labor to boot: raising barns. The whole […]

4 Tips to Create an Amazing Nursery

Pregnancy is the best time to decorate a room! You might think I’m crazy because for most it is a time of exhaustion, swollen feet, and nausea, but with all those hormones and nesting instincts, we women can get a lot accomplished. That drive paired with an imminent deadline make for some pretty awesome nurseries. […]

Every Corner Needs a Cabinet

It’s hard to furnish or decorate because it’s too small. Ignore it and it leaves too much blank space in your otherwise handsomely decorated home. Overcrowd it, and it distracts from the rest of the room. Almost every house has one somewhere: it’s that tiny, problem causing corner between two doors. I’ll venture to bet […]

A Comprehensive Fence Project Planning Guide

Hello dear friends! Would you agree with me that the backyard is a wonderful place? It’s a place we go to have good times with friends, to get exercise, to play, to relax, to meditate and gain perspective. It’s your own little piece of God’s beautiful green earth to call your own. If you are an outdoorsy […]

Easy Window Box Tutorial

You and a friend are taking a stroll through the English country side. The rolling hills and pastures are a bright summer’s green on this rare sunny day, and there is a herd of sheep grazing contentedly. The dirt path you walk sees little to no traffic during this time of day which allows easy […]