These are important life lessons we learned while installing garage doors for the first time: Always check the weather first. But don’t believe anything it says. Because it will rain the second you get all your stuff out into the driveway. Installing garage doors is a very DIY-able project. Or, it can be a snowballing […]
Raise the roof!
You can say what you want, but there is nothing more delicious in this entire world than silky, bouncy toddler pigtails. It’s just that I’m completely powerless against them. WHY DIDN’T ANYONE WARN ME ABOUT THIS?! The cuteness drains me. If I was a real blogger, I’d have a good transition here so you felt […]
Deckin’ out our Deck (and a Giveaway!)
Thanks for sponsoring this post, HomeRight! Remember last spring when we built our new deck? First it looked like a tragic little concrete slab. Then we whipped up a little deck which basically rocked our (outdoor living) world this summer. Aww, sweet Marley. The deck definitely looked unfinished (‘cuz it was). We had to let […]
House Exterior: Before and. . . in progress. . .
Will someone please tell me what we used to do with our time before we owned a home and had a baby? I still can’t explain why I didn’t use that abundant spare time to, say… learn to sew. Memorize the entire book of Proverbs. Perhaps cure some incurable disease. Last weekend, when the weather […]
Hi, I'm Kelly. Glad you're here! This little blog is where I chronicle our efforts to fix up our beaten-down home on a tiny budget. We're not there yet, but here's a peek at the view along the way...
