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What's been happening this week
Applying Window Film to my Glass Kitchen Cabinet Doors
How to apply window film to glass kitchen cabinet doors. I’m finally coming to the end of my my mini kitchen remodel and just finished tackling my lower cabinets and the shelf above my sink. Leaving me with a pile of stuff that now belonged in my upper cabinets. The issue was: NONE OF IT WAS PRETTY. Apparently, I just don’t have many pretty things… Which is a problem because the windows I used for cabinet doors you can see through… because they’re windows! Read More »
3 Must-Do’s to Consider During Your Kitchen Renovation
Kitchen renovations are by far the biggest expense (and stress) during any type of remodel. They also pay off the most though as a kitchen really can make or break a home. A small reno on the kitchen can be just painting out the cabinets and replacing the hardware. That may not cost very much but it is still a HUGE undertaking for most DIYers. I helped my mom paint out her entire kitchen and though it did take forever it was absolutely worth it! Read More »
To Grandma’s House we go! (Wednesday Link Party #148)
Welcome to the To Grandma’s House We Go link party. It happens every single year about this time and every single year I always feel like screaming, “ITS JULY WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT WINTER?! THIS ISN’T FAIR!” But that’s just the way it is – in northern MN there are very few months that winter isn’t on the table in some way or another. Every single thing I do is almost ALWAYS based on when winter will be here. I have pellets coming for my pellet stove and hay coming for the horses. Whether I want to admit it or not, winter is still coming and I would much rather prepare now then when its snowing I guess lol now, on to the Party! Read More »
5 Ways DIY Empowers Women
DIY is very empowering that’s for sure! I would probably have to admit that I am at least part way addicted to the feeling of stepping back and looking at a completed project that I did entirely myself. Pulling up to my home and it looking beautiful and complete entirely because of me is an AMAZING thing. Nowadays we’ve all really moved away from doing things ourselves so much so that its created a whole movement of returning to a more sustainable way of life. And you can’t live a sustainable way of life without doing just about everything yourself! Read More »
Everything You Need to Know about Baths for Your Bathroom Reno
Bath tubs are definitely making a come back though I don’t think we’ll ever see them quite as common in homes as we once did with the standard tub shower combo that everyone had. Walk in showers are simply safer for everyone involved without the need to step up and over a tub lip and the chance of slipping that that creates. And a bench or seating can always be added to showers if its needed. But the stand alone bath tub is definitely coming back in a big way, I absolutely ADORE mine! Read More »
Replacing My Barnwood Shelf with Two Open Shelves Above my Kitchen Sink
I mentioned a while back that I was moving away from the rustic look entirely. I sanded down and stained my beams before I started most of my other renovations. Also, when I refinished the floors here in the kitchen I sanded down and stained my kitchen sink base as well. With that complete my attention turned to the big barn wood shelf and I knew I wanted something totally different and far more delicate. Read More »
To Grandma’s House we go! (Wednesday Link Party #147)
(Woops sorry everyone for the late start!) Welcome to the To Grandma’s House We Go link party. I am so relieved to report that the party at my place this last weekend went off without a hitch! The weather was absolutely perfect and all reports is that everyone had a blast. Now I need a vacation to sleep for a week omg lol. My friends and family are so amazing that those that stayed the night took ALL of the trash with them when they left in the morning. Talk about making my Sunday a lot easier. I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! On to the Party! Read More »
Most recent from Do It Yourself
Applying Window Film to my Glass Kitchen Cabinet Doors
How to apply window film to glass kitchen cabinet doors. I’m finally coming to the end of my my mini kitchen remodel and just finished tackling my lower cabinets and the shelf above my sink. Leaving me with a pile of stuff that now belonged in my upper cabinets. The issue was: NONE OF IT WAS PRETTY. Apparently, I just don’t have many pretty things… Which is a problem because the windows I used for cabinet doors you can see through… because they’re windows! Read More »
Replacing My Barnwood Shelf with Two Open Shelves Above my Kitchen Sink
I mentioned a while back that I was moving away from the rustic look entirely. I sanded down and stained my beams before I started most of my other renovations. Also, when I refinished the floors here in the kitchen I sanded down and stained my kitchen sink base as well. With that complete my attention turned to the big barn wood shelf and I knew I wanted something totally different and far more delicate. Read More »
Drink Station Decoration with Silk Daisies and My Old Kitchen Table!
Decorating my drink station with daisies and fun accessories. I’ve found that when hosting summer parties on my deck that my designated “drink station” needs to be well away from the buffet of food. Turns out people like to “hang around” where the drinks are and tend to stall a whole line of people behind them lol. Or maybe that’s just us Minnesotans?! The “watering hole” at my parties always seems to be the first place my friends and family congregates. Read More »
Most recent from Before and After
Home Tour: My entry, office and dining room reveal!
I should have posted a reveal of my entry way back when I first “completed” it in 2016. But, honestly, it never felt truly “done” until now. The wood stove happened and the entire room needed to be repainted because of smoke damage and then, because I had it cleared out I went ahead and gave my floors some TLC too. Finally though I was able to take my time and put it all back together again! Read More »
Thrift Store Lamp gets a Country Makeover with the Farmhouse Hens
So, a few months ago, I went to my local thrift store to get myself a sweater to make mug koozies for my Christmas in a Jar post. I left the thrift store with two sweaters, some shop rags, a mirror tray and a lamp! To be fair I still only spent $8 and no one really believed I was just gonna be able to get one sweater right? Read More »
My Laundry Room Reveal – How one gorgeous table cloth started it all!
Finally we have come to the reveal of my new laundry room! Yep, I am no longer calling it a closet – I believe this space deserves to be labeled a real room now. First I tackled the heavy lifting, recycling my old kitchen pantry here in several places, building custom shelves, trimming it all out and painting the whole room. From there I added some color and then, finally, I was able to put it all together with some serious organization. Read More »
Most recent from The blog
2019 Spring Gallery – My June Farm, my lawn actually went to seed! lol
2019 Spring Photo Gallery. So I kinda spaced out the mowing situation at my place this spring. Mostly I just don’t care but, also… I really just don’t care. I did kinda want my dandelions to do their thing for the bumbles and also wanted to see how well the clover I planted last year came in this year. Fortunately I do not live near town and my neighbors also don’t care lol… or, at least they don’t care enough to complain. Gotta love country folk we really just ignore our neighbors doing their thing in the hopes that they’ll also ignore us doing our thing lol. Read More »
Moving the Stock Tank to a Safe Place in the Back of my Garage
In May of 2015 we had electricity run from my main power pole to the barn because there was a water hydrant out there (dug many decades ago) hooked up all the way underground to my water in my basement. We brought the horses home in June of that same year and, initially, that’s simply where they hung out, that’s where I fed them, where I put up their red fence corral, where I stored their hay and where their water tank was. We cleaned out the old lean-to off the back of the barn for their shelter too. Sadly though, as many of you already know, this last record breakingly awful winter was too much for my old barn (and thousands of others) which means it is truly no longer safe. Read More »
Spring updates and, of course, I have a Summer to do list!
Summer is actually on its way! OMG for real I think most of us Minnesotans began to give up hope that spring would ever get here! But, thank the universe, it has arrived and of course I have a list lol! Now, unlike My Winter To-Do-List my summer to-do-list I actually might finish THIS summer. I never really thought that I would get through my ENTIRE winter to-do-list this last winter, but this horrible winter did mean I was trapped inside for nearly five months so I did get through a lot of it! Read More »
Most recent from Home Tour
Home Tour: My entry, office and dining room reveal!
I should have posted a reveal of my entry way back when I first “completed” it in 2016. But, honestly, it never felt truly “done” until now. The wood stove happened and the entire room needed to be repainted because of smoke damage and then, because I had it cleared out I went ahead and gave my floors some TLC too. Finally though I was able to take my time and put it all back together again! Read More »
My Laundry Room Reveal – How one gorgeous table cloth started it all!
Finally we have come to the reveal of my new laundry room! Yep, I am no longer calling it a closet – I believe this space deserves to be labeled a real room now. First I tackled the heavy lifting, recycling my old kitchen pantry here in several places, building custom shelves, trimming it all out and painting the whole room. From there I added some color and then, finally, I was able to put it all together with some serious organization. Read More »
My New Workshop Reveal – Fancy, Fun and Organized!
Well I finally made it – here is my finished brand new workshop reveal! This was a LONG time coming: My first post about moving my workshop out of my basement came out in MAY OF LAST YEAR. I lived in a constant state of digging through boxes, looking for one tool or another, and going absolutely bat shit crazy lol. Read More »
Most recent from Link Party
To Grandma’s House we go! (Wednesday Link Party #148)
Welcome to the To Grandma’s House We Go link party. It happens every single year about this time and every single year I always feel like screaming, “ITS JULY WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT WINTER?! THIS ISN’T FAIR!” But that’s just the way it is – in northern MN there are very few months that winter isn’t on the table in some way or another. Every single thing I do is almost ALWAYS based on when winter will be here. I have pellets coming for my pellet stove and hay coming for the horses. Whether I want to admit it or not, winter is still coming and I would much rather prepare now then when its snowing I guess lol now, on to the Party! Read More »
To Grandma’s House we go! (Wednesday Link Party #147)
(Woops sorry everyone for the late start!) Welcome to the To Grandma’s House We Go link party. I am so relieved to report that the party at my place this last weekend went off without a hitch! The weather was absolutely perfect and all reports is that everyone had a blast. Now I need a vacation to sleep for a week omg lol. My friends and family are so amazing that those that stayed the night took ALL of the trash with them when they left in the morning. Talk about making my Sunday a lot easier. I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! On to the Party! Read More »
To Grandma’s House we go! (Wednesday Link Party #146)
Welcome to the To Grandma’s House We Go link party. OMG you guys my peonies just started blooming, I am so totally in love! And my garden is starting to really take off (finally) we had quite the bummer of a wet cool spring but the weather has really warmed up now that July is here. Thank goodness too! Fourth of July weekend we can usually depend on to be hot here but with how weird the weather has been all I could do was cross my fingers. I hope you all have a lovely holiday weekend! Now, on to the Party! Read More »
Most recent from Inspiration Board
OMG Pumpkins everywhere! Hometalk Fall Decor Inspiration board
Hometalk Fall Decor Inspiration board! Summer is absolutely my favorite time of the year – you will NEVER hear me complaining about the heat lol But I honestly think that’s a fact simply because fall and spring are such short seasons here in northern MN. Fall for us could truly last all of three weeks like our spring did this year! And that’s just depressing lol because that means we’re settling into at least four months of some serious cold and snow. Read More »
Hometalk’s Outdoor Projects I Can’t Wait to Build! Do it Yourself!
Inspiration Board of the Outdoor projects on Hometalk that I’ve been drooling over! I received a comment on my outdoor bench saying, “You’re SO crafty, that’s amazing!” And I admittedly got a bit offended, eventually I just laughed about it but I’m not sure how I can build a wrap around bench for my deck and still be called “crafty”. I could’t help but think that if I was a guy she certainly wouldn’t have looked at that bench and called him crafty! I am a builder at heart and I spend most of my time building things in my head or drooling over outdoor projects like these: Read More »
Let’s build some swings! Pinterest Do It Yourself Inspiration Board!
Well now that spring has FINALLY arrived, my dreaming has turned to swings! Let’s build some! These are some of my favorites I’ve found on Pinterest and stashed away for a later time because, seriously, who doesn’t want to swing away a beautiful summer day? Contrary to popular belief, I do NOT feel that swings are for kids in any way. Many of these are very grown up swings for us “adults” lol Read More »
Most recent from Contributed
3 Must-Do’s to Consider During Your Kitchen Renovation
Kitchen renovations are by far the biggest expense (and stress) during any type of remodel. They also pay off the most though as a kitchen really can make or break a home. A small reno on the kitchen can be just painting out the cabinets and replacing the hardware. That may not cost very much but it is still a HUGE undertaking for most DIYers. I helped my mom paint out her entire kitchen and though it did take forever it was absolutely worth it! Read More »
5 Ways DIY Empowers Women
DIY is very empowering that’s for sure! I would probably have to admit that I am at least part way addicted to the feeling of stepping back and looking at a completed project that I did entirely myself. Pulling up to my home and it looking beautiful and complete entirely because of me is an AMAZING thing. Nowadays we’ve all really moved away from doing things ourselves so much so that its created a whole movement of returning to a more sustainable way of life. And you can’t live a sustainable way of life without doing just about everything yourself! Read More »
Everything You Need to Know about Baths for Your Bathroom Reno
Bath tubs are definitely making a come back though I don’t think we’ll ever see them quite as common in homes as we once did with the standard tub shower combo that everyone had. Walk in showers are simply safer for everyone involved without the need to step up and over a tub lip and the chance of slipping that that creates. And a bench or seating can always be added to showers if its needed. But the stand alone bath tub is definitely coming back in a big way, I absolutely ADORE mine! Read More »
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