2024-04-15 00:51
We’ve written quite a bit about our inspiration and finish but it’s time to talk about the overall DIY bathroom vanity project.
This was the final project that finishes off o… Read More
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2024-01-22 19:12
When building our custom double vanity we wanted a lighter white oak look, but due to material constraints we instead decided to bleach red oak. There were a couple good articles around on h… Read More
2024-01-19 21:52
Our bathroom vanity needed help. And by help I mean a chainsaw and a bonfire. That part was easy but what came next required searching around for bathroom vanity ideas and these are a few th… Read More
2024-01-14 21:05
We’ve had paint shelves in the basement separating my workshop from the other room for years, but no door between the spaces. In order to fully separate them and add more shelving it w… Read More
2023-10-08 01:46
We have been doing chicken butchering with our friends for a few years now. While we don’t have any magic formula I still thought it might be helpful to share what we do to make it eas… Read More
2023-08-17 02:21
Last year we had a contractor friend extend the deck and add a covered area but decided to DIY the tongue and groove ceiling ourselves. I’m going to call getting it done in under a yea… Read More
2023-06-30 14:30
I’ve decided to give writing small monthly recap posts a shot since I really do enjoy reading them on other blogs. The “retro” title is not so much about a throw-back to an… Read More
2023-06-25 18:00
I didn’t actually plan to build an angled dowel peg rail. When I modernized the beadboard wainscoting in the bathroom one of Shannon’s asks was for shaker pegs for towels by the… Read More
2023-06-24 14:03
Our upstairs bathroom was originally very cottage-y. One of the main things needed to bring it more in line with the rest of the house was to modernize our bathroom wainscoting. We didn&rsqu&hell…Read More
2023-03-26 22:41
We had tile deck to our tub surround that was in rough shape so we decided to try laying laminate over tile and we couldn’t be happier with the result. This was just one of the steps i… Read More
2023-03-19 00:53
During the tub renovation I had originall planned to do some floating shelves but Shannon fell in love with some inspiration photos of recessed wall shelves instead. Thankfully we had just s… Read More
2023-03-13 01:12
Our tub alcove in the main bathroom of the house was in need of some help. The faucet was old, leaking and ugly. The header made the rest of the room feel dark. The sheetrock had water damag… Read More
2023-03-05 15:08
When we first built our house, we used pvc porch column wrapping from a box store that were undersized for the space and had awkwardly proportioned top and bottom trim. The column wraps were… Read More
2022-12-15 01:46
I’ve talked a lot about the renovations for the multi-purpose workout / mudroom / office in the basement. In order for that space to be a workspace though it needed a desk, specificall… Read More
2022-11-08 17:40
I grew up only knowing pumpkin chiffon pie. My mother always hosted Thanksgiving dinner at our house, making at least this pumpkin chiffon pie recipe and a handful of others.
Because pu… Read More
2022-11-08 01:58
I’m not much of a baker and pie crust, like most even moderately complex baking things, intimidates me. So when fall rolls around and the season demands a pumpkin chiffon pie, I take t… Read More
2022-10-25 00:56
Making a DIY chicken feeder that is low waste from a five-gallon bucket and pvc pipe takes five minutes and saves you so many poultry related headaches. We tried many different store bought… Read More
2022-10-25 00:52
Keeping chickens in Upstate NY in the winter is a struggle. Having a DIY heated chicken waterer makes it much easier.
Just like with chicken feeders, we’ve struggled with the best… Read More
2022-10-24 13:41
When we started our garden adventure we knew we needed to make raised beds. After one or two versions, this is how we made our favorite version of a diy raised garden bed out of cedar. The s… Read More
2022-10-24 01:03
A woven wire fence is only as good as its ability to stand and that means learning to brace a fence corner. When I first put in the sheep pasture fence, I cemeted in my three posts for each… Read More
2022-10-23 01:11
Way back when we were first talking about getting sheep we had only a rough idea what what we needed it tooks quite a few revisions to land on a small barn layout. Some of the tools I used n… Read More
2022-09-08 00:40
Our deck needed help. Even at just ten years old it was already rotting and a thick plastering of deck restore was failing after two years. Thankfully I was able to hire out the deck rebuild… Read More
2022-08-24 00:32
As much as I would like to think I could get away from talking about the basement office, workout, mudroom project, I never covered how I decided to cover the basement ceiling. I’m not… Read More
2022-08-20 02:28
While we have a wonderful sheep barn we knew that in order to move the sheep around different parts of the pasture or even the yard we were also going to need a mobile sheep shelter. The she… Read More
2022-07-04 03:08
In order to really give my antique reproduction door a vintage look I knew I wanted to apply liming wax over stain to make it look truly aged. I had already worked with liming wax on our pin… Read More
2022-06-19 02:25
There were plenty of options for closing off the basement storage room but I ended up deciding on a reproduction antique door. Specifically a copy of a door that my parents found in the barn… Read More
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