Hi everyone! I’m back from the Haven Conference in Atlanta and it was one jam-packed weekend! I am absolutely exhausted, but in a good way. I taught a building class on behalf of Simpson Strong-Tie and we built this beautiful DIY outdoor storage ottoman / cocktail table featuring Strong-Tie’s brand new Outdoor Accents™ black powder-coated decorative hardware…
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10 Amazing DIY Projects For Outdoor Entertaining
With the temps heating up, we’re spending a lot more time outdoors these days. Summertime is the perfect time to spruce up your backyard so you can get outside, fire up the grill, and invite some friends over. Hosting backyard barbecues is one of our favorite things to do and I’ve round up 10 amazing DIY…
DIY Storage Bench
Do you make New Year’s resolutions? Instead of resolutions, I set goals for myself. I find that by setting goals, I can envision a finish line which makes it more attainable in my mind. Resolutions are far too abstract for my tiny lady brain to comprehend. Goals are concrete. Goals have a target. Getting organized is one of…
DIY Stenciled Bench
Hello and happy Wednesday friends! How’s your week going? Mine has been rather slow-moving, as I am currently recovering from a nasty bug I picked up on Mother’s Day which progressed into pneumonia. Yeah. Pneumonia. Tons of fun, lemme tell ya. Seriously, who gets pneumonia?! Who am I… a 73-year-old chain smoker?! (P.S. I’m not.)…
My Haven Conference Experience
If you keep up with me on Instagram or Facebook, you’d have seen the lion share of these photos. And if you don’t, then this will be news to you. Read on for my Haven recap (everybody’s doin’ it). Last weekend, I traveled to Atlanta to speak at the Haven Conference, an annual DIY Bloggers’…
DIY Pottery Barn-Inspired Bench
Hello and happy Monday, friends! I’ve got some exciting news to share with you today. I’ve been invited to speak at the Haven Conference, a DIY bloggers’ conference in Atlanta, Georgia this weekend! I’ve never been to a bloggers’ conference before and I am totally geeking out over it. I’ll be teaching a couple of building classes…
DIY Entryway Bench (Subtitled: I Can’t Believe I Actually Built Something!)
We try to enforce a no-shoe policy at our house, which makes our entryway look like a perpetual train wreck. Not a pretty site. So we’re in need of some shoe storage. Adam offered to hit up Target for a shoe rack, but I wanted something, oh I don’t know, not hideous. And left to…