A Variety Pack!  Yay!  It's been a while!  Boy, I'm getting spotty with my Variety Packs, yikes. Well I'm back with another one then! Which is great because I've got hot tips for you, cool ideas, and this post will contain two, yes two, recipes! Let's hop to it!  Variety Pack! First, an oh duh moment.  A problem that needled me daily but as soon as I'd walk away, I'd forget to do something about it. I shared this hot tip over on the ol' Instagrams and it's truly one of those why did I not think of that before's:  adding little motion-activated puck l ..read more

  Look, I admit there's nothin' revolutionary about making a curtain rod out of a dowel, for sure.  Making a modern version?  Mmm, maybe?  So that's what I'm here with today, a modern dowel curtain rod. Creating a curtain rod with dowels is super easy to do, especially as dowels are affordable, coming in oodles of diameters and lengths.   FYI, when you're at the ol' home improvement store, you may have to wander to find the longer than four foot ones.  No biggie; you can envision more projects while there! But I know.  Dowels.  Hey, they are darn co ..read more

  Ah ok, see, heh, this is what happens, SMDH.  I walk into our master closet and ugh it's flipping a wreck.  I should really do some spring cleaning and.....(pause) (slo-mo) oh but what if....what if...(wave of hands) redo!, ooOhh wallpaper!, and this and that and that too and kapow, I've redesigned the closet. I spy something, it morphs out of control, even if I've already done it once, twice, five times, and off my brain redesigns.  Pew, gone.  Then it has to happen.   This isn't entirely a redo I should say, more of a do.  All because sprin ..read more

  Ok, this surely sounds confusing and bizarre, an outside a closet rod, but hear me out.  And once you do, you’ll want one, or several, too. Generally speaking, this is similar in concept to say, a valet rod, but given our bifold closet doors or, in the case of Mike’s office, above the room’s door itself, a valet rod wouldn’t work.  Or, I guess it would there but it wouldn't as he'd hit his head incessantly and break the darn thing within a day or two. Regardless, those valet rods are best installed in roomier closets or ones with a swinging door, or some such, neither of w ..read more

  You may not be interested in dogs, or maybe dogs having surgery, but Finn did recently, as Hailey did several years ago though hers was different.  I wanted to chat about Finn here today. First and foremost, nothing can prepare you for when your beloved four-legged best friend, vigilant protector, your Trusty Furry Assistant aka TFA, and literal shadow gets sick, like big sick.  And then, the after part when they come home. Helpful as always, here with screen repair. Of course coming home is an ecstatic moment but it’s also freakin’ terrifying.  And anxiety ..read more

  Does this take the cake as the longest blog post title I've composed to date?  So yeah though, come join me back in the bathroom with this Controversial Master Bath Project:  Jet Tub Cover Up Part III, Towel Bars and Shelves. Heh. Last we left off, the bathroom took a dramatic turn with the cedar walls.   Right?  Drama! If you're just joining me or need a refresh on this doing-everything-backward bathroom adventure, you can check out Part I here! Ok so back at that boxy jet tub cover up shelf unit area there, I had plenty more work to do. Since I am doing ev ..read more

  All righty!  Yes!  How to DIY tufted floor cushions!   This project, well, this dilemma was long overdue in resolving.  Long.  And now it's resolved!  Yay!  I'm really excited about this one, if you hadn't noticed already. First, mostly, I'm shocked.  Why?  Because these turned out exactly like store-bought floor cushions.  Somehow I didn't muff this up and was able to pull them together in stellar fashion.  I'm super proud of myself a. for a job well done and b. I finished a project. We've all seen these floor cushions around ..read more

  Shockingly, so quickly, we have updates to updates:  Joybird and Interior Define!  And exhilarating ones at that! I'm not gonna lie, and as it's well established that my life generally rolls as a textbook version of Murphy's Law, I, despite not doing it, normally have to keep my expectations and hopes in check.  I know that sounds grim and dismal; it's not meant to.  I merely have that kind a' luck.  *shurg* Catching back up with this Joybird and Interior Define update today though, as last we left off I chattered on about how aggrieved we were with that Joy ..read more

  Well!  How exciting, right?  A rug that’s washable!  Whaaat?!  I know it sounds cuckoo but what a boon!  And thanks to Tumble, we get to test one out!  Thanks, Tumble! First and foremost, I’m required to let you know that Tumble* sent me this awesome rug free of charge which is remarkably generous.  I was not otherwise compensated for this post and the opinions forthwith are mine.  All right.  So who couldn’t use a washable rug, amiright?!  Think about it.  We all spill.  We all drop stuff.  Life is crazy messy.  ..read more