My husband and I have always wanted to create a backyard space that we absolutely loved. Check out this post HERE about our previous home. As you can see, this has been one of our goals for a long time but has always been difficult because of HOA’s. Now that we have no HOA, it’s game on. Here’s how we’ve started building our backyard oasis one board at a time! Above Ground Pool First step was installing an above ground pool. There are a few reasons why we went with an above ground. It’s way less expensive than an in-ground. Pools in general are ridiculously expensive, so this was a no brainer ..read more

Remember when we started our fireplace wall project!? If you haven’t read that post yet, you can check it out HERE. Well, we are finally done! It was been a long journey to get here, but we learned a lot of lessons along the way. I’m so excited to finally share our finished fireplace accent wall transformation! BEFORE & AFTER Here’s what we did differently. This time around, we used thicker boards. Luckily we had some that were the perfect size laying around in our garage from another project. They were white pine 1×6’s. We also put a bigger gap in between each board. My husband made us so ..read more

Where do I even begin? About a month ago I was sick and stuck on the couch, which led me to the brilliant idea of redoing our fireplace wall because why not, right? We always have some sort of project going and it had been a minute since our last one… So I talked my husband into getting right to work! Not like I have to really talk him into it anymore. Little did we know we would spend an entire week+ and end up with a fireplace accent wall fail. Learn from our mistakes! I’m going to share them all with you here so you don’t have to go through the sadness of tearing down a project you worked s ..read more

Who doesn’t love some privacy, am I right? This flower box with privacy wall for your patio is the perfect solution to give you that privacy you are looking for! The number one thing we wanted to do with our patio makeover was to create a beautiful, comfortable space to enjoy our backyard. My husband and I threw around a lot of ideas, but ultimately decided to build a flower box/privacy wall combo. This would give us that privacy we wanted and a place to put some pretty flowers! The build… We grabbed some wood and flowers from Lowe’s and went straight to work. We started with building a simple ..read more

The very first time we walked through a model of our new build, I started envisioning how I would decorate each and every space. Walking into the kitchen was no different! I absolutely loved it, but there was a huge blank wall that just really didn’t fit in. I immediately knew what it needed. Shiplap! Follow along in this simple do it yourself faux shiplap wall. A shiplap accent wall can feel intimidating or expensive, but it’s not! This was actually a really easy and kind of a fun project to do too!!  What You Need My husband and I researched different ways we could create a shiplap wall ..read more