2013 Could be called the year of the kitchen renovation in our house. Or the year that nearly killed me. Or the luckiest year of our lives. I'm still debating the title. What I do know is that, I decided to take on my biggest DIY project to date. I re-built my own kitchen from … [Read more...]
How to Survive without a Kitchen during Renovation
I've been asked many times how we're surviving without a kitchen. I have to admit, there were a few weeks of adjustment for us, but now things are humming along relatively easily. We have a makeshift kitchen and a dishwashing set up that works for us. But, living without a … [Read more...]
All About Termites and Clean Up with The Bagster Bag
There we were, Harvey the electrician and I were happily making progress on the kitchen renovation. Harvey was just finishing up on the last row of outlets when his hand disappeared into the wall. "Ummm, Ms. Bailey, I think there's something wrong with this stud." I looked over … [Read more...]
How to Remove a Soffit – Kitchen Renovation Update
How are y'all doing this week? Getting ready for the holidays? Instead of decorating, we did some demolition in the kitchen this past weekend. And it involved buying myself an early Christmas present:I snatched up this DEWALT 10--Amp Keyless Variable Speed Corded … [Read more...]
How to Salvage Wood from Shipping Pallets
Pallet upcycling is all the rage today. But, if you've ever tried to actually remove wood planks from a pallet, you know that it is not an easy task. The nails that are used are typically spiral nails and are designed to really grip that wood. And if that's not enough, they … [Read more...]
Installing a Split Face Travertine Backsplash
I met Jacque and Matt from The DIY Village recently at Haven. They are such an adorable (AND TALL) couple:Seriously, these two are TALL, I'm 5'6" and I was wearing heels in that picture! Poor Matt was one of the few guy bloggers at Haven, but he was able to ham it up with us … [Read more...]
Saying Goodbye to Barney and Hello, Beautiful!
I detest Barney, the purple dinosaur. I'm not sure what it is about him that turns my stomach. Maybe it's because he's too artificially sweet. Maybe it's his annoying theme song. Or perhaps it is his unnatural purple and green color combo.The dislike of all things Barney has … [Read more...]
Demolition Day
This past weekend I was able to make some serious progress on our laundry room. Yeehaw! Sometimes in order to make a room pretty, you have to make it uglier first. That was certainly the case with this project. If you are just joining me, a few weeks ago the nice folks at Flow … [Read more...]