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Old Barn Wood, New Basement Door

This one tiny little hallway– literally the smallest space in my house– has officially become...  featured_drywall_stuff

Drywall 101: Drywalling Basics

“Let’s hang and finish some drywall!” Yeah. Here’s my guess at the three most...  featured_chalkboard_frame

Things You Do With a Six Foot Chalkboard: #1 Frame it with Barn Wood

Here’s the litmus test for whether or not you’ve completed a successful “old barn wood”...  featured_paper_filing_crate

Organization 101: DIY File Crates From Pallets

A recurring theme here over the last couple of weeks has been watching me desperately trying to dig myself...  featured_clothesline

DIY Weekend Project: How To Build a Kickass Clothesline

Since it was ninety-seven degrees in my house last weekend, it seemed like building a clothesline so...  featured_month4_addition

DIY House Addition: Building a House From the Ground Up

Building a house takes many things– tools, patience, several cases of beer, and most importantly,...  featured_rustic_patio_table

Weekend DIY Project: Rustic Wood Patio Table

One of the many things I didn’t anticipate about buying a huge old farmhouse was how many outdoor...  featured_upstairs_bath_words

Words on a Bathroom Wall

Here’s something that is not going to be a shock to anyone who has been reading this website for,...  featured_rustic_art_dandy

Rustic Wood Wall Art: Part 3

Creating this rustic wood wall art was a simple project when it came to building the panels and thinking...  featured_liberty_house

Liberty House: One Year of Progress (and Swearing)

This week marks a big milestone at the Liberty House. It’s been one year since I first laid eyes...  featured_moonshine_lamp

How To Make a Glass Jug Lamp

When I decided to rent an old farm house with a bunch of falling down buildings on the property there...  featured_new_house

And Then I Bought a House

No. Not property to build my Hillside Cottage on, but an actual house. A 150 year old brick farmhouse,...  featured_picnic

Weekend DIY Picnic Table Project

See this picnic table? I love eating at this thing almost as much as I loved building it. Detached benches,...  featured_chalkboard_calendar

Keeping It Together: Chalkboard Chip Calendar

It’s Wednesday confession time! That’s right, it’s the point in the week where I shuffle...  featured_tileportrait

Tile 101: The Basics of DIY Tiling (Any Kind, Anywhere)

Once you learn the basic principles behind installing tile you can apply them to any number of projects–...  featured_vanity

How To Build a Pottery Barn Inspired Vanity

I think the most important thing on the list of stuff you need to build a vanity is the pervasive belief...  featured_toolboxes

By Tools, For Tools: Quick (and Fun) Wood Toolboxes

During the Great Migration of One-Thousand Tools that has occurred over the last several weeks, it became...  featured_nugget_barn

How To Build a Kickass Chicken Coop

So, a few weeks ago I set out with the intention of building temporary housing for the Nuggets–...  featured_spice_jars

DIY Spice Jar Labels

It might seem a little strange that even though I don’t have a working kitchen (or even really...  featured_tree_painting

DIY Wall Art: Fly Away Home

The options I was faced with this weekend consited of, on one hand, more wallpaper removal. Or, on the... 
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Get Your Shit Together: The Laundry Room

Okay, Day 2 of my 10 Day challenge to get my shit together in this house. I’ve got some momentum going from tackling the mudroom…

July 2, 2014 | 19 Comments | Read the Full Article
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Get Your Shit Together: The Mudroom

I’m taking my cleaning and organizing adventure in the same order I walk through the house everyday, which means I’m starting with this room… To…

July 1, 2014 | 12 Comments | Read the Full Article
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Get Your Shit Together: A 10 Day Project

Here’s an actual thing that happened this week: I went out to dinner with my fabulously bearded dude–who recently managed to set his face on…

June 30, 2014 | 39 Comments | Read the Full Article
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There Goes My Tool Fund

So… I’ve been pretty open about the fact that I had a moment last weekend. And it’s cool. I think it’s a totally fair and…

June 28, 2014 | 18 Comments | Read the Full Article
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Jammin’ Already

This story starts with something awesome… breakfast. Specifically the fact that I have an awesome dude who has awesome ideas about food (there were once…

June 26, 2014 | 17 Comments | Read the Full Article
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The Good, the Bad, and the Part Where I Cry over Concrete Anchors

Soooo… weekends. If it feels the first post of the week lately has felt a little bipolar… uh… yeah, I also feel that way pretty…

June 23, 2014 | 18 Comments | Read the Full Article
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Wood, Stain, and Better Decisions

A couple of weeks ago my mom stood in the middle of my lawn, looked around—at the unfinished garden fence, unfinished garden arbor, unfinished raised…

June 19, 2014 | 12 Comments | Read the Full Article
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Gardening & Following Through

I am, as predicted, dirty and sore and tired and a little sunburnt and, honestly, do you want to know how I feel? Holy-effing-amazing. AMAZING….

June 15, 2014 | 23 Comments | Read the Full Article
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If All Goes Well…

These are my famous last words, but if all goes well this weekend, I will get to spend some time hugging my donkeys… I’ll anchor…

June 13, 2014 | 12 Comments | Read the Full Article
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Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings

I suspect it comes as no surprise to anyone when I say that I’m a little Jekyll-and-Hyde-ish. (Often leaning heavily towards Hyde.) Let me just…

June 9, 2014 | 13 Comments | Read the Full Article
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Gains & Losses

I went in to my “vacation” week just barely holding on to all of the details of my life … all of the details– sleep,…

June 3, 2014 | 13 Comments | Read the Full Article
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The Kiterpillar (Yeah, that’s a real thing.)

If it’s not quite Monday yet when you’re reading this, it’s close enough. And, while there are a lot of things I could say about…

June 1, 2014 | 21 Comments | Read the Full Article
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A Week of Farm Work

I’m on “vacation” from my day-job this week, which, naturally, means I have a list of projects to tackle on the farm that even my…

May 26, 2014 | 25 Comments | Read the Full Article
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Around The Farm: Out & About

Through all of the snow, and plowing, and shoveling, and the general freezing-off of our collective ass this Winter, everyone on the farm dreamed of…

May 22, 2014 | 13 Comments | Read the Full Article
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Post Holes & Happy Dances

You guys! Right?! I feel like words are superfluous at this point and that my feelings of joy can only be expressed through the art…

May 19, 2014 | 13 Comments | Read the Full Article