An update from Kim
Hi everyone. It's been over two years since my last post. In April 2018, I launched a collection of spice and pantry labels on Etsy, and ever since, the time and creativity I used to invest in blogging has primarily shifted in that direction. Today Paper & Pear...
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Holiday Gift Ideas for Dogs & Their Humans
Don’t let your four-legged friends miss out on the holiday fun. Here are a few ideas inspired by the Paper & Pear Lab Pack. Use the arrows to see additional pictures of these furbaby-approved gifts for the dogs and dog lovers on your list…
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Easy & Inexpensive DIY Row Covers
Last year I took my first stab at vegetable gardening. I built a 4×8 raised bed on the sunniest side of our prior home and had reasonable success growing peppers, sweet potatoes, and a variety of herbs in a crowded mess. With our new home came more land and space for more gardens. I’d been planning, designing, and re-designing a bigger, better garden since January. I even managed to start a few things from seed. As soon at the weather allowed, I got to work.
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How We “Stained” our Butcher Block Countertops with Vinegar and Steel Wool
After researching and testing a number of stains and sealers for butcher block countertops, we decided to “stain” our counters using a simple iron acetate solution made from vinegar and steel wool. If you know my fondness for a good chemistry project, you’ll understand how excited I was, when I discovered this method.
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Small Entryway Makeover
Our first home came with an abundance of unfinished touches. Among these were rough-cut stair railings, missing or mismatched moulding, dated interior doors, and a total lack of closet doors. All of these came together with mauve tile to create a less-than-inviting entry. Thankfully it was nothing fresh paint and some new finishes couldn’t remedy.
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Lack Hack: An Easy Coffee Table Update
Looking for a quick way to upgrade a boring coffee table? You’ve come to the right place. This easy and versatile beginner project can be completed in a single day without specialty tools or equipment. Read on to learn how to update a basic Ikea LACK coffee table to a stylish focal point for your living area.
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Painted Cabinets Three Years Later – Tips, Tricks, and Lessons Learned
If you read my previous post, you know we’re in the midst of renovating our new kitchen. We’re still working on the cabinets in the new kitchen, so I figured it was a good time to share the cabinet-painting story from our past kitchen. This is a follow-up to the Rustoleum Countertop Transformations project I posted about already. Given the success of the countertop project, I decided to give Rustoleum’s Cabinet Transformations kit a try when tackling our first kitchen almost four years ago.
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Kitchen Renovation Part 1 – The Ceiling
Well folks, here it is. The first project in our new house. It took less than a month to get started on a major renovation… the kitchen. Before we even moved in, I was brainstorming ways to transform this eighties throwback into our very own Scandinavian farmhouse kitchen… or at least that’s how I’m labeling it today. While I was certainly tempted to start with new appliances, I’ve had enough projects under my belt to know better. So we made our list and started at the at the top—quite literally—with the ceiling.
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Rustoleum Countertop Transformation Tips & Tricks – Three Years Later
In the summer of 2013, we first used Rustoleum Countertop Transformations to bring our kitchen counters into this decade. It’s been over three years since that initial application and the counters have held up extremely well. On my first Throwback Thursday, I’ll look back on one of the first major projects that started this DIY obsession of mine.
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