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I want to see more: chic deco {white walls}  I used to feel like white walls meant a naked boring undone space (or even worse, I fe...

If you're wondering why it's a little dead for DIYs around here lately, it's for this one plain fact: I had to leave all of my ...

After much scurrying around, it became pretty obvious that we couldn't do anything remotely helpful to the process of moving to Finla...

I know, I know. You're getting sick of desktop wallpapers, aren't you? Well, I can't help it. I've been feeling ve...

Just to prove that I haven't been doing absolutely nothing in the DIY and food department, I thought I'd share a few projects that I...

I never mentioned it but I first attempted this in my own bathroom. I used a double sheet and sewed in some buttonholes to attach it. T...

If you're a peony lover like I am, plant peony tulips so you can experience the ruffle of a peony well before they actually bloom. ...

I don't know if I've ever mentioned it before, but my ultimate decorating fantasy (well, at the moment, anyway) is to redo Idle Husb...

Problem: Our neighbours have highly functioning, industrial strength, two-pronged, motion-detecting spotlights at the door to their garag...

I really wish this idea had gone better. Smoother. Nicer. But it just didn't. And sometimes, that's what happens in the DIY world. Y...

{tattly}  I'll be totally honest. I'm really not into tattoos. It's not that I don't like them. I think they're fine...

I got this idea from Design Sponge 's feature on making your own old fashioned feather pen . I really did intend to do it completely ...