Home improvement can rack up a huge expense with the price of new materials and the extra cost for unforeseen setbacks. Mistakes happen, but you don’t want them to happen when you’re renovating your home. We’ve all seen our fair share of DIY’s gone wrong. Check out...
I’ve written in past blogs about some upcycling activities, from wreaths to birdhouses and more. Upcycling is a great way to turn something otherwise useless into a work of art, a usable tool, or just give it purpose once again. Western culture, and especially in the...
Spring is right around the corner, and with spring comes the birds looking for a home for their nests and future eggs. Birdhouses are a staple for many homes in suburbia and the country to welcome avian families who’ve been gone for much of the winter. Classic...
Anyone who’s raised a child or two will attest that good housekeeping hardly stands a chance against toddlers and young children. Having become recently mobile and semi-verbal, children in the age range between the “terrible twos” and mid-elementary school are just...
You know the struggle of wanting to hang your tapestries, calendars, posters, and wall art without damaging the items or the walls. There’s no perfect solution, but there are some tricks that will help reduce the damage to one or the other, and in a few lucky cases,...
It’s a good idea at the beginning of a new year to take stock of the items that you’ve had for some time that ought to be checked for their efficacy or replaced. You may not think about it daily, but certain items you rely on reach their shelf life, even though the...
