Easy Upgrades

Nursery Progress: Lining Our Dresser Drawers

On Tuesday we shared how we refinished a Craigslist dresser for the nursery, taking it from this…

… to this:

So now we’re back with all the dirty drawer lining details as promised. This project actually only set us back around $1.30 because we already had everything on hand that we needed except for two foam craft [...]


Replacing A Kitchen Faucet

Ever wondered how to upgrade or replace your kitchen faucet? Here’s a look at how we installed a new Delta faucet with an extra special “hands free” feature.


Email Answer: Ship Shape Sink?

Q: I love your blog and often check in twice a day. Thank you for your great work! But I have one question: what do you do at the kitchen sink with the few things you regularly use for washing-up/cleaning the dishes and the table (like a sponge, a dish cloth, a brush, dishwashing detergent, [...]


Major Makeover. Minor Moolah.

There are definitely some projects that we’ve taken on (and hired out) along with a few accessories that we’ve brought home that stand out in our mind as particularly worthwhile, especially because they were all around $100 (some much less, some a bit more) and they made a heckova difference in our casa’s function and [...]


Dimmer Witted

Here’s a simple-but-illuminating electrical project that we took on to kick off the transformation of our third bedroom into a nursery.