Monthly Archives: August 2011
Home Talk
Today’s sidebar sponsor giveaway is from the friendly folks at Home Talk! Home Talk is a community full of both regular folks and home improvement pros who love to talk about home improvement, and their goal is to make home improvement easier … Continue reading
How To Paint A Table (sort of)
Happy How To’s Day! Remember when we re-did Kev’s Mom and Dad’s back porch? Well, we filled that little yellow vase on top of the chicken coop with old scrabble tiles (from etsy) for a reason. …and we finally finished … Continue reading
Ceiling Ideas
I haven’t added our dining room tour to the Our House tab in our menu bar yet because it’s still a bit of a work in progress. That being said, the room has changed a lot since we bought the … Continue reading
Search Is Redirected
I got a really helpful email from a friendly TLC reader this past week (thank you Wendy!), and I wanted to share it with you in case the same thing was going on over at your place, and you weren’t … Continue reading
Living Room Inspiration – Pick My Presto
Just wanted to send out a big (virtual) Happy Birthday! to Kev’s brother Kerry today! Kerry is the principal at a local middle school here in Alabama and we’re looking forward to throwing a birthday bash for him here at … Continue reading
The Handmade Home
…and speaking of Cottages & Bungalows- the other day we had fun shooting a room over at Ashley and Jamin’s house that’ll hopefully appear (fingers crossed!) in the mag at some point or another. (Holy tripod-handle-up-the-nose Batman! LOL!) We can’t post … Continue reading
Cottages & Bungalows Magazine – September and October 2011
We had so much fun shooting our friends, Matt and Shaunna’s house for Cottages & Bungalows magazine last Winter, and we were super excited to finally see the photos all laid out in the current issue of the mag at … Continue reading
Let There Be (More) Light
Now that the floor is done in the living room, it’s time to trim everything out and put the room back together. This is a photo of what the room looked like about a year ago: Note: A lot of … Continue reading
Scenes From A Dining Room Recording Session
Kev’s taking a stab at writing the theme song for our pilot episode this week. And although I think my semi-shy guy probably wanted to kick me under the table when I initially (and spontaneously) suggested it at one of our … Continue reading
Fancy Footwear
Holy cow did I get schooled yesterday! LOL! I had never even heard of most of the shoes that were recommended, but I’m so glad to have Merrell, Rocket Dog, Sperry, Keen, Tom’s, Clark and Simple (among others) on my … Continue reading
Sneakers For DIY’ers
Confession: I spend more time thinking about these… …than these: Those are the shoes I wear every day, all day, and will continue to until those faux leather straps are no longer attached to the sole. Or it gets too … Continue reading
Pics From The Pioneer Woman’s Place and The Perfect Pot Roast
Howdy! I finally got around to organizing some more pics from our trip to Ree’s ranch this morning. (Had to bust a squat to line that one up just right! LOL!) It’s crazy how fast you can take a million photos, … Continue reading
Ask The DIY Blog Squad Week and Our Wandawega Winners
Happy Monday! We’re kickin’ it over at True Value’s “Ask the DIY Blog Squad” page on Facebook this week. So if you’ve got a home improvement related question that you’d like to throw our way, click on the badge above … Continue reading
Fall Party
Hey there! Just a quick little post to announce the “It’s Fall Y’all” link party series we’re hosting with our good friends Rhoda, Kate and Sarah, starting at the end of next month. – First up, Kev and I are … Continue reading
Camp Wedding and Baby
Welcome to Day 5 of Wandawega Week! Today I’m going to share a little bit about the friendly folks behind the oh-so-creative camp. David, Tereasa…and a sweet, little cherub-faced girl named Charlie. ________________________ “Boy meets girl. Boy proposes. Boy suggests … Continue reading
Camp Tent
Welcome to day 4 of Wandawega Week! Today’s post features another area of Camp Wandawega- Tent Hill. This area of David and Tereasa’s rustic resort is home to a collection of vintage, perfectly weathered, Boy Scout tents. These aren’t just regular … Continue reading
Camp Treehouse
“Even the most modest of projects can become something beautiful. There is no such thing as too far gone. With hope and a hammer, I believe there is always a way.” – Tereasa Surratt Boy do those words ring true … Continue reading
A Very Modest Cottage Giveaway
Welcome to day 2 of Wandawega Week! If you missed day 1, click here. Today, we’re giving away a signed copy of Tereasa’s book, A Very Modest Cottage. If you’d like a chance to win it, just leave us a … Continue reading
Camp Cottage
Welcome to Wandawega Week! What’s Wandawega Week, you ask? Well, it’s kind of like “Shark Week”, but instead of ginormous ocean waves, exploding with super scary sealife- think: a serene midwestern lake- filled with sweet little (non-ferocious) fishies instead. Oh, … Continue reading
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