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  • 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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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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