* * This giveaway has ended * * It’s been another fun year of True Value DIY Blog Squadding, and to celebrate one last time, we’re wrapping things up today with a $100 True Value gift card giveaway… It’s good … Continue reading
I really enjoy looking at blogger’s adoption timelines to see how everything went for them, time-wise. And since I’ve had a few requests to share more information about each step of our adoption process, I just wanted to quickly mention … Continue reading
Kevin found a heart-shaped locket wedged in the seat back on the passenger side of our car a couple of days before we left for Peru… Neither of us knows where it came from, but strangely enough, I had been … Continue reading
Remember when we painted our sunroom, Cloud Nine? Well, as of today, the room is coated in Gray Lake. Yep. We changed our minds and headed back to True Value to pick out a different shade last week. We chose Gray … Continue reading
We made a quick trip back to True Value to pick up wall paint for the sunroom last Thursday afternoon. After sampling a handful of other off-whites, we settled on a Benjamin Moore color called Cloud Nine because it was the … Continue reading
Time for a quick sunroom makeover update! What once was Manchester Tan, is now Simply White. (Note: The existing ceiling fan fixture will soon be replaced with some kind of chandelier.) They’re both Benjamin Moore colors, but we had ours … Continue reading
One of the best parts of being on the True Value Blog Squad is being able to host home improvement-related giveaways. This week, we’re giving away one of these little guys… It’s got a hundred bucks on it, and it’s … Continue reading
Just a quick heads up: Kev and I will be on “Ask The Blog Squad” duty over at True Value’s Facebook page tomorrow. (Tuesday, July 17) So if you’d like to throw any home improvement-related questions our way over there, … Continue reading
Remember those window treatments I blogged about the other day? Well, part of our 2012 DIY Blog Squad duties involved trying out a new tool from True Value, and since we used it to put those window blinds up, I thought … Continue reading
True Value approached us about being on their DIY Blog Squad again this year, and we were thrilled to give it another go. Working on this old house is my passion, and I never imagined a company like True Value … Continue reading
We decided to change out some of our door knobs with some ($13) oil-rubbed bronze ones from True Value yesterday… We shot a little video tutorial about the switcheroos, too: (Click the play button on the video below) (Click here … Continue reading
We hosted a birthday party the other night. I had planned to bake — ok, fine- heat up a frozen – blackberry cobbler, but we kicked our nasty, old, malfunctioning stove to the curb when we had the new flooring installed … Continue reading
The whole kitchen/laundry room floor redo ordeal started with Kev and his friend Jason busting up the old (unevenly laid) tile and (badly stained) grout that held it all in place… It was a super dirty job… …but they did … Continue reading
We went with a color called November Rain on the walls in the dining room. We used it in one of our previous homes, and thought it would be a nice, fresh choice for the dining room here at TLC, … Continue reading
The bottom half of the dining room currently looks like a bomb went off in it because of what’s going on it the kitchen, but we finally finished working on the top half of the room last week- so I … Continue reading
Remember that big ol’ wall in our master bedroom that we were thinking about putting a built-in bookcase on? Remember the (rough) virtual drawing I did to see how that would (sort of) look? Remember when I talked about the … Continue reading
Howdy, and happy weekend! We wanted to take a moment to pass along some info about True Value’s Painting A Brighter Future program in case you know of a school that could use some new paint! The True Value Foundation provides … Continue reading
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
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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