DIY projects to nurture hearts and home
I start to think about leaf raking as soon as the first leaf drops in our yard. My oh my, we have quite the leaf raking operation in our yard every year.We LOVE the shade our mature trees (yes, six of them) give our yard during the summer, but we absolutely loathe the amount of leaves, seedlings, and other random stuff they drop each fall
Landscaping your yard can be a lot of work. Cutting grass, watering plants and weeding is time consuming and sweaty work. But there are smart tricks to creating a low maintenance landscaping design that leaves you more time to enjoy your yard, and less time slaving over it. I’m sharing the low maintenance landscaping design we chose after hours spent researching and talking to garden
Last year we repainted our deck and added potted shade planters by our deck stairs. The main purpose of the planters is to cover bald spots where grass won’t grow. Our yard is shaded by a huge, beautiful silver maple tree that won’t grow grass near its roots. Instead of trying to grow grass where it just won’t grow, we decided to take the path
A homemade bird seed wreath isn’t just for the birds. They are a simple and fun craft to do with kids of all ages! We are on our second year of making DIY bird seed feeders, and it’s quickly becoming a yearly tradition. I weeded through a bunch of bird seed feeder tutorials, tried a few new things this year, and I’m sharing all of
We’ve had more than just a pesky monster problem at our home recently. And this problem is much less fun to resolve. During the fall, the front of our house is a MAGNET for box elder bugs. Not only is it north facing, but it also has cedar siding. These two factors are basically a box elder bug’s dream! But I’m happy to report that
Our deck was in dire need of a refresh, but we didn’t have to budge for a complete overhaul. Sound familiar? We decided to refresh our deck with deckover paint to give our deck a few more years of life. We know we’ll eventually tear it down and put something in it’s place, but we don’t quite know yet what. And we don’t have the budget
Our Christmas fireplace is my favorite spot to decorate for the holidays. The fireplace is the focal point of our main living space, and adding Christmas decorations to it was such a fun project. This is the first year we were able to decorate the fireplace for Christmas after installing a new fireplace mantle with built in cabinets. I’m so excited to share our Christmas
We are SO excited to announce that baby #3 will be joining our family this fall! What is the gender and how has this pregnancy gone so far? Read on for more details. Will We Find Out the Gender? This is a resounding “YES!” We are planners by nature in this family. Finding out the gender is a fun little tease before we get to
