This post brought to you by Miracle-Gro . All opinions are 100% mine. I have a black thumb. This past year I've already killed fou...

Guess what I did with that  microwaved ivory soap powder ?   Whoa. Whoa.  Back up the train.  Did I jump off the deep end?  What am I ...

After our relatives left, I really noticed how empty our place seemed.  Although we moved here almost a year ago, I haven't put much eff...

So I know that this week I already made a crapty  egg carton wreath . And I guess that technically should count as my weekly piece of crap...

About a week ago, the movers finally brought our stuff.  Hubby and I were excited to unpack and put things away.  But then we started n...

As we prepare for our move back East, hubby and I have been hit with a large dose of reality.  It's fun to dream about cute Tudor style ...

The sofa we found at the thrift store and got professionally reupholstered is finally finished.  They delivered it to our apartment last w...

After many days of internet searching,  I finally found a lovely green indoor/outdoor fabric that was cute, affordable, and easy to clean. ...

Armed with kitchen knives, scissors, latex gloves, and a screwdriver, hubby and I wanted to reveal our inner DIY ninjas and reupholster the ...

I want to own furniture that's functional and/or (but preferably and) beautiful.  Sadly, our current couch is neither.  It's brown a...

It's officially over.  We cancelled our diaper service . Thanks to hubby's mum and sister, we now have an assortment of cloth dia...

Do you love food? Are you entertaining out-of-town guests? Do your out-of-town guests love food? (If you answered "yes" to all ...

Tonight our apartment complex was buzzing with sirens and flashing lights.  There was a fire in the apartment building adjacent to ours.  ...

We just finished putting away the Baby Chuck Norris's clothes.  Hooray!  . Inside this dresser (mod podged with wrapping paper) lie...

The area above Baby Chuck Norris's crib was looking a little bare, so I decided to decorate it.  I wanted to put up something fun and no...

I love the design of this photo album. They stand upright!  (Above:  A herd of albums) Just remove the album's binding... an...

I think our new bird lamp will fit in with the rest of our "happy-nature" living room decor.   Two happy ceramic pigs Happ...

It's official, hubby has the flu.  We stayed home for the majority of the weekend, but did manage to quickly slip out to visit the thrif...