A Creative Beginning

Featuring: Many Thanks!

I just wanted it to be known to everyone out in blogland how thankful I am for these lovely ladies featuring me this past week. Each and every single feature was such a surprise, and each one included an exciting phone call to my mother (who got me into blogging) right after I found each [...]

Pottery Barn Eagan Mirror

I know there is a plethora of tutorials out in blogland on how to make the Pottery Barn Eagan Mirror. Like here, here, here, and ummmm, here too! While all of these turned out amazing! I wanted (and needed) the EXACT same size that the REAL pottery barn mirror is. I needed a large statement

Some more “Spring Bling”

A few weeks ago, I for some reason was in this mood to just get rid of pretty much anything and everything in my house. I literally started posting most of my furniture up on Craigslist. Whether or not it was a fair price, well that’s a whole other thing. I figured, if somebody wanted [...]

Spring Mantel

First off, I have to say I am not as behind on the “spring mantel” as you might think. I have had it decorated like this for a while, but have just been taking my sweet time writing a post about it. With that said……… (above photo of where I bought everything! decorative ball: garage [...]

Busy Building!

Last weekend I was ultra motivated to get some things built! I finally decided it was time to tackle Olivia’s Nook. First, let me say that when we first saw the house, this little nook was the most odd use of space. We weren’t quite sure what it was for. The realtor guessed that [...]

We are Online!

I just wanted to share the link to our episode! Im so excited that DIY Network put it online for all to see! If you don’t get the channel, here’s your chance to still watch! enjoy! RENOVATION REALITIES: THE LAIRD JOB

Olivia’s Armoire

So TJ and I finally decided to tackle the armoire that I want to build for Olivia’s room. I fell in love with the Pottery Barn Kids Armoire they had for sale, but not so much in love with their price. As you may know from past posts, I got these amazing plans from Ana [...]

Butcherblock Countertops

This post is to explain the step-by-step process I did for my counter tops. It was really easy, but I won’t lie, it was very time consuming. I got the countertops at Ikea. We ended up paying about $700 for 5 different pieces. We decided to go with the Numerar Oak butcher block. They had [...]

Kitchen Breakdown

A lot of people were curious about the cost of the kitchen and how it was broken down. I’m more than happy to share it with those of you who are wondering! Our old cabinets were in great shape! They just needed a new face lift. I knew that I wanted to paint them white [...]

Guest Bedroom

I finally got started on putting the guest bedroom together. My dad drives over 3 hours down to Eugene, from Seaside, all the time to help out with the house. He would sleep on a blow-up mattress, on the floor, surrounded by tools, and junk that wasn’t unpacked yet. I figured that probably wasn’t the [...]