It’s amazing what some paint will do to a room. We have this sandy off-white paint on every wall in our house. I think the bank that owned the house paid a very sloppy contractor to come in and paint…
This sweet little side table came to us while we were cleaning out my great uncle’s house. When I first saw it, I knew it wanted a much needed new life with us at the Doghouse. Its charm was covered…
This front door update has been a LONG TIME in the making. The original door was beat to crap when we moved in. No seriously. The doorjambs were cracked. The fiberglass had been ripped out, hammered back in, given a…
Here’s our stair rail. Not the best, yet far from the worst. Again, this is just another piece of 1980’s builders grade material that plagues our house. I’ve been drooling over some updated railings I’ve seen circulating the internet. So…
I love taking old things and giving them a second chance and a new life. I found this antique picture frame at an Estate Sale at a 150 year old house in the borough in town. There were hundreds of…
When we bought our house it had been empty for 5 years, so we knew there were going to be problems. That’s the charm of a fixer upper. So we tackled this bathroom reno head on. We did the demo (minus the…
This bookshelf was one of my favorite and quickest up-cycles to date! I was so excited to start working on it that I almost completely forgot to take the “before” picture. I bought this sad little bookshelf from an…
I have the worlds greatest husband. But sometimes, and I completely understand, he doesn’t feel like hanging decor for me when he comes home from a long day at work. You’re probably saying “seriously, you can’t hang your own decor?”…
This is one of my favorite up-cycles to date! The best part was it was free! I made friends with a construction worker at a local site. He gave me two matching spool for absolutely nothing. Here’s what I was…
We have a 2.5 bath house. This 1/2 bathroom was more like a .25 bath. Completely bland and totally unappealing. I saw a fun post on Pinterest that had a ton of color and lots of natural wood that inspired me…