Just your average DIYers making our house a home, little by little.
And sharing some of our favorite products too!
What you’ll see in this blog
Home DIYs
Watch my husband and I make our house a home, DIY style.
Products We Love
I’ll share all the products that made my life easier.
DIY Landscaping
Another house, another bare backyard to dig into (get it?).
From our blog
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Affordable Whole House Water Filter System
If you’ve heard of Camp Lejeune, there is a good chance it’s due to those running commercials about possible law suits for the water quality in the area. While the worst of that was back in the 80s, we were pretty sure our house would need a filtration system. It wasn’t until we were filling…
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Astronaut Galaxy Star Light
My kids have loved this light so much, that we just bought a second one. Personally, I find it way too bright to sleep with but since my kids seem fine sleeping in under the light of a thousand suns (serious exaggeration), they adore this! You can see a video of it in action on…
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Under Cabinet Lights for our Kitchen
If you’re anything like me, you love lots of light in your home at all times. If you’re anything like my mother, you prefer your home to be dim enough that guests assume it’s lit by candles. If you’re the latter, this post isn’t for you. One of the places we opt for a lot…
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Adding Lights to our Backyard Fence
If your kids are anything like mine, they don’t stop once the sun goes down. While we added a flood lighting on our house to help illuminate the backyard swing set, it still felt a bit dark overall once the sun set. Then my husband found these solar lights on Amazon that were understated in…
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Home Office Bookshelves using Ikea Billy Bookcases
I have this inset wall in my home office that is practically begging for some built-in bookshelves. Unfortunately, my wallet threatened to run away if I pursued built-ins so I had to go a more cost effective route. I found this blog about using Ikea bookcases and wall color to create a built-in appearance, but…
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Master Shower Upgrades
Anyone who knows me, knows I love a nice long shower with amazing water pressure and molten lava-like temperatures. Because of that, a great shower head is a must have. Within weeks of moving into our new construction home, we swapped the existing shower head for this high-pressure rain shower head combo. Then, we decided…
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Water Closet Improvements
Nothing like a coat of paint and some floating shelves to add visual interest to a boring water closet! This wasn’t a high priority project on the list of all the updates we wanted to do to the house, but it was a super easy one to tackle, so we knocked it out early on.…
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Swingset
When we moved to North Carolina, we began the search for another swing set. While we liked the one we had in Virginia, our hope was to get something a little bit bigger, with more to appeal to our growing kids (ages 3 and 7 at the time that we moved). Our requirements: We opted…
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A More Functional Entryway
When we moved into our new construction home, we had a small open space off the garage door. A kind of hallway room between the kitchen and bathroom, perfect to create a small drop zone, especially since the front door doesn’t offer much space for one. We started with a small bench and three hooks…
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Backyard Part 1
When we moved into our Virginia home, we had to tear down a dying tree, a rotted shed, and a sidewalk leading to a neighbor’s house (long story), leaving us with a blank slate that we spent 3.5 years customizing to create this lovely space. In 2024, we moved again (thanks Coast Guard!) and this…
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