Project deck overhaul (aka fixing our wreck of a deck) is finally complete! Behold the renewed, restored, and refinished deck in all her glory! This sad back deck was in really rough shape when we purchased the Forest House. The…
Modern Shiplap Ceilings & Gorgeous Cedar Beams in the Attic Office!
We are happy to report that the Attic Office (the formerly unfinished room over our garage) is NEARLY done. Since we last posted, the CEILING LAP BOARD has been cut, nailed into place, and painted…the CEDAR BEAMS have been finished…
DIY Designer-Inspired Shutters That Instantly Boost Your Curb Appeal!
This is one of those posts we’ve been ‘meaning’ to share. With all that’s been going on with the basement media room, basement office, and our gardens, it kept getting pushed to the back burner. That said, we are excited…
Growing Mushrooms, Part II
Welcome to Part 2 of the growing mushrooms in your backyard weekend project! As we discussed in Part 1 of this post, the cut logs sat outside for two weeks. This allowed time for any anti-fungal properties to dissipate. Now,…
Growing Mushrooms, Part I
It’s been a long, cold winter. To keep the winter blues at bay, we started planning our new garden space at the Forest House. It’s taken us a little bit to decide how to best utilize the almost 2 acre…
Building a Floating Entertainment Center
We’d been dreaming about replacing our “entertainment center” (and I am being generous — it was just a tv stand), but the ones I’d found online were a little pricey (like over $1,000) and not even for custom ones. So,…
Double-Sided Fireplace Makeover
The fireplace was originally very boring. It was a color I nicknamed ‘super beige’…not in a nice way, either. The tile was old and literally falling off. So much potential though peeps. It was double-sided and begging for us to…
Modernizing the Tired Fence
We hope everyone, especially everyone in Florida, reads this post and takes action. We hope this inexpensive transformation will inspire you to get you out there in your backyards fixing your neglected fences! Tired and rotting fences, like the one…
Raised Garden Beds
Reclaiming a space, in what was previously a forgotten strip of yard between the pool cage and the fence, we planted raised garden beds at the Palms House. This posts highlights the pitfalls and plentiful harvests from our zone 9…
