Projects This is where I chronicle all the home improvement, DIY, crafting, and mishaps that happen in our home. Building Built In Storage: Part Two Building Built In Storage: Part One Buffalo Check is my New Obsession: Or How I Made No Sew Cafe Curtains (Again) How To Install a Tile Backsplash Without Thinset or Mastic I Kept a New Year’s Resolution: A Good News Jar Recap We Don’t Have to Sneak Cereal Anymore Advent Calendar: Our Kindness To Do List Kitchen Refresh: Countertop Installation DIY Halloween Bat Tree Organizing Legos: A Lego Figure Display Say No To Crack, Especially in Your Kitchen Countertops The Last Slice: An Uncommon Goods Story When It’s Gone, It’s Gone: Scott Naturals Tube Free Toilet Paper Creating Recipes in a Hotel Room: Vacation Parfaits with Quaker I’m A zulily Believer DIY Glitter Converse All Stars or There’s No Place Like Home Penny Hockey: A DIY Birthday Surprise Pendant Shade Update: Getting Rid of the Gruesome Threesome Being Prepared: I Wish I Would Have Known About UnderJams Sooner DIY Felt Bloom Wreath Spring Cleaning: What a Sham (WOW) What Not to Do at a Home and Garden Show On Point Care Package Tips 7 Awesome Food Free Valentines {FREE PRINTABLES} Thirsty Thursday: Cocktail Terms Beginner Bartender and Mixologist Should Know A Cozy Little Hideaway: A Master Bedroom Refresh My Target Addiction: 9 Tips for Getting the Best Deal at Target Installing a Rail with Hooks Saves Space (and Tears) A Not so Crafty Craft: Good News Jar Losing Teeth: Tooth Fairy Pillows A 2015 Mantra: Simplicity, Creativity, Generosity, and Gratitude I Love Them Because You Love Them: Taking Care of Those Lovies I Would Not, Could Not Skip Thanksgiving: A Holiday Planning Guide Fall Decor: Better Late Than Never Free Friday: Teal Pumpkin Project Thirsty Thursday: Tea Venturing into the Sub Basement: Planning a Man Cave for My Man Fire Prevention Week: MORE Safety Tips to Make your Home a Haven Fire Prevention Week: Tips for Making Your Home a Haven In Case of Emergency: DIY Address Plaque ChicagonistaLIVE and Floor & Decor: Great Design and Conversation Ease and Comfort in Your Home with ChicagonistaLive & Floor and Decor School Year Organization: 10 Things I’m Doing Now to Keep Myself Sane Later Filling Nail Holes and Painting Trim A Happy Home and a GIVEAWAY from hhGregg Friday Fails: A Job a Anyone Can Do 5 Practical and Funny Spring Cleaning Tips Beaded Bracelets and Just Us Girls Spring Bucket List: The Clean Edition Resting My Feet: A National Craft Month Craft One Kid’s Trash… 10 Little Things that Help This Mom with Preschoolers Cabin Fever Means Cabinet Organization We Three Trees Hanging Holiday Cards A Miniseries and Chalkboard Ornaments Tips for Thrifty Shopping at Target: A Rug Story Pretty Storage: Painted Baskets Give Thanks Place Mats: A JoAnn Fabric Celebrate the Season Craft Gradient Dresser: You’d Never Guess its Garbage Working Together: Kid Benches Spooky Silhouette Curtains Tutorial: A JoAnn Fabric Celebrate the Season Craft Repurposing Furniture and Other Things Not Just a Hobby Vinegar Berry Wash Works, Thanks Again Pinterest Brushed Nickel Linings Playbook to Faucet Repair When It Rains in the Basement, It Pours (Literally) It said Martha Stewart on the Package So I Bought It I Was Tired of Being a Taskmaster So I Made a Chore Chart Garden Progress and Tips for a Successful Vegetable Garden You Better Bring It: Bunny Control Brick Paver for Beginners It’s Easy Being Green An Herb Garden The Backyard in All Its Glory Lunch on the Go: Summer Picnic Tips It’ll Take Longer Than You Think: Yarn Letters Vegetable Garden 2013 Garden Planning 2013 Brand New Door Family Room Reveal A Little More Classy: Fabric Lined Cabinets Living Room/Dining Room Updates Reminders: Irish Wall Measuring Up: Pinterest Challenge The Furniture Shuffle: Family Room/Living Room Edition Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: A Crafty Project Finally: Upstairs Bathroom What I’m Reading Almost There: Bathroom Art and FREE PRINTABLES Goodbye Green: Another Bathroom Update Baby Tips: Homemade Babyfood Shopping: Fabric Style Tea Time: Cleaning Cupboards Stripes: Bathroom Reveal Flowers, Candy, and Books: Valentine’s Dining Table Decor Pomegranate Practice Not as Hard as I Thought: Painting Stripes A Few Christmas Decoration Traditions She Came Tumbling Down: Our Rusty Basketball Hoop Sweet Dreams: Baby Sleep Getting Crafty with Storage: Creating a Creative Space It Isn’t Much, but It’ll Do: Christmas Tablescape The Fire is So Delightful: Holiday Mantel Decor Countdown Book Style: Advent Calendar No Two are Alike: Snowflake Garland Spicey: Cabinet Organization Something Wonderful is Happening Privacy Please: Frosted Windows Election Hangover: Quick Fix Curtains Happy Halloween: Pumpkin Carving Passing the Torch: Halloween Props Wine Included: Clever Shower Gift A Day in the Life “So, what’s for dinner?”: Weekly Menu Planning Change Up: Fall Tablescape What’s the Plan? Calendar Tips This is Embarrassing: Small Space Organization Oops… I did it again: Faux Curtains Finding My Stride: Establishing Routines Staying on Track: Entry Organization Leftovers: More Autumn Decor Baby Tips: Cloth Diapering Kid Craft Time: Canvas Art Spoooooooky: Halloween Mantel Autumn is here… Sort of: Outdoor Decor Sunday Dinners: Autumn Decor Where We’ve Been: Sentimental Art I Do: Our Wedding Fast, Easy, Cheap: No Sew Curtains Flashback Friday: Family Room Short but Sweet: Master Bedroom Updates Getting Down to Business: Front Hall Closet Organization Flashback Friday: Upstairs Garden Harvest Oops: Painting a Dresser Crazy Crap on the Walls: Our Photo Gallery Shazam: Painting Nightstands Flashback Friday: Living Room/Dining Room Top Five Go To Dinners New Kitchen Light Fixture: Bye Bye UFO Flashback Friday: Bathroom Spruce Up Rock On: What I did with our ticket stubs Our Garage Sale: Also Known As a Horders’ Heaven Flashback Friday: Kitchen Progress Baby Must Haves The Icing on the Cake: Staining Unfinished Wood Walkin’ the Plank: Our DIY Farm House Table Math Club Masterpiece: How to Hang Your Children’s Artwork And Oldie but a Goodie: Refinishing a Painted Bookshelf Captain Vegetable Part Deux: Planting a Vegetable Garden In The Hot Seat: Painting and Recovering Old Chairs Just Call me Captain Vegetable: Building a Raised Garden Bed MAIL CALL! Finally… a headboard. I’m a Creative Genius BOING! BOING! BOING!