There is an abundance of color choices available today, and sometimes picking the right paint color can be an overwhelming process. But have no fear, I am here to help you do just that!! I have painted 11 rooms in our house so far, and wanted to share with you how to pick the right paint color from the start.
Happy January Friends! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year. This Christmas was a milestone for us, for we ate our first meal in the dining room.
We have been using a wood stove to heat our home for the past few years. Using just electric heat for a house that is approx. 5000 sq. ft can be REALLY expensive (we learned that the first year we moved in) and since my husband owns a tree business, (free wood) using an alternative heat source is the perfect choice for us. My goal this past month was to “play up” the area we have our wood stove installed. Enter, The Big Black Wall.
When we first starting building our home, I always planned to have a grand fireplace made out of stone that covered the majority of this wall. Once we did some research, like this article here, we went with a wood stove instead. I am not going to lie, I was thinking this thing is kinda ugly, and I can’t really decorate it….. priorities right? Read more
Have you ever started a project you knew was doomed from the start? This was one of those types of projects for me. What was supposed to be done in a few days ended up taking two weeks. I wanted black windows, and the DIY gods were not seeing it my way.
Hello Friends! So sorry for my absence, we have been hard at work here at the Young abode, and I want to show you some of the progress that has been made since my last post. If you missed my first Home Building post, you can read it here.
So this is one of my most favorite things by far we have constructed in our home. Read more
In May of 2006, we started the ultimate DIY project and broke ground for our home. We did 99.9% of the work ourselves without acquiring a load of debt. We have taken tons of pictures throughout the past 9 years…yes, you read that right, 9 years and over the next few months I plan to share our home building story, every juicy detail, the good and the bad and the ugly.
