With Fall! Hi everyone! Thanksgiving is in 3 weeks! Crazy. It was just August! How does Thanksgiving always sneak up on us? Here’s a few things I’ve been working on at my house for November. I love November! What’s your favorite month of the year? I added a few favorites from online too! Enjoy the [Read more…]
Upcycle Plank Flooring into Signs
up-cycle project Hi there- over the summer I cleaned out the garage and found a stack of extra plank flooring from our 7 month basement bathroom remodel. It’s like the blog universe handed me at least a 1/2 dozen projects with this stack of plank flooring. I decided with this perfectly perfect shapes these would make [Read more…]
Roma tomatoes from my container garden
Look what we had in our guacamole this weekend! Fresh Roma tomatoes from my container garden. After multiple years trying to grow anything besides weeds I lowered my expectations with a smaller surface area! Containers are less intimidating for a novice gardener like myself. I texted this image of my Roma tomatoes to my dad. I don’t [Read more…]
Clearance Perennials at Lowe’s
Hi everyone- I was at Lowe’s Home Improvement a few weeks ago and found these perennials. Not the perennials outside or down the center aisle, but tucked away near the mulch. At first I was like , “Why is there a random shelf with perennials?” And, then I spotted the clearly identifiable clearance tag. I had found the island [Read more…]
Patriotic Pillow Decor
HI there- I admit I don’t use a lot of red, white and blue in my house for the 4th of July. I think because the heat just makes me cranky and it doesn’t have the wind up like say Halloween where you can get a good 4 weeks out of the ghosts and pumpkins! [Read more…]
Tomatoes & Container Gardening … lowering expectations
~container gardening~ Hi everyone- I am so excited to show off my tomatoes and container gardening. Last year I tried an elevated, boxed garden. We made it on a Saturday and made a few mistakes, but nothing 4 yards of dirt and manure can’t disguise! The garden started with a boom and ended with a bust. I think a combination [Read more…]
How to Keep Outdoor Foam Cushions Dry
Keep Outdoor Foam Cushions Dry Hey, here’s an easy idea I came up with to keep outdoor foam cushions dry during the rainy afternoons. I recently purchased Ikea cushions to replace my mold filled foam cushions. I didn’t take a photo- I should have! I was itching to put my new patio cushions outside but with 22 [Read more…]
Upgrading from Wood to Iron Spindles
Replacing Wood Spindles | 1 Day Job Hi everyone- replacing our wood spindles on our front porch with iron spindles is one of my favorite porch and patio projects. The reason: it is much easier than it looks and the impact is amazing! This project started after we replaced 241 interior wood spindles with iron. Full disclosure [Read more…]
Pottery Barn Knockoff Chaise
This weekend I am sharing my popular Pottery Barn Knockoff Chaise project. I still have my eye on this collection, but until I pay off the SBA loan on my company, I need to keep an eye on cash flow and budgets! But, I am not a trophy wife..{yet} so I am forced encouraged to think differently at how [Read more…]
Front Yard Inspiration
Front Yard Inspiration | BH&G Here’s a little inspiration for your weekend projects in the weeks ahead. Scroll down the to bottom to see our current nightmare. I call it my Shawshank, because every week, before the trash guys come, I take a couple shovels full of the itty bitty rocks to haul out with [Read more…]
No Soliciting Sign & Free Printable
No Soliciting Sign & Free Printable : 2 Minute Tuesday Happy February! Here’s a super easy No Soliciting Sign printable for your front door. It’s a winter them no soliciting sign with a little humor! It prints on 8×11 paper white paper so it’s a low maintenance printable. And, it is a free printable because well.. I’m not [Read more…]
Gate Update
Hi there- how was your weekend? We spent the weekend replacing gates in our backyard for our new puppy, Chloe! It was a birthday gift to me from the family: the puppy, not the gate! It was looking a little tired: both the gate and myself!! Both gates just needed new doors as the posts were [Read more…]
DIY Wicker Chair Makeover
Our front porch has a southern exposure and in Colorado that means sun, sun and more sun. So wicker furniture gets weathered very quickly. Kinda like our skin without sunscreen! I have seen other blog projects on spray painting wicker. I was a little skeptical because there are so many details in anything with the word [Read more…]
