a home decor blog, making it pretty one space at a time
At the beginning of summer, I decided that I really wanted to build a playhouse for Don. First of all, there isn’t much for him to do in our yard (besides a sand pit). Also, one thing I really value is encouraging Don on his passions. He loves paleontology and I thought the playhouse could be the hub where we… Read More
If you’re new around here, you might not know that my 5 year old son is obsessed with Halloween. I don’t even know where he got it from. But in the past year he’s started to really gravitate to anything scary related. I like pretty fall decor, so going more true “haunted” is outside my comfort zone. But it makes… Read More
When I was little, my friends and I started a club. We needed a headquarters so we selected my friend’s treehouse. It was pretty beat up so we convinced her dad to help us fix it up. A little deck carpet and screens on the windows and it was good as new! The feeling of hanging out with my friends… Read More
At the beginning of July we started building the playhouse with a few pieces of plywood. And now there’s a whole structure and we’re FINALLY at the fun part- decorating! I better get started because this’ll be a great place for Don to play once it’s complete. I thought it’d be fun to show how the interior currently looks and… Read More
Ok- so this is a project I’ve been wanting to do for years! And we made it in 4 hours. Tell me why again I put stuff off- lol! I guess the reason is that building a diy compost bin isn’t a pretty or glamorous project. But it’s much better than having compost piles all over our garden! Before we… Read More
I have a new theory with fences- you DON’T have to build the whole thing at once. Our backyard is skinny and long and thinking about being able to afford to fence every bit- it’d never happen. Instead, I’m tackling one section at a time. The spaces we need it most, we’re doing this year. It might be a few… Read More
