The Saga Of Karl

I should probably have a PHD in browsing craigslist. I manage to find awesome stuff for little to no money. Take for example our little Karlstad sofa, originally from IKEA. When I saw the posting in the free section for him, I was pretty skeptical to say the least.  I mean he left a lot to be

Learn From My Mistakes

Remember how stoked I was on the newly painted white wood floors we did in our future bedroom? Well consider me officially bummed. I wanted to be awesome and protect all my hard work with a top coat of polyethurathane.  Well, I don’t know if you know this, but oil based poly will yellow with a vengeance.

Dresser Makeover

I purchased this dresser off of craigslist for 50 bucks. I didn’t have the sense to photograph it before I stripped the horrible brown paint off of it. I stripped and sanded this piece down, and went about staining it. Halfway through the staining process I realized that the lighter wood wasn’t taking the stain

White Wood Floors

I know like many other people I’ve lusted after the very Swedish painted white wood floors. I had just the room to do it in too! The “guest bedroom” Which really is just a catch-all room where laundry and extra furniture ended up. While it has wood floors they weren’t very nice. Gouged and stained from the

Bedroom Dreaming

Sometimes it’s nice to plan out things that aren’t going to happen anytime soon. By sometimes, I mean all the time. I’ve been wanting for a soothing bedroom for quite awhile, but it always gets pushed to the back of the to-do list. Not to mention the fact that I’m pretty broke thanks to house

Mood Board Monday : Deck Dreaming

I have a pretty awesome, not very stylish deck. In fact it still has the deck furniture that was left by the previous owners. You can check out the furniture and the deck in an older post here.  I’m starting to plan a mini deck makeover. Keeping the furniture white, simple, and comfortable. I plan

Slobs Anonymous : My Cleaning Kit

This table is pre-cleaning, please excuse my clutter.  This is my cleaning kit. It includes: The Pick Up Basket I keep almost everything in what I call my pick up basket.   It’s a dollar store basket (The dollar store has literally almost everything you would need to clean a house, while most of the

Slobs Anonymous: My Cleaning Schedule

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DIY dropcloth rug

To be honest this is less a rug and more a floor cloth. It’s also one of my new favorite way to incorporate prints into my home. Oh and did I mention it’s cheap? Pretty much one of my favorite DIY’s of all time. For some of your time and about fourty dollars you can

The Bathroom Plan

We have one weird wonky bathroom in our little house. While I’m in no way against a 1 bathroom home, I have a personal vendetta against ours. The previous owner, as my Realtor would say,” bon von jovi’d ” it. It’s was redone in the 1980’s, and redone poorly at that. It’s got this horrible honey colored