easy craft idea {driftwood fish}

Who’s planning to spend some time at the beach this summer? Would you believe it if I told you that we moved to Key West in January and I haven’t been to the beach once?  True story. That could have something to do with the fact that we moved here from a Caribbean island with the most beautiful water on earth. Or, more accurately, that I’m not really the lay on the beach type … I’m more of a scour-the-beach-for-seaglass-and-driftwood girl so I can whip them into easy craft ideas.

how to get rid of mold {for $2 or less} no scrubbing required

Now, that title doesn’t really leave much to the imagination.  I was trying to come up with something fun and came up with squat.  :/ Because seriously, when I think of mold it’s hard to be all fun and jokey and hahaha.  That stuff sucks!  There’s really no two ways about it. But lucky for us (I’m not sure in what world this situation constitutes lucky exactly) we’ve actually had to deal with mold on more than one occasion.  So I’m going to give you a little play-by-play of what has worked really well for us in the how to get rid of mold category of DIY. I’ll start by saying that we’ve never had to deal with mold inside.  So, in that arena we are lucky.  And that means that everything you are about to see is specific to how to get rid of mold on the exterior. A not really interesting point of reference is that I have pretty severe asthma.  As in have been hospitalized a few times … once I was in the hospital at the same time as my 96-year-old great-grandmother and my situation was so bad she was the one who had to come visit my room.  So I’m pretty sensitive to breathing concerns, and you might know I’m a huge fan of upcycling ideas, so I’m always looking for ways to stay green.  With all that said, sometimes you just have to go with what works.  

newspaper as a {creative wall covering}

Hello, hello!!  If you happen to follow along on Instagram you saw a little sneak peek of a creative wall covering idea I worked on with my bff at one of our rental houses in Maryland. I’m going to start by saying that I am seriously in love with how this little experiment turned out.  A $6 upcycling idea that I worked on for 2 hours with my bff and had no idea what to expect for a result … when something like that works out in the end what’s not to love, right?!?!

david tutera {do it yourself picture banner}

Note: I’m working away with my dad and Sue and we’re making progress on a bunch of different projects in Maryland.  This week I have appointments with a couple of realtors to get suggestions for a list price for our house and our pack and move days are scheduled for the end of the week.  Here’s hoping it all goes as planned. Considering that we have just moved to quite a popular destination wedding location and I never get tired of reminiscing about our wedding, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to play with a bunch of fabulous bling from the David Tutera bridal collection. Specifically I thought it would be fun to recreate our welcome table complete with our unique guest book (more on that in another post) and a fun picture banner idea I wish I had created for our own special day.

our first do it yourself kitchen

We’re going to be gearing up to make some major changes in the kitchen of our new house, what they will be I can’t even get my mind around yet, but I’m back in Maryland now trying to wrap up some things with our rental houses.  Seems like a good time to me to take a look back at our first do it yourself kitchen we tackled in the house we call “The Tank”.

painting door knobs {without removing them}

That’s right!  I found the lazy easy way to do something new.  Shocking, I know. Tuesday we talked all about front door paint color choices and empty pots, dead trees and lights without light bulbs. And today we’re talking about painting door knobs … without even removing them. That’s right!

paint the front door

That has a way better ring to it in my head.  Like “shut the front door!”.  Like “no way!”.  Or “way to go!”.  Ahhh, well … better luck next time. Paint the front door! Nope, still not right. Ok, instead, let’s start out today by taking a look at this picture … … and tell me the first three things you notice. Ok, I’ll go first.  ;)