Since moving in to our home we've spent most of our time fixing up the inside. However, fall is quickly approaching and so are colder temperatures. We need to get some decisions made and work done on the outside before we've lost all ideal-paint-drying-temps. This is what the house looked like when we walked through it for the first time.   Renters still occupied the home and were fortune tellers (get it, crystal ball front and center?).   Kidding.  But makes you wonder what up? We've made

Two of my little men's birthdays are just a couple weeks apart so we always do a joint party. This year they were all about a Skate Party. Invitations were sent out with instructions to bring roller blades, a skateboard, scooter, bike or all four (helmets required).   Taking some inspiration from Pinterest we made these boards for less than $10.00 and in under an hour! I liked them so much I'm thinking about making one for each little man for above their

On our way home from church my son pulled this out of his scripture bag and said his teacher gave it to him. Whaaat? He explained the connection between how people "way back when" used to pay tithes to the church with their harvest instead of money."Interesting object lesson". Then he gets home and says he's going to make popcorn. Whaaat? I didn't want to burst the poor lad's "experiment" so I pulled out my camera and thought,  "yeah, we'll see about that." (Tip...Only special dried corn

It's Friday!   And just in time.   I'm ready for the work week to be over. We're headed to the lake for some play time! In the meantime... I had the fun opportunity of doing a review on an overnight stay at the Anniversary Inn. Read all about it on I Heart Salt Lake.  

The first thing I consider when giving a room a makeover is which color to paint. The walls and ceiling make up the majority of visual space of the room and have the potential to spell success or failure in the overall design. That's why picking the right color is key.Glidden is back with their newest spot called Show Your Colors on the My Colortopia page to help you gain inspiration for your upcoming painting projects.  Here you can browse through recent before and after shots of rooms and

Ready to see an old, dated bathroom? Here you go. After: We shrunk the bathroom by almost three feet. It was a real hot button between the Mr. and I. I was the one who didn't want to move the wall. In the end the bathroom worked out perfectly and I'm glad we did it! If there's one thing I've learned about grout, even the cleanest bathrooms eventually grow ugly, dark mildew. I opted for pearl grey grout which will help disguise it. Yes, I still faithfully