This year we turned our spring break vacation into a DIY staycation! We love to DIY our home projects but all this work in such a short period of time also reminded us that we aren’t in our 20s anymore. LOL. A lot of beer was consumed. But we had a deadline and we managed to make it happen. You can check out our room inspiration here. Before the full room reveal, we are sharing our DIY shiplap ceiling project. This little guy’s bedroom had a most unfortunate looking drop ceiling that was … [Read more...] about DIY Shiplap Bedroom Ceiling
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Vintage Backyard Shed Makeover
Do you ever think about moving? Sometimes I dream of relocating to Wisconsin. We just returned from a family vacation on Crystal Lake near Plymouth, WI (a favorite spot of ours since I was young). We LOVE lake life in Wisconsin... we love the friendly people, the supper clubs, the brats and beer, and the CHEESE - oh that glorious cheese. I may have ate half my weight in dairy and drank the rest in craft beer... but alas, vacation is over. And, we aren't moving anytime soon. In fact, we … [Read more...] about Vintage Backyard Shed Makeover
Repurposed License Plates
Did you ever play the license plate game on long road trips? I'm not that old, but we certainly didn't have the luxuries my children now enjoy in the car like handheld video games, TV, tablets and more. I guess my husband and I are still playing the license plate game... We collect license plates from every decade and every state. Over the years we have acquired quite a collection in our inventory of vintage goods. They are such a cool piece of history. Each state chooses to uniquely … [Read more...] about Repurposed License Plates
Vintage Farmhouse Style Decor
Our tiny town is surrounded by a landscape typical of Indiana in the beautiful Midwest. You know what I mean if you've ever driven through Indiana... you can see for miles in any direction and the only obstructions are grain bins, silos, old barns, new barns, and the like. I'm not much of a farm girl - in fact detassling corn in the summer during my teenage years was the closest I've come to the farm world and will always remain as one of the worst jobs in memory. No, I mean it. … [Read more...] about Vintage Farmhouse Style Decor