Bookshelf Revisited
A couple of years ago, I build a new staircase and wall to the basement which included a built-in bookshelf in the wall. At the time, I chose to stain…
Basement Family Room: TV Wall
With the drywall up and the walls painted, we knew that we had to do something interesting for our TV wall because it was just one giant white wall. I…
Basement Family Room: Media Unit
After scouring the internet for a few weeks, I decided that nothing online met my criteria for our basement family room media cabinet. I wanted white oak to match the…
Building a Planter Box
Little by little, we've been trying to make our backyard a bit nicer. While perusing the internet at all hours of the night, I came across a really nice planter…
Basement Family Room Renovation: Built-In Sektion Cabinets
We absolutely love the built-in storage under our basement stairs. But we filled it quickly and knew we needed more! As part of our family room design, we decided to…
New Basement Stairs: Part 4 – Bookshelf
When we rebuilt the basement stairs, we wanted them to be against a new wall that hid the fact that we did not have a straight or flush wall going…
Fauxdenza Revisited
Four years ago I made an amazing Ikea hack. Using the Besta storage system, I made a beautiful, not-Ikea-looking fauxdenza that I hung on our dining room wall. Well, now…
Learning Tower
Now that Adam is older and starting to be interested in, well, EVERYTHING, I wanted to build him a little stool so he could stand at the counter on his…
Wooden Baby Gym
Now that we have a baby, we're doing less construction. But my natural inkling to build stuff is still strong so when I was looking for a non-ugly baby gym,…
Baby Bookshelf
When shopping for nursery furniture, I fell in love with Oeuf's mini library. The only problem is that I really couldn't justify the $895 price tag. Especially for something that I…
Fauxdenza
Now that Alex and I are done most of our major construction projects, we are working on updating some of our furniture - particularly those old Ikea pieces that we're…