It’s back to school time around our house. My boys head back this week and I have been thinking about my oldest heading off to college next year. I can not believe he is starting his last year of High School. Of course my DIY mind has been spinning thinking about dorm rooms and making…
You may have noticed that I am not your normal DIY blogger. Most of my blogging friends do projects for their homes and have beautiful pictures of their projects staged in the location the project was meant for. Well I must admit that a lot of my projects are done backwards. Take for instance these…
Do you have a old bench or church pew laying around and just aren’t sure what to do with it? Perhaps you have some scraps of plywood laying around or are just looking for a cute way to display flowers and/or herbs. Whatever the reason this herb garden bench is a great excuse for a…
I really enjoyed being on the design team for Restaurant Impossible this season and I’m extremely proud of the restaurants we gave a makeover to. I love collaborating with the team to figure out how we are going to do all this work in just 36 hours and then sharing some of those projects with…
I was recently working on the design team for the hit show, Restaurant: Impossible in Orlando, Florida.  Our mission was to give a once-thriving restaurant, Peppino’s a much needed makeover.  As a team, our vision for the space  was “rustic charm.  This is tough to achieve when you are bringing almost all new elements into the…
You all know I love junk right?  On any given day you can find me at a thrift store, flea market or estate sale.  In the summer, you will see me with a truck bed full of garage sale finds.  A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending JunkStock in Omaha, Nebraska.  I love…