You know I love a good milestone post on the blog. This week the Taylors have three to note as we move solidly into the fall season.
Archive for the ‘DIY’ Category
Three years, fourteen months, and eight weeks
Posted in DIY, family, Kids, Monthly Update, Moving, The District, The house, tagged baby, diy, fall, House, pregnancy, renovation, toddler on October 19, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Getting spoiled
Posted in DIY, family, Kids, The house on September 13, 2016| 3 Comments »
My parents came to visit us (okay, really to see Hudson) for two weeks in August. As usual, we put them to work fixing stuff around the house that we would never have had time or skill to do on our own. It was really good to see them, and we got a ton of great stuff done.
Bookcase built-in bonus
Posted in DIY, family, Kids, The house, tagged baby gate, boocake, built-ins, shelving, stairs on March 10, 2016| 2 Comments »
It’s not often that a casual browsing of Pinterest will actually end in an impromptu home renovation. Normally, I pin cool house ideas that I’m never going to do, or I’m searching for a specific project that I already intend to accomplish. However, this very thing occurred a few weeks ago at our house, and now we have an awesome new upgrade to show for it. (more…)
DIY kid’s growth ruler
Posted in craftiness, DIY, Holidays, Kids on December 23, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Hudson will be four months old for his first Christmas, so he isn’t really going to remember what we do or any gifts he’s given. However, it seemed sad to not get him anything at all! So Bart and I decided it would be a great opportunity to make a cute project that we’ve seen online, something that we probably would have made for him anyway…now we can stick a bow on it and call it a Christmas present!
Bedroom renovation wrap-up
Posted in craftiness, DIY, family, Kids, The house, tagged bedroom, diy, drywall, home decor, home improvement, paint on November 9, 2015| 2 Comments »
Previously, I talked about our accidental basement makeover that kind of just happened while we were working on the other two bedroom renovations upstairs. Today, after alluding to it for months, I wanted to officially share the final result of those two rooms with you, bringing our update of the three upstairs bedrooms to a close. While there are still other projects we’d like to do upstairs, it’s nice to say we’ve at least wrapped up this segment. Now for the first time since we moved in two years ago, I have all bedrooms clean and functional!
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The accidental basement makeover
Posted in craftiness, DIY, The house, travel, tagged basement, diy, gallery wall, Ikea, Karlstad, living area, maps, remodel, travel on August 17, 2015| 2 Comments »
While we were busy renovating the three bedrooms upstairs during the last year and a half, something unforeseen and somewhat accidental happened to our basement. Without really even trying, it somehow got an update of its own, transforming from a dark, stark hole where Bart had his office to an actually inviting spot for living and working. It’s almost a little cruel when I think about all the effort it took to get the upstairs where we wanted it, but maybe it’s a much needed lesson about home improvement and expectations.
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38 weeks: it’s never too late?
Posted in DIY, Food, Friends, Kids, The District on August 3, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Being technically full-term and able to possibly go into labor at any moment hasn’t stopped the Taylors from hosting two different contingencies of houseguests over the last two weekends. It’s never too late for a last-minute visit from friends, right?
36 weeks: nursery reveal
Posted in DIY, family, Kids, Murphy, tagged baby, boy nursery, changing table, crib, glider, Hemnes changing table, Ikea, nursery, pregnancy, Sundvik on July 20, 2015| 4 Comments »
Apparently big reveals are a “thing” on the Internet, especially when it comes to baby stuff. Now that I’m into my last month, I thought it would be a great time to share the big reveal of our nursery. Hopefully it’s not so awesome that it breaks the Internet. Which apparently is also a thing.
Twenty-eight weeks: coasting
Posted in Career, DIY, family, Friends, Kids, The house, travel, Work, tagged baby, diy, maternity, nursery, spring, Summer, travel on May 26, 2015| Leave a Comment »
At 28 weeks, I am officially in my third trimester. We have less than three months left until our little guy is due, and I’m equal parts ready for it to be here and content to have a little time left. The second trimester was crammed full of travel, visitors, projects, and general churn which only just wrapped up over Memorial Day weekend. It was great to be busy when I was feeling well, but now our schedule for the summer is looking more relaxed, and I am looking forward to coasting a bit to the finish line.
Room revamp #2 completed!
Posted in DIY, Kids, The house, tagged baby, baseboard heaters, baseboarders, diy, home improvement, home office, kids, nursery, remodeling on May 15, 2015| 2 Comments »
Bart and I began work on Room #2 after Christmas, and progress has been slow but steady. We thought it would move faster, but I was too exhausted in the first trimester to do much, and Bart couldn’t work on much during the evenings when I was going to bed at 7 pm for weeks on end. But finally I felt better and the weather improved, so the update got rolling again. I am relieved to say that this room is finally done as of last weekend!
The Taylor Approximation 