by Karen | kiki, navi, pets
Our cats’ litter box used to be located within our master bathroom but once we completed our bathroom remodel, we no longer wanted it in there. We have a closet area outside the bathroom so that seemed like the best spot to place it. I researched various...
by Karen | craft, halloween
Halloween is my favorite holiday. Over the years we’ve created some stuff like: In 2011, we made a skeleton out of PVC: In 2013, we created two bean bag games for our son’s school Halloween party. Mike drew the art and I painted them. The games were used...
by Karen | backyard, front yard, plumbing, sprinklers
After finishing our backyard makeover #2 project, I wanted to add some type of automatic watering system for our plants. We’ve never had any sprinkler lines in our backyard so I’ve always had to hand water everything. I researched adding sprinkler lines...
by Karen | electrical, fireplace, gas, navi
Our fireplace was wood burning so we never used it since we don’t like the mess it makes. We also have regulations in our area that ban wood burning on certain days – usually the coldest ones. We don’t want to contribute to air pollution if we can...
by Karen | backyard, pavers |
After our previous backyard makeover, we started another one about 8 years later. We wanted to create a drought tolerant landscape with no grass. So we were throwing around ideas of using pavers, rocks, and decomposed granite. We first did a small project creating a...
