Need a guest bedroom fast? The holidays are here. And if you have guests coming into town, they will need somewhere to stay. Here’s how we quickly transformed a room of our home into a welcoming guest room in just one weekend. This dingy room was used mostly for storage. Having just completed an […]
Hallway Bathroom to En Suite Retreat: A DIY Bathroom Renovation
Reveal posts are weird for me as a DIY blogger. I want to show you stunning before and after photos of our bathroom renovation, but with the intent that you say, “Sweet, I can totally do that!” rather than, “Oh man, I could never do that.” You can totally do it. Here’s a look at […]
Service Spoons
Service Spoons: A Project to Help Kids (and Parents!) Remember the True Meaning of Christmas (Or any time of year!) The idea for service spoons comes from the desire to find ways to help our kids understand the reason for the season. That said, it’s great for any time of the year in teaching kids […]
Mexican Train Dominoes on the X-Carve
When my family gets together there will inevitably be a round or two of Mexican Train Dominoes. There’s just something about sitting around the table with your loved ones. The right game can make that a super fun experience. For us that can’t be spoons, because we are far too competitive and it turns violent. […]
How to Grout Tile: A Beginner’s Guide
This is the second in a two part tutorial teaching you how to DIY tiling. In this part I’m going to show you how to grout your tile work. It’s not glamorous. Actually, it can be pretty dang messy work. But this is one DIY that can pack a real punch in terms of improving […]
How to tile a floor or wall: A beginner’s Guide
I’ve thought long and hard about what kind of tiling tutorial to bring you in this, the third week of the One Room Challenge. And here’s what I think I know about you, person reading this. I think you are a competent DIYer who found your way here because you need to learn to tile. […]
A DIY guide to waterproofing your bathroom
We are currently in the middle of renovating our master bathroom due to a water leak that caused mold growth and wood rot to the walls and floor. That’s not a pleasant thing to happen by any means, but we have learned a lot from the experience, and I want to share some of those […]
How to Remodel a Bathroom
Hello! We are the Milnes, and we like long walks down the tool section of Home Depot, the smell of sawdust, and knocking down walls. We are remodeling this bathroom, which is kind of an understatement as you can see. Come along with us, this will be fun. So you’ve decided to remodel your bathroom. […]
Box Joint Dog Murphy Bed
Once upon a time I had this brilliant idea to build a dog murphy bed. Genius! Brilliance! Surely this was something the world had NEVER SEEN! Nope, turns out it’s been done before. So much for that. But most of the plans are for little dogs. WHAT ABOUT THE BIG DOGS, HUH?! WHAT ABOUT THEM?! […]
DIY Modern Doll House Furniture
When I was a kid my best friend and I would regularly tote our Barbie collections back and forth between our houses…that is until I got the Barbie Dream House. And then, well, you know. Later, as an adult I realized something – for me playing with Barbies was not about some sort of plot […]
