Quarantine has made for the year of home projects (and by year, I actually mean just a month thus far – but it’s felt like a year!). One of the ones that was high on my list was finally finishing out our new carriage house apartment in preparation for what I’m hoping is many family…
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The 9 Dip Nail Colors You NEED This Summer
If the 90+ degree temps here in Texas are any indicator, summer is officially here! It’s time to get an Instagram-worthy summer manicure – even if we’ll all be spending the foreseeable future confined to our own backyards. Whether you’re heading to the salon as things reopen or planning to do your own following our…
Affordable Farmhouse Tables on Amazon
I shared over the weekend that we have a tiny eat-in kitchen space that we’re finally making over (see the inspiration image here). I’m super excited about it – but wish we had a bigger space for a hearty farmhouse table that could seat our full family. I was surprised to see how many affordable…
Transforming Our Tiny Eat-in Kitchen
Ready to see the most awkward kitchen “eat in” nook ever? This tiny space in the entrance to our galley kitchen, with the door to our bedroom on the left and a wall that wasn’t completely cut back when the kitchen was opened in our 100 year old home decades ago on the right, has…
Building a DIY Sand Table
Our little E loves playing in the mud – like will dig up our plants because they interfere with her “dirt digging” if we let her out of our sights for even a minute! In an attempt to channel that love away from our new vegetable garden, we decided to build E her own sand…
The Ultimate Playhouse Makeover: The Cost Breakdown
DIY projects have that funny habit of always ending up WAY more expensive than you first thought. Our playhouse makeover didn’t get completely out of hand – but it was more than I had estimated. Today we’re breaking down the true cost of this fun cedar playhouse hack. $250: The Playhouse Obviously this can swing…
Pink Rugs for a Little Girl’s Room
When we designed E’s nursery, we kept everything gender neutral with a few pink accents so we could repurpose the space for our next baby. She’s starting to outgrow the small room, and since our carriage house rebuild was finished last month, we now can repurpose our old guest room into a (much larger) bedroom…
Vintage Interior Door Knobs: The Look for Less
Our home was built in 1915 and has the most beautiful brass and glass knobs on some of the doors – but after more than 100 years as a family home, rental home, and even a brief term as the headquarters of the American Indian Center of Dallas, many of the home’s original knobs have…
How to Dye Your Own Sprinkles
When it came time to prep everything for E’s first birthday, I had the hardest time finding sprinkles for her cake and cookies that matches the blush tones I was going for. There were options on Etsy but they were just so expensive! I can’t justify $30+ in sprinkles for a one year old’s birthday…
Where to Buy Mask Fabric + Other Supplies
The response to our DIY fabric masks with filter pockets has been amazing – you can check out the original tailored-looking version here, and the simplified version here. I’ve loved seeing the masks everyone has created, whether for themselves, family members, or to donate to first responders and other essential workers. And, we’ve received requests…
Where to Buy Dip Nail Supplies with Fast Shipping
When I wrote my dip nail tutorial a few years ago, I never imagined we would get to the point where DIY manis were the only option. But alas, thanks to social distancing guidelines, here we are. View this post on Instagram A post shared by @lawofbeauty (@lawofbeauty) on Mar 18, 2020 at 12:37pm PDT…
Homemade Fabric Mask with Filter Pocket – Simplified
At the request of our amazing group of sewers, we’re adding a new homemade mask how-to, simplified to remove the need for binding and using two different fabrics to make it easier to identify the front and back (ideal for workers quickly swapping on the masks or elderly who may have issues quickly locating the…