We have always had a problem with our mantel not being level. This was especially annoying since we burn a lot of candles. We would always end up with uneven candles or wax on the floor. We wanted an affordable fix. Something that would look good for a small cost. Mike started out by pulling off the old mantel. It was… View Post
Wine Cork Candle Holder
We having been collecting wine corks for a while. I have been wanting to do something with them and they were starting to overflow the vase we had them it. While reworking the dining room I looked a bowl we had and a light bulb went off. I took the corks The bowl and a glass candle holder I dumped… View Post
Cooking With A Smoker
I found this smoker for only $10 at a garage sale. This has to be one of my greatest discoveries! Mike is a grilling expert and with this smoker he took his grilling skills to a whole new level 🙂 The smoker is actually very easy to use and has similar components to grilling. It’s a cross between grilling and baking. Our smoker… View Post
Framing odd sized art
We got these really cool vintage art pictures a few years at a garage sale but never knew how to frame them. A trip to Michaels revealed these really awesome floating frames. The picture “floats” in the frame. It is surrounded by glass and whatever wall color you have looks like a border around the picture. The picture sits in… View Post
Kitchen Redo
Mike and I have been in our house for almost 5 years. We liked the kitchen when we moved in but it was starting to get tired. The paint on the cabinets was chipping, the counter tops were cracking and the white floor always looked dirty. We were ready to remodel and we took a week off of work to… View Post