Painting an unfinished ceiling
Looking to upgrade your unfinished basement on a budget? See how I painted my exposed basement ceiling – including costs, colours, tips and how-to. Happy Easter everyone! I’ve been quiet on here for a couple of weeks now because of a fairly large project I’ve been working on… I’m FINALLY building/creating a budget laundry room! […]
Dollar store tea organizer
Two dollar store boxes, two hinges and a pretty ribbon are all you need to make this cute and compact tea organizer. Oh my gosh, I have built SO MANY tea organizers over the years. I’m a chai girl myself, but my Mum likes Orange Pekoe, my daughter likes green tea, if my tummy is […]
Did you know it’s easy to change out light fixtures?
Intimidated by electrical work? Not me; once I changed out my first light I realized just how easy it is to change out light fixtures – today I’ll show you how! I’ve always been intimidated by electricity. Movies with people getting shocked (Home Alone 1,2,3) as well as one decent shock I received myself have […]
Make your own mitten drying rack
Are the kids bringing home sopping hats and mitts? Are you tired of going out to shovel and freezing your butt hands off? I whipped up this scrap wood mitten drying rack in about 30 minutes and now the kids stuff is dry, and my stuff is warm. My kids are actually too old to […]
Professional tips for painting ceilings
Did you know you *should paint your ceilings about every 10 years? Neither did I, but the yellowing, stains and damage necessitated that I call in help. Today I’m sharing tips from the professionals on how to paint your ceilings. I recently hired some painters to come and paint all of the ceilings in my […]
Labelling your electrical panel
Labelling your electrical panel is important for 4 big reasons: 1. it’s an electrical code requirement 2. for safety. 3. to identify overloaded circuits and 4. to easily identify breakers for DIY or renovation projects We built our house in 2005 and over the years I have done more than a few upgrades to it. […]
Christmas tree storage
Artificial Christmas trees are beautiful 2 months, then a pain to store for the other 10. Today I whipped up a Christmas tree storage dolly to minimize my tree’s footprint, while still making it easy to move. January – do you believe it?! Feels like 2 months of Christmas chaos lead up to this cliff […]