Guess what? The modern outdoor sofa I built was really just one half of the modern outdoor L couch that I made for our back patio: I wanted to add add many seats as possible to our back patio and figured an outdoor L couch was the best way to do it. When I was…

Building the modern outdoor sofa and the modern outdoor L couch didn’t actually take much time. In fact, it probably took longer to add the finishing touches. This post goes into a little detail about how I finished it: the exterior finish/stain I choseadding furniture levelersmaking cushions 1. Stain for Exterior Applications Since this is…

I finished building this modern outdoor couch a few weeks ago, and its presence on the back patio has made such a difference in my feelings about our backyard. I love spending our evenings outside and WISH I would have built this years ago!  This outdoor couch is a fairly simple build. Though I designed…

*This post is sponsored by The Home Depot Earlier this year Jim and I decided that we wanted to start spending more time outside in our yard, but realized that we had some work to do to make it a space we actually wanted to be. Many of these jobs were literally out of reach,…

After making my kids offset built-in bunk beds last year, I started thinking how nice it might be to have some built-in storage in our master bedroom. Our closet isn’t too big, so I really wanted to build something that could store a lot of the stuff I’d rather not keep in our closet anymore…

Last month Jim and I made and installed built-ins for our master bedroom. The built-ins frame our bed so I wanted to add some lighting to the area above our heads for those evenings when we just want to curl up with a book. Of course I love a good DIY light fixture project, so…