Category: DIY

I was sitting on my kitchen floor last Tuesday, staring at a pile of subway tiles and a bag of grout that looked significantly more intimidating than the “easy DIY”…

I was standing in my small garden patch last summer, staring at a heap of expensive, wrought-iron trellis kits that had already buckled under the weight of my heavy climbing…

I was standing in my living room last Tuesday, staring at a pile of beautiful, expensive frames and a wall that looked suspiciously empty, feeling that familiar wave of “adulting”…

I was standing in my tiny apartment hallway last Tuesday, staring at a lumpy, chipped terracotta planter that had seen better days, feeling that familiar wave of “why is everything…

I was sitting on my kitchen floor last Tuesday, surrounded by half-empty paint cans and a mountain of sticky painter’s tape, staring at a cabinet door that looked more like…

I was halfway through trying to prune my basil plants last Sunday when my shears finally gave up the ghost, hacking at the stems instead of slicing through them. I…

I was sitting on my floor last Tuesday, surrounded by scraps of velvet and a very frustrated expression, staring at a dining chair that looked more like a science project…

I was standing in front of my closet last Tuesday, staring at my favorite pair of high-waisted jeans with a gaping hole near the pocket, feeling that familiar, annoying urge…

Last Tuesday, I was sitting on my sofa trying to actually enjoy a cup of tea when I felt it—that unmistakable, icy finger of wind sliding right under my front…

I was standing in the middle of a big-box garden center last weekend, staring at a row of overpriced, ceramic pots that cost more than my weekly grocery budget, and…