A Mom, a wife, a Marine and a lover of DIY home renovations. There is nothing more satisfying than dreaming, learning, doing and sitting back to admire whilst saying: “I did that.”
For those times I needed to feel intelligent and show off my leather-bound book collection - let's be honest, I have one leather-bound book, but plenty of really cool paperbacks, I needed storage, but it needed to be stylish.
It's done. All the paint is dry. The doors are all hung back on their hinges. Furniture is back in place. Most of the art is back on the walls. The scratches and bruises on our hands have healed. I am finally able to invite people over and show it off. It feels like home [...]