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Jul 5

Growing Tomatoes

I have been learning plant families recently and learned that a lot of the most common fruit and root vegetables we eat daily are from th...

Jun 29

Kitchen Garden

A few weeks ago we decided to set up an edible garden space with above-ground raised beds in our backyard. Our vegetable plants started t...

May 3

Veggie & Herb Planter

Ales has been making raised garden boxes/planters for a few customers in North Dallas in the last week or so. They are mostly just beginn...

May 2

Vertical Garden

Vegetables and herbs planted in containers on the ground or in the ground have become all-day all-you-can-eat buffets for bunnies in our ...

Mar 8

Zen Entryway

The entryway was one of the last projects we worked on in our current home. Looking back, we probably should have been a little more thou...

Dec 28, 2019

Zen Dining Space | DIY Table

This past Fall we had a lot of fun refreshing our dining space. As shared in a previous post, this kitchen/dining area was probably the m...

Nov 30, 2019

DIY Minimalist Desk

DIY desk with solid pine and hairpin metal legs. A few pretty simple steps. For step-by-step renovation of this entire home office space,...

Nov 27, 2019

Bring The Outside In | Home Office

This past summer I decided to redecorate my home office. This is my favorite space in the house for quiet reading and snuggling time with...

Nov 17, 2019

DIY Tree Stump Coffee Table

Late post on step-by-step process of making our DIY tree stump coffee table. We still keep a lot of the wood from the tree that got sick ...

Jul 27, 2019

Tropical Patio

This year we changed up the patio to have a modern boho, tropical theme, with a lot of large-leaf plants (my favorite, you will continue ...

Jul 1, 2019

Living Room Refresh

We previously shared a post on the renovation of our living room. This summer we decided to redecorate it. Every time Ales finished up a ...

Jun 1, 2019

Building a New Fence

This past Fall our fence got a lot of damages from a heavy thunderstorm. We decided to give DIY repairing/rebuilding a shot. After a lot ...

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