The importance of evergreen shrubs in your mixed border
Evergreen shrubs are the backbone of your landscape. These are my fave evergreen shrubs to use with trees, plants and flowers in your mixed garden border.
Ornamental Trees for a Colorful 4-Season Landscape
Picks for some great, hardy, low maintenance ornamental trees to add color to your landscape. The best ornamental trees for your 4-season garden.
Easy porch sconce makeover with spray paint
I was looking for a quick weekend curb appeal project now that spring is upon us, and I came up with the idea to paint porch sconces with spray paint. An afternoon later I completely updated my front porch lighting for less than $10! Paint porch sconces: a quick...
Painting Interior Doors
Let’s face it, interior doors can be downright ugly. If you have basic, builder-grade interior doors with absolutely no trim or detail, painting interior doors is great alternative to replacing them altogether. Painting Interior Doors With Chalk Paint A few...
Removing Carpet to Reveal Hardwood
Removing carpet when you know you have hardwood flooring, is one of the most satisfying DIY jobs you can do. With a few simple tools and some sweat equity you will get that allergen filled carpet OUT of your house… and be able to breathe a sign of relief. cut...
Wall Lamps: A Quick Weekday Project
This week I stopped by the big box store in search of mulch, and left with two beautiful wall lamps / sconces to mount on either side of my bed. These wall lamps are stylish, functional, and I didn’t even need to mess with the electrical to install them! Wall...
Make Your Own Chalk Paint: My Chalk Paint Mirror Frame
Over the past few weeks I’ve stumbled across tons of projects on Pinterest using something called chalk paint. After some research I decided to try making my own recipe with leftover house paint and some plaster of paris. What is Chalk Paint? The coolest thing...
Mason Jar Paint Storage (with printable label template!)
Over the weekend I spent quite a bit of time organizing all of my leftover house paint. I’m sure we all have the ugly corner of our basement or garage, filled with gallon paint cans holding less than a pint of paint… right? Well, after some digging on the...
How to cut stone caps for a curved retaining wall [with photos]
Step by step instructions for fitting and cutting capstones that will fit over a curved stone wall or border.
A Fall Room Decor Swap: Changing Your Living Room with the Seasons
This past weekend I decided to swap some of my living room items to make way for my warm and cozy fall room decor. I’ll give you some examples of what you can do to change your decor seasonally, without breaking the bank! It’s not difficult to make the...I’m Amy and I help beginner gardeners design impressively beautiful gardens that bring color to your landscape all four seasons, show off your personality and suit your lifestyle. Read more...