Recipe | The Easiest Vanilla Ice Cream Ever

I am absolutely positive that every ice cream fanatic needs four things: an ice cream maker, this ice cream scoop, this ice cream container (or two?), and 3 basic ice cream recipes (vanilla, strawberry, and chocolate). Once you have that on lock, you can make pretty much any ice cream you could ever dream up. …

One Room Challenge Week 3 | The Office

I'm FINALLY ready to share with you all a mood board of this space. And it has me SO excited for the final product. I don't know if I've mentioned it before, but this ORC project is a VERY low budget project. Like, the max I want to spend of our own money is $150. …

One Room Challenge Week 2 | Office

It has been such a crazy week! Our family came into town this past weekend to help us knock out a few little projects around this house, and most importantly, the DAYBED PROJECT for the office! It seriously turned out to be so perfect and beautiful. We've already put it to good use, and Layla …

It’s That Time Again…

You guessed it - the ONE ROOM CHALLENGE! This will be our third round, and we are so, so stinking excited to finally knock out the OFFICE! This space has pretty much been a storage unit for us over the past couple of years while we've been renovating other spaces in our home. But, with …

Downstairs Bathroom: Phase 1

Phase 1: Complete! It took us a little less than a week and under $160 to get from point A (when I impulsively ripped the medicine cabinet and sconces off the wall one evening) to where we are now. After that quick little demo, we started patching any holes that would be above the paneling, …

So, We Started Another Project | Downstairs Bathroom: The Plan

If you have been following along on our Instagram, you may have noticed that over the past week or so, we've been working on ANOTHER project. Before this project began, we already had quite a few on-going in the Morter house. We are still working on finishing up the laundry room, organizing our home office, …

DIY | Sloped-Ceiling Compatible Light Fixture

Okay, okay, I get it. Most of you out there have perfectly flat ceilings and have never even thought of, let alone looked for, a light fixture for a sloped ceiling. But I’m here to tell you, ITS THE WORST. The worst. For starters, most websites don’t even have “sloped-ceiling compatible” as a filter option, …

Laundry Room Update

Hello, all! Remember our laundry room project? We have been working pretty diligently on it over the past few days, so I think we owe you an update. What do you say? If you are completely lost, you can catch up by reading this post through this post, and this one! This space has been …

Our Year in Review

2019 has been a wild ride. There are SO many things that we have accomplished and a ton of skills that we have added to our DIY tool belt. So today, on the second day of the new year, we are reflecting on 2019 and all of it's ups and downs, and sharing our goals …

Front Door Refresh

Happy Holidays, everyone! We have had a busy week over here, but it has been a good one - full of food and good company. I hope that you, too, have enjoyed the holiday After our amaranth wreath tutorial, when I was taking pictures of the final product, I realized how sad our front door …