We’ve just survived a really intense, really successful week of work on Our DIY House. Our biggest accomplishment this week? Finishing the installation of our gorgeous laminate flooring!
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We’re officially addicted to making banners at our house.
Apparently we now need a banner for every major holiday, and we decorate the side of our kitchen pantry with the banner and related seasonal artwork that …
Many, many hours of planning were spent over the kitchen design of Our DIY House. I even Photoshopped various light fixtures into my Ikea kitchen layout to make sure I was happy with the result. …
In keeping with the purple, hot pink and turquoise theme for Little C’s new bedroom, we got to work on some wall art to match her pillows.
My Little C (4 years old) is quite the fashionista and decorator already.
Her favourite colour is dark purple, and the second runner up is hot pink.
For her new room in our new house, she requested …
Within the next couple of weeks, I’d like to share with you my decor ideas for all of the rooms in Our DIY House. With our drywall scheduled to be finished this week, we’ll soon …
In a feeble attempt to start organizing my home, I started sifting through Little C’s bins of artwork we have stuffed in various places throughout our garage house. I adore every little bit of art …
When this website was first conceived in 2009, I didn’t want it to be a blog.
I thought blogs were for deep, personal thoughts. They were for poetry and journals. I wanted thediymommy.com to be a …
A couple of weeks ago, I received the most delightful email. Treion Muller, author of “Dad Rules: A Simple Manual For a Complex Job”, wrote to inform me that he and his wife Soni had …
Easter seems to be approaching really quickly this year (and it is coming quicker quite literally since it’s in March this year). I’m really not sure I’ll be able to sew my two girlies Easter …