I hear you on the curveballs. We tried turning our attic into a guest room a few years back—thought it’d be a charming hideaway, but man, those old ra...

Matching old wood grain is a whole project in itself, right? I’ve spent way too many hours in the basement with a flashlight, just trying to find a sc...

I've tried a few homemade options myself, and honestly, the olive oil thing was a disaster for me too. I thought I'd be clever and use coconut oil onc...

I've got string lights over our patio, and honestly, they're more about ambiance than practical lighting. Still, paired with a few lanterns or candles...

Feel you on that beige turning grayish...been there. Living in an old historic place taught me to embrace seasonal shifts rather than fight them. I st...

That's actually a really clever idea—I hadn't thought about layering them like that. I've mostly stuck with sphagnum because it seemed more practical,...

Yeah, tweaking plans can definitely be the easier route. When we renovated our historic place, the first permit got denied because the windows weren't...

Good point about bracket spacing—I learned that the hard way myself. My place is a 1920s bungalow, and the gutters were probably last updated in the 7...