Our two girls share a room – and the dresser they’ve been using is a hand me down Crate & Barrel dresser from some friends. While it was in really good condition, an unfortunate accident during the move resulted in the drawers falling out and getting damaged. During that move, a helper who shall not […]

Brian and I are both obsessive researchers and generally prefer to do things ourselves – both because we enjoy rolling up our sleeves… and to save money! For our very first home, he even studied for months to obtain his real estate license so that we could have direct access to the Multiple Listing Service […]

Hello! Welcome to our blog. 🙂 We are a husband and wife team raising three little kids in northern New Jersey. We stumbled into a passion for DIY and design by building simple furniture and taking on small projects to add customization and character to a new construction which we moved into two years in […]