I even discovered a fun recipe perfect for beginners that made me feel like such an old pro at this canning stuff in a matter of minutes!.

I wrote a post about.creating absolutely perfect wall stripes.

too if you’re interested in that.. Other than that, I just borrowed some homeless decor items from around the house and used a few zebra-themed things we’ve picked up over the last year since Kennedy’s zebra phase started.. And of course, legos..If you’ve got an awkwardly-shaped kid’s room, or just a room that feels endlessly messy, I’d highly recommend filling a wall or two with built-in shelves and even a desk!They hardly take up any floor space, but they make.

If you feel like a project of this scale might be a little outside of your comfort level, you can start with a smaller project.you can just use an online service like.

to find yourself some quality professional help in your area..

Since our walls are so wonky, and Chris is such a perfectionist, this project honestly took him about 4 full days to complete from dawn until dusk, but I’m soooo glad we went for it.. I’m starting to dream of a whole wall of built-ins in the living room now, and Chris is dreaming of the giant TV I said he could buy if he builds them for me!.If a friend has a plant you like, it can be dug up in the early Fall, or the early Spring and half of it can be replanted in your garden.

A lot of flowering shrubs can be grown either from little shoots that they put out around their base, or from clippings of their branches.I have quite a few perennials around the property that I hope to dig up this Fall and maybe add in to some of the bare spots.. That little purple-ish heuchera as well as some of the hostas all came from other gardens on the property..

So here’s how progress is looking on our little perennial garden experiment so far:.We cleared away some of the  excess weeds and old, dead bits from last year, set out all the plants where we wanted them, and dug in!