2 Teachers still learning & chasing their dream
It’s been a hot minute since I wrote about our kitchen (no, it’s still not finished, but maybe this week…). Back in January, I wrote about how we saved the kitchen cabinets from the original cabin instead of buying new. But other than that, I’ve only mentioned parts of the kitchen in passing. It’s been… Continue reading We Chose Butcher Block Counters & How it’s Going
We are in hustle mode as we race toward a huge milestone: hosting multiple couples for our very first full cabin weekend! Our to-do list continues to be long, but this week brought some major bedroom & patio progress, an internet consensus, and more pet/car drama than we bargained for. 🛏️Bedroom hardware change, a Wayfair… Continue reading Bedroom & Patio Progress, Plus Suzi Performs Surgery
This week we have been “working” on the cabin without hammers and nails. Our "cabin mode" has been about some sustainable details and strategies. We try to keep functional items out of landfills, and remind ourselves things seem to find their way to where they belong. The 90-Day Thrift Store Gamble 🎲 We recently had… Continue reading The Thrill, the Risk, and the $90 Patio Set That Got Away 🪑🍂
Last week, we celebrated our one-year demolition anniversary by sharing our before and after floor plans — and all the reasons we made such dramatic changes to a cabin that was, in theory, just supposed to be a fixer upper. (If you missed Part 1, start there — it sets the scene for everything that… Continue reading Demo-versary Part 2: What We Salvaged Before the Wrecking Ball (And the Permit Chaos)
Two teachers figuring out how to cut a church pew in order to make a custom banquette for their former church camp cabin
If you’ve been following our cabin renovation journey, you know we’ve been trying to figure out what to do with our stairs. Many of you said we HAD to do something cool under the stairs and we agreed! Our plan: create cozy banquette seating for our space. I have spent hours going down YouTube rabbit… Continue reading 🪵 The $10 Church Pew (What could possibly go wrong?)