Monthly Archives: February 2012

West Michigan Home & Garden Show

Since tomorrow kicks off the first day of the West Michigan Home and Garden Show, I decided to talk about this event on the blog today. For anyone living in West Michigan and the surrounding area, this show has some … Continue reading

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How to Choose the Right Flowers to Plant

With spring just around the corner here in Florida I found this great article on eHow.com in regards to choosing the right flowers for your home. The great thing for our northern readers is the project can be done from … Continue reading

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DIY Coffee Table

As my wife and I are in the process of building a new house, we have adopted the idea of the cottage feel with white cabinets and bead board throughout the house. However, with trying to stick to a tight … Continue reading

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Value of Outdoor Play

Many of our families started in January with a new goal of getting in shape and where we could we engaged in walking, jogging or another activity outside. My wife Dana issued a challenge to our family then as part … Continue reading

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Crafty Ideas for Winter Curb Appeal

Since we’re stilled mired in the depths of winter it can be hard to think about curb appeal.  Well it doesn’t have to be that way.  Our friends at National Association of Realtors provided a great article with 8 tips … Continue reading

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Doing Home Repairs Yourself? Remember, Safety First!

As I was taking down all the Christmas decorations and re-organizing the garage to make more room, I had an unfortunate thing happen that many of us get inflicted with while working on a DIY or repair project around the … Continue reading

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Angie’s List

Today’s post goes well beyond “all things women” trailing into the realm of “all things you don’t know anything about and need help and guidance to find the right person / company for the job.”  Does this sound familiar?  I … Continue reading

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Five Ways to Landscape for Winter Interest

During these winter months, landscaping is something that you hardly hear anyone talk about. However, when looking to still add some curb appeal during those months where the snow covers the ground, we have some solutions. Winter often seems to … Continue reading

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How to make a Lego iPod Holder

I was looking for a DIY project the whole family could do together and was also useful.  In my research I ran across the website Instructables share what you make with many great DIY projects. Visit them at www.instructables.com.   The … Continue reading

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Lifetime Moms

In searching the internet trying to find an interesting topic or idea for our All Thing Women blog post for today, I stumbled across a really great site for you females out there.  I am sure many of you have … Continue reading

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