Vertical Chess Board I’ve been wanting to make a vertical chess board for a while now. When I told Russ about the idea several months ago he was super excited and surprisingly loved it. His birthday is coming up in less than two weeks and I decided I’m going to make one for him. This […]
Wood Stain Color Comparison on Maple Plywood
Our current project is making the bathroom vanity. It is a floating, wall hanging vanity with three drawers and a shallow sink. The bathroom tile is a warm grey and the shower tile is bright white. We were having a really hard time deciding on what to stain our vanity cabinet. At first we thought […]
Russ’s Surprise Bathroom Renovation
While Russ and I were dating we both owned separate homes. He had been meaning to update his bathroom for quite a while. But with any big project he would need to allow enough time and find other accommodations with it being the only bathroom in the house. I decided, last minute, as in the […]
An Awesome Dish Drying Rack Idea that Really Solves a Problem
An awesome idea for the kitchen! We’ve been working hard on our kitchen remodel and home addition. The Problem We have a lot of utensils, bottles, and large pots that cannot go in the dishwasher. We always hand-wash and set them out on a dish drying rack or towel on the counter to dry. All of […]
Gutting A Backyard Deck For Our Home Addition
mission diy deck demo removal of old wood deck Gutting A Backyard Deck For Our Home Addition Mission: DIY > Projects > For the Home > Making Room for Our Home AdditionJuly 20, 2017 by Mission:DIY New Home Addition Plans are Set Last weekend we made some major headway on our home remodel. The city approved our permits! So, for us, that meant […]
Building Our Kitchen Cabinets – A Hybrid
Building Our Kitchen Cabinets – A Hybrid We want real wood cabinets. We want modular-ness. We want to make our own cabinets. We don’t want to build the inside guts. Mix together and we get a hybrid! This is the ultimate Ikea kitchen hack. We like the endless possibilities Ikea offers for creating a ‘custom’ […]