Stacy Risenmay

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My Top Posts of 2020

By Stacy 2 Comments

It is always fun to look back at the end of the year and see all that has been accomplished. Its like looking at a crossed off to-do list. And while this year may not have had as many projects as usual, I am happy with any progress. I went through my analytics and found […]

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Favorite Things 2020 Edition

By Stacy 1 Comment

These favorite things posts are always fun to write. I like looking back at the year and seeing all my fun finds. I LOVE the read the other blogger’s posts as well. Over the years, I have bought so many of their favorite things from printers, to hair brushes, to home decor items. Here are […]

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Bathroom Refresh REVEAL {Spoiler Alert… It’s Green!}

By Stacy 16 Comments

After being cooped up in the house this spring due to the pandemic, I started to get the itch to makeover something. I decided to refresh the bathroom. I have slowly morphed the rest of the house by adding in more green and the last space to get the once over was the bathroom. I […]

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Home Office Makeover! {Create A Home Office}

By Stacy 21 Comments

Shane has been working from home on and off since mid March. He started out at the kitchen table but that just wasn’t working. He needed a space where he could shut the door and have it be a bit more quiet and private. I had already painted the cabinets green this spring. I decided […]

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Garage Attic Makeover REVEAL!!!

By Stacy 13 Comments

It’s finally here! After 5 months I can say that we are officially done with the attic fort for our boys. This garage attic makeover began as a way to keep our kids happy and busy during quarantine back in late March. This project took longer to do than I originally thought mostly due to […]

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DIY Concrete Fountain

By Stacy 9 Comments

I revealed the backyard landscaping project last week and you were all so kind! I am excited to be sharing the tutorial for the DIY concrete fountain. It was one of those projects where it could have been an epic fail. I had never done a large scale concrete project before. I think Shane and […]

Filed Under: DIY & Tutorials, Favorites, Outdoor Projects & Gardening 9 Comments

Backyard Landscaping Project REVEAL!

By Stacy 22 Comments

Over the last 13 years we have slowly transformed our backyard from a weed filled gravel pit into a yard the whole family can enjoy. We are almost done with the backyard landscaping but have a couple spots that still needed our attention. I tackled the garage & coop area first because it is so […]

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15 Annual Flowers That Are Easy To Grow

By Stacy 6 Comments

Last year I shared my 15 favorite perennials (plants that come back every year) and ever since I have wanted to also share my favorite annuals (plants that only live for one season). Annuals are a great way to add some color to your landscaping. There are so many different varieties. Here are 15 annual […]

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Woven Leather Headboards

By Stacy 2 Comments

Last week I shared the room makeover I did for my nephew and the most asked question I got through messages and emails was if I bought the headboard or made it. It was a total DIY. To buy one is hundreds of dollars so I knew it had to be a do-it-yourself project if […]

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Teen Bedroom Makeover on a Budget!

By Stacy 87 Comments

I love reveal day! After working so hard on a room makeover, it is so fun to finally be able to share it with you. I think this room has more DIY projects in it than any of my other rooms. At least that is how it felt :) I had so much fun designing […]

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NEW Front Yard Landscaping

By Stacy 26 Comments

I re-landscaped our front yard earlier this year but am just now getting around to blogging about it. I am sure some of you, and definitely some of my neighbors, are wondering why we dug up all our perfectly good flowers this spring.  Don’t worry, I found new homes for all of them. Most went […]

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My Temporary Bedroom in the Office {Reveal!}

By Stacy 15 Comments

I finally cleaned up my bedroom in the office well enough to photograph it! Before we added our bed to the mix, this room already was hard to keep tidy since it was multi-functional. It was our mudroom, storage room, and my home office. Now we can add bedroom to the mix….. at least temporarily. […]

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Easy DIY Outdoor Chairs

By Stacy 10 Comments

It has been a couple of years since I shared this project. This is the perfect time of year to start a project like this so I am sharing it again. I only made 4 last time so I think I am going to build some more DIY outdoor chairs this summer. We are lucky […]

Filed Under: DIY & Tutorials, Favorites, Furniture, Outdoor Projects & Gardening 10 Comments

Raised Garden Beds {The Secret Garden Makeover!}

By Stacy 19 Comments

Aaaaaah! I have been so excited to share this project with you. Just like in my favorite childhood book, my secret garden has come full circle. It started out beautiful, got neglected, and then was restored. If you want to see what it looked like 8 years ago, you can read my post Welcome to […]

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Outdoor Movie Theater Seats

By Stacy 87 Comments

Now that it is warming up, I am dreaming of having outdoor movies again. I’m resharing this past project with you today because these outdoor movie theater seats are one of my favorites! As kids we used to run an extension cord outside and take a small TV/VCR combo outside to watch movies in the backyard. […]

Filed Under: Favorites, Kids Activities, Outdoor Projects & Gardening, Painting, Power Tools 87 Comments

Favorite Finds

By Stacy 3 Comments

Hello! Are you surviving this never ending January? I’m huddled up in my office looking out at the snow and longing for sunshine. I’ve been working on my sister’s kitchen transformation for the past week but I am taking the morning off to get caught on on computer work. I thought I would pop on […]

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Top Projects of 2018

By Stacy 5 Comments

It’s always fun to go back and at the end of the year and see all the projects that were completed. It’s like looking at a to-do list that has been all crossed off.  I have gone through my posts from 2018 and found the posts with the most traffic and engagement. I am always […]

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Sprucing up the Outside of Our House {New Roof!}

By Stacy 13 Comments

When we bought our house 13 years ago the inspector told us we would need to get a new roof in a few years. We never did. It looked… decent and there were not any leaks. A new roof  can be expensive and it’s not a very fun thing to drop a bunch of cash […]

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L Shaped Kid Beds with Storage

By Stacy 22 Comments

I somehow forget how hard it is to blog in the summertime. Every year the struggle to balance my time on projects, yard work, and the computer takes me by surprise. This tutorial for the L shaped kid beds with storage is long overdue. I appreciate all of the kind words about this set of […]

Filed Under: DIY & Tutorials, Favorites 22 Comments

Mountain Themed Boy Bedroom

By Stacy 34 Comments

I know some of you have been antsy to see the reveal of the second boy room at our house. Trust me, no one has been more anxious than me. When we left off last time, the floors were installed and it was a giant blank slate. Since then I have added the baseboards, painted […]

Filed Under: Favorites, Furniture, Home Decor 34 Comments

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