Hi there, friends! I hope you had a really lovely Thanksgiving - we spent time with Xan’s family and ate lots of delicious food. Now we’re scouring the internet for some Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals for a couple things we need.
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Hi, Hi, Hi! Happy Saturday friends! I hope you’re having a great weekend - we’re leaving on a trip to Tokyo tomorrow and I couldn’t be more excited (hence all the exclamation points!) We’re going for vacation and will be gone for two weeks. Neither of us have been to Asia before and I’m excited for the visit. Everything is going to be so new and different and a little challenging I’m sure. But, I’m ready to eat my weight in sushi!
Before we go I wanted to share a little update about the clawfoot tub shower curtain liner. If you’ve read this post then you know we’ve been working on this for a while. The Cliffs Notes version is that our main shower is a clawfoot tub, which looks really lovely, but for various reasons is a bit of a pain to actually shower in. One of those reasons is that the shower curtain liner billows in from all angles and sticks to you non-stop. If you’re a regular shower user imagine that shower curtain coming at you from all sides instead of just one! While I’d love to go shower curtain free our bathroom is all original hardwood, so we really need to the protection of the shower curtain to keep it mint condish (aka mint condition. And by mint condition I mean 100+ year-old-wood-floor-that-someone-did-a-mediocre-job-of-taking-care-of condition 🤷).
The shower curtain liner situation is actually three liners that have been cut to fit the tub. Initially we thought we could get those weighted shower curtains with the little magnets on the bottom. But, we quickly learned those wouldn’t be strong enough. Then I super glued large washers to the curtain inside little pockets, but the super glue didn’t hold very well. Then, I tried Liquid Nail which did a great job but looked gross and smelled truly terrible when I was applying it. We recently needed to replace our shower curtain liners so it was a great time to also try a new approach to the washers. Several readers suggested sewing them on which I thought was brilliant! That’s what we tried this time around and not only do they look so much better - they also seem to do the trick. Of course they’ll really be put to the test when the temperature drops since the cold air in the bathroom mixed with the hot air in the shower causes much more billowing. (my other favorite trick for keeping it from happening is using a space heater when showering - it makes a huge difference I have one similar to this and it works so well!)
Inside of shower curtain
Backside of shower curtain
Why We Needed a Laser Level
You probably don’t think you need a laser level. That’s what I thought too. Boy was I wrong! I, now, consider it one my most useful tools. And the best news of all, they are not that expensive.
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Happy Saturday! This weekend is a pretty chill one around here, which I’m really looking forward to. We’re planning on doing a TRX class together this morning, some small things around the house, and hopefully a hike. Today I’m sharing all about re-planting our front bed. When we moved in the bed was pretty sad. Actually, upon first glance you couldn’t tell quite how bad it was. (click to see the before and afters!)
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Happy (long) weekend, friends! I’m so excited for this 3-day weekend - it’s just what I needed. And to be honest, I’m excited to mark the transition to fall. Labor Day always feels like the unofficial end to Summer, but I’m okay with it. I’m ready for cooler temps and this may be controversial, but longer nights too.
Read moreOur DIY Backyard Deck
A couple weeks ago we posted about the design process for our new deck and today we’re talking about how we built it! Xan wrote this overview of the process, but because there’s so much to include it’s more an overview of the process and some tips and tricks we learned along the way. If you have specific questions feel free to include them in the comments. We should, of course, note that it’s important to talk to an expert in your area about your particular situation as it may be different from ours.
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