I have featured items from Motif Modern Living before. Their slogan is “Modern Style, Modest Price” and I have to admit that they have a pretty good selection of affordable modern housewares that I haven’t seen elsewhere. Take for example this Single Flower Duvet and Sham. For only $79 you can [...]

Our rainscreen siding has been a slow and tedious process. So far we are almost 4 days into it, and we are probably about 3/4 of the way done. Thanks to family and friends, we were able to get a bunch of it done this last Friday and Saturday. We hope it [...]

Here is another great Etsy find. Kim Westad is making some beautiful hand thrown porcelain vases in her Yonkers studio. Shown here is her small pod vase with a Seagrass Slip design and a red interior. I love her eye for detail, and the stark contrast between the bright white porcelain exterior [...]

After a couple of delays we finally started putting up the siding yesterday. We ended up going with a dark grey called Iron Grey, and I absolutely love it. I was a little worried that it would be too “drama”, but I think it’s going to work out just fine. Benchmark Renovation [...]

In spite of the holiday (July 24th is Pioneer Day in Utah), we had 6 trades on site! Today we had Questar Gas, Pella Windows, Inline Plumbing, Benchmark Renovation, Timberline Doors and Michelle and I continued painting. We spent most of the day masking and priming and joined up with family later for [...]

For any locals looking for a house, make sure you check out this one. Owned by Mike of Struck Design this home is a great example of how you can take a traditional Sugarhouse Bungalow and put a modern twist on it. I have always loved homes with exposed brick wall inside like [...]

Who says that Etsy is just for those that are trying to become well known. Joe Futschik of Jef Designs has an etsy shop where he sells these lovely votive candle pods. They are created from the byproducts of the legna lamp, the pod votive adheres to the principles of jefdesigns: clean, minimal, [...]

Sean Finocchio is not only one of the nicest guys I’ve met in a while, he also is a very talented artist. Living in LA and trying to make a living as an artist he has turned to the streets. He photographs streets, markets, alleys, liquor stores and turns the otherwise ordinary photos [...]

Sheetrock work began a few days ago. This is usually the mid-point in home construction. Since we have very little finish work required, i.e. no window or door trim, we feel like we are well past the mid-point. Sheetrock will wrap up tomorrow and preliminary steel posts for the stairs will be [...]

We were just sitting around on Saturday, not doing much of anything, when I decided to see if there was anything good on craigslist. I came across a post for free sod, and it was only about two hours old. It was a first come first serve deal so I drove by to [...]