Our Little Beehive
Blog of the Month - September 2011
Since purchasing their colonial style house in the Washington, D.C. area in 2009, F and S have been busy with a whole variety of DIY home improvements and crafty projects mixed in with a bunch of tasty recipes that make our mouths water just reading about them! Most recently, they’ve just completed their project to finish their basement, including a new staircase, a pantry, a den / sewing room, a bedroom, a bathroom, a laundry closet and some storage. Whew … just reading about it is enough to make use exhausted! Now they’re tackling an even bigger project - a bedroom renovation just in time for a new addition to their family - and we’re looking forward to reading more about both. Be sure to check out the latest happenings at Our Little Beehive through the posts linked below!
Teepee for the Boy: a Tutorial
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- Published on Wednesday, 08 May 2013
Authors: Our Little Beehive
A couple months ago I saw a play tent over at Cape27 and knew Little M NEEDED one right away. When I showed S the tent, he suggested a teepee so that it would take up less storage space when folded. Our lives revolve around storage space. I argued that a tent could fold flat and slide under the couch; he said a teepee...Bids.
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- Published on Thursday, 02 May 2013
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We are four weeks into the bid process on our addition project and I think we're close to pulling our hair out. We had no idea it was going to take over a month to get all our bids. We were thinking more like two weeks. Today marks four.To be fair, we did get one bid within two weeks and the second at three weeks. The...
Final Floor Plans
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- Published on Saturday, 06 April 2013
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After polling you guys, lots of friends and family, we decided on the two window option for the addition. Which means we were finally able to start developing a final floor plan. The first one gave me a GINORMOUS closet and four linear feet of hanging space in S's closet. Not really the his and hers master closets we...The Best Carrot Cake w/ Cream Cheese Frosting (really!)
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- Published on Sunday, 31 March 2013
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I love, love, love carrot cake. Of course that means I'm nuts for cream cheese frosting too. I only make carrot cake once or twice a year, usually at Easter, so it really needs to be delicious 'cause I'll probably eat half of it. This carrot cake recipe is chock full of carrots and is lighter than your standard bakery...We've Got Some Drawings!
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- Published on Wednesday, 20 March 2013
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I mentioned that we've been thinking about adding on to the side of our house. I think it all started with several freak-outs over shoes and coats in the dining room. We use our kitchen door as our main entry so it's understandable that no one walks all the way to the tiny coat closet in the living room to hang their...My Favorite Kitchen Tool
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- Published on Monday, 18 March 2013
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My mom came to visit last week and while she was here she helped that with a little cooking. While cooking chicken or something like that she accidentally snapped the handle off my favorite kitchen tool. I didn't realize it was my favorite kitchen tool until I no longer had it to use. I was totally lost without it this...Bye Bye G. Reader
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- Published on Saturday, 16 March 2013
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I've been a fan of Google Reader forever. Apparently I'm the only one and I can't believe it's going away. Tonight I downloaded the Feedly app on my phone and for Mozilla on my laptop. I thought it was a possible replacement for reader on my phone, but on my laptop it's just kinda confusing. Ok maybe not confusing, but...Ruler Growth Chart - Pinterest Challenge
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- Published on Wednesday, 27 February 2013
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I tackled a couple of projects for this round of the Pinterest Challenge, but the second one requires a really intense session with the glue stick that I have yet to schedule. Maybe we'll get friendly this weekend. I did, however, finish a project that I've had pinned forever - the GIANT ruler growth chart that I'm sure...What’s Going On?
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- Published on Saturday, 23 February 2013
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Our Toy Rotation Plan
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- Published on Friday, 22 February 2013
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We've been slowly amassing a hoard of toys for little M since he was born. Throw in the holidays and his birthday, and things were getting downright overwhelming. Before he was born I thought that we'd have a dozen or so toys for him at any given stage, and that I wouldn't let toys overtake my house. Now I realize that...
