It’s my absolute favorite day of the year because we hear a lot of discussion around how to help the Earth and make sustainable choices! Here at haus2home, my goal is to help you strive to live a ecofriendly and sustainable life. What better time than Earth Day? As one way to celebrate Earth Month…
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What makes a good workspace? Step inside our dream office plans.
What makes an office inspiring to work in, full of focus and a dream to spend time in? In this post I’m going to breakdown the though the considerations I made when designing our office that might help you, too! Start fresh Ducks and golf gear and beer. Oh my! The wallpaper in our office…
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Our New Haus: Inviting the “Beauty and the Beast” Dining Room into 2023
Jackie from haus2home invites you to see a preview of the plans for the dining room.
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The Perfect Big Girl Room Reveal, Complete with Disney Princess Décor
It seems like yesterday I was planning our nature neutral nursery not knowing if we were having a boy or a girl. Spoiler alert if you’re new here…it was a girl! Now that baby number two is here and has taken over the nursery, it’s time to shake things up. I didn’t tell her when…
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Mid-Century Modern Dresser Makeover: Project Renew with Buffalo Magazine
Project Renew with the Buffalo News: Helping DIYers Find Inspiration
Easy DIY Easter Dessert: Bunny Cupcakes
Bringing a 30-year-old dresser back to life for toddler dress up fun
In this post you’ll see how an old childhood dresser was refurbished for Disney Princess dress up storage.
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$3 Trader Joe’s Eucalyptus for the Floral Crown Win
Floral crowns are a trend I’m fully embracing with open arms. The first floral crown I fell in love with was at my dear friend Molly’s Adirondack wedding. I was a bridesmaid in the wedding and was lucky enough to witness her mom’s floral wizardry skills. She arranged all the flowers, including Molly’s floral crown…
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Wedding Gown Repurposed into a Beautiful Baptism Dress
A lot of girls dream about the day they get to wear their dream wedding dress on their big day. I did and enjoyed every minute of it to the infinite max. Admittedly, I was a bit sad when my wedding day was over because that meant I wouldn’t have another reason to ever wear…
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Safe, Easy and Stress-Free Way to Remove Paint from Hardware
Sometimes the best of us make the worst of mistakes. Mistakes like thinking its a good idea to glob paint over functioning hardware expecting it to last and look good. No beuno. I have to think that the previous homeowners did this with the best of intentions but alas, its time to say see ya…
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A Day for Upping DIY Skills with The UpSkill Project
This post is sponsored by Lowes. The thoughts and opinions are my own. Have you ever worked on a DIY project and found yourself stuck on a step? Or maybe there was a tool necessary to complete your project, but you were just too intimidated to use it? I can speak from personal experience that…
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The Upskill Project Comes To Buffalo, Making DIY Dreams Come True
If you could win an opportunity to bring a DIY project to life right in your own home with help from professionals AND a $2,000 gift card to Lowe’s to make it all happen, would you enter? Well that’s exactly what took place with The UpSkill Project Contest and let me tell you, the contest entries were nothing short of amazing. Five local residents were selected and got their DIY dreams to come true with The UpSkill Project. The results? Nothing short of incredible.
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Dog House to Be Auctioned Off at SPCA’s Hounds and Heroes Event on June 2
I’ve built a couple of dog houses in my day, but I have to say this one very well may take the cake for the most famous, special, and philanthropic. Say what? Here’s why! I originally built this dog house for my friends over at Valu Home Centers from nearly 100% reclaimed materials. They filmed a…
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Nature Neutral Nursery Reveal
After months of planning and renovating, I’m super happy to report that the nursery is done-zo…complete…FINISHED! If you remember back to the nurery inspo post, you’ll know that we’re not finding out the gender of our baby so that meant gender-neutral all the way. But if I’m being honest, I think even if we knew the…
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Enter The UpSkill Project Contest with Lowe’s
Do you have a home project you’ve been looking to tackle but aren’t quite sure where to start? Or maybe you wish you had the chance to learn from a professional and improve your skills to complete a project you previously tried to take on? Well Buffalo, do I ever have the opportunity for you.…
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Join haus2home at the Buffalo Home Show this March!
The 2018 Buffalo Home Show is upon us! The weekends of March 9-11 and 16-18, the Home Show will take over the Buffalo Convention Center helping attendees brush up on all the latest home trends and brands, get some inspiration for home projects, and even win some awesome giveaways! Quite possibly the best news? For the second year,…
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Hosting the Best-Ever Winter Olympic Games Family-Friendly Party
The Winter Olympics have been so much fun to watch this year! What made it even better was being able to participate in the games and feel like an Olympian too, that’s a pretty stellar bonus. In this post, I’m going to show you how to host the best-ever winter Olympic games party, fun for the…
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Nature Neutral Nursery Inspiration
I must admit, I’m a wee bit excited about designing a nursery! Okay, lie. I’m REALLY excited about it. Also, aside from our bathroom renovation we haven’t completely overhauled a room since we moved in, so I’m really jazzed to tackle this nursery project for our little bundle of joy! The room we’re using was…
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2017 in Review
What a wonderful year it has been. Thank you so much to everyone who made it such an amazing year – yes, you! Although there were many memorable moments in 2017, I’m recapping my best 9. 1: Being featured by the University at Buffalo for my ecofriendly passion through haus2home ♻️ Thank you to my awesome…
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