NewlyWoodwards

an unconventional home

A very Merry Christmas

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Hope you all had a wonderful holiday. Just stopping in quick with a few snapshots from our festivities, before life moves on. It was really an awesome Christmas and we got to spend lots of time with friends and family. Plus, Henry really LOVED it this year. He loved the gifts. He loved the family […]

An organized garage: Finding order from chaos

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Bring on the champagne, red roses, and romantic music. I’ve officially fallen in love. With our new organized garage. We desperately needed a functional and organized garage and workshop for our family. And it was less about design than about function. (Although I think we accomplished both in the end.) Before I agreed to take this project […]

A wardrobe for one | Storage for small spaces

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If you’ve been around here long (or at all), you know that our 320-square-foot barn apartment is required to pack a storage punch. There is no room for anything that isn’t useful. And there is little room for anything that isn’t multipurpose. And one of the biggest questions I get asked about how we can […]

The DIY garden tool storage idea that will save your sanity

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Psssssst: Are you looking for the full organized garage reveal? Check it here … When you take on a big project (like organizing the most messy garage of all time), you have to bite it off one piece at a time. And in the last week, we have bitten off a giant piece. And spoiler: one of the […]

The most amazing, awesome DIY workbenches of all time in the history of ever (and a poll)

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I’ve finally realized exactly what I bring to the table for our renovating efforts. It’s not any functional skill. I don’t build things. I rarely use power tools. I can barely read instructions to assemble a piece of furniture. I don’t even do very good at handing tools to the person doing the work. (Squirrel.) […]

Favorite ideas for garage organization

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I have been on the hunt for great ways to organize all the stuff in our garage. And guys, I have been sucked into the black hole of Pinterest. It’s like quicksand. I just can’t get out. But, this is all for the greater good. The greater organized good. I thought I’d share a few […]