Heather from JustAGirlwithaHammer's Profile

I gave up on a house with no electrical issues and a porch. The electrical issues I had were fixable and my backyard more than makes up for my lack of a porch.

A feng shui expert once told me that books are like "tiny knives pointing at you" in the bedroom. I don't even believe in feng shui and yet I haven't been able to store books in my bedroom since!

Check out Armitage's Vines and Climbers. There are thousands of beautiful and non-invasive vines out there. Or just take a trip to your local nursery and ask them what they like. My personal favorites are scarlet runner beans, clematis, and night-blooming jasmine.

Very charming. Love the color combination!

I love the rug and table! And your guests will figure out how to move their chairs in and out, no problem. Because you have that high wainscotting and the room feels so cozy, would you consider a chair that you can see through (like a Bertoia style)? Then you could still see the rug with chairs around it and there would be an openness to the room.

This is not my decorating style but it's really lovely. The paint color is beautiful and it was a great call removing that soffit.

There's an app called Time Flies that I use to track the last time I cleaned the gutters, washed the shower curtain, or changed the furnace filter. I think combining it with this tip might work perfectly.

This has been really difficult for me and my partner. He likes traditional and I like modern and vintage furniture. He moved into my house and I want it to feel like home for him. He pretty much says, "I guess it's alright" to almost every piece of furniture I suggest. Every once in a great while we find something that we both like and then the struggling is worth it. I decided that we shouldn't bring anything into the house unless we're both in love with it.

I do all the accessorizing, though. :)

I've been lucky enough so far not to have many needs for a plumber. In the few times that I did, the best ones told me over the phone what they thought it sounded like the problem was, and how I might try to fix it myself if I didn't want to pay them X amount to come out and look at it.

Once they're in your house it's a lot harder to say no to expensive repairs.

The light switch that controls all of our outdoor lights in located 12 inches from the floor . . . in our bedroom. It would require rerunning all the electrical on that wall, so instead of fixing it we use our feet to flip the switch. It actually works pretty well but it's embarrassing when other people notice it.