10 things worth noting from the long weekend!

1. Started Friday off right with one of our favorite local bluegrass bands, Blue Grama.

2. Saturday morning started bright and early with a little bathroom demolition. We were trying to hold out for a complete bathroom renovation but decided to do a mini DIY reno instead. Totally digging it so far.

[before]

3. Butcher block counters are very affordable and quite easy to work with. Especially when you buy a butcher block desktop at Ikea and cut it down to use as a counter. Instead of buying their 6-foot kitchen butcher block counter for $129, the desktop cost $79!

4. Backsplash flashbacks. However, this was much easier and only took about 1 1/2 hours to complete. I used 2x4 white subway tiles [from Home Depot ~$2.50 per 12x12 sheet] and cut each sheet in half [6x12], which meant I got 2 uses out of each sheet. Then I finished the top row with a rounded bull nose tile [2x6 $.75/tile]. Extremely affordable for a very clean look. Grout will be applied tomorrow and then the sink installation is next!

5. Graduation doughnuts for my cousin Elizabeth! Hip hip!! Lemon Cake + Vanilla Bean, both of which will be in the book!

6. My hands have been covered in paint for 3 days straight. We're making a few other mini upgrades inside as well.

7. THIS potato salad from Thug Kitchen is worth your time. I doubled the recipe, used apple cider vinegar instead of white vinegar, and added 1 1/2 cups chickpeas. Pretty sure I ate 6 servings in 24hrs and even dumped the last serving over a green salad.

8. FREE rhubarb > $6.99/lb rhubarb