tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658324608798777023.post7237059758779475761..comments2023-10-26T06:44:49.165-05:00Comments on Decor And The Dog: Blog Swap...Host Day!michelle@decorandthedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18011393497277353506noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658324608798777023.post-58508715175631822442012-02-16T16:45:50.640-06:002012-02-16T16:45:50.640-06:00My eyes are watering - great post! Seriously, I ca...My eyes are watering - great post! Seriously, I can't imagine home improvement without my second half. One day my blow dryer overheated - as it usually does because my hair is so thick and it takes for ever to dry. So, I threw it way (I mean come on... $20, right?) Next thing I know - he's got it out of the trash and taking it apart! "What on Earth are you doing? It's broken - it doesn't work anymore!" He smiles at me and says. "I'm fitting it for you".... and he did! I love this man!Jalon Burtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13951357450763789503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658324608798777023.post-8319184861983028602012-02-16T15:17:24.773-06:002012-02-16T15:17:24.773-06:00That last picture gave me the giggles. I love all ...That last picture gave me the giggles. I love all of your thought bubbles.<br /><br />I would complete nothing without Ryan. I'm not even sure I would paint. I'm an imposter.Kim @ NewlyWoodwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14306871325108889905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658324608798777023.post-60638636863935068792012-02-16T14:59:24.472-06:002012-02-16T14:59:24.472-06:00bahahaha the last thing I expected to see when I s...bahahaha the last thing I expected to see when I scrolled through these comments was a comment from my husband....Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08552928159495568506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658324608798777023.post-50746900479695016232012-02-16T12:48:43.740-06:002012-02-16T12:48:43.740-06:00So funny - and I must say you are SO lucky! My hu...So funny - and I must say you are SO lucky! My husband is not a big diy person and would rather just pay someone. Having said that, when I want a project done he complains that it will cost too much! Needless to say I "attempt" a lot of things on my own and don't get very far...<br />-ShelleyCalypso In The Countryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10264873052810117169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658324608798777023.post-34755979372744303142012-02-16T12:00:24.210-06:002012-02-16T12:00:24.210-06:00Hahaha I love this!!! It's all so true, I'...Hahaha I love this!!! It's all so true, I'm sad to admit. I love taking all the credit and acting like a brilliant DIYer but really, I just think up the ideas and trust that my husband will figure out a way to make them work. He's the real brains behind every operation. So many times I'll get us into a project and at the precise moment that we've reached the point of no return, he turns to ask me how I'd planned for us to continue/attach this/make this happen...and I shrug and say, "I dunno, I just knew we'd figure out a way somehow. It can't be that hard." And then the poor man has to sit back and figure it all out because I'm totally clueless. After the last time that happened, I told him to always, always ask me for my detailed plan first to make sure it makes sense before trusting in my overconfidence and ripping a light fixture down from the ceiling....we're still waiting on him to have time to rig something up to make a light fixture I DIY'd work, and it's getting pretty dark in the living room. <br />I really have to hand it to my husband because he is so patient with me and makes sure all my ideas come to fruition, then he sits back and lets me look brilliant. love him.Brooke @ Inside-Out Designhttp://www.inside-outdesign.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658324608798777023.post-79676185294400328612012-02-16T11:23:25.565-06:002012-02-16T11:23:25.565-06:00It actually works out quite nicely that way.....yo...It actually works out quite nicely that way.....you go and work on your blog and actually give us husbands time to get the project done! But, it turns out to be a vicious cycle which goes something like this: Brilliant idea from wife; excellent follow through from husband; all while the wives are dreaming up the next big project. <br /><br />Besides, someone has to elegantly put pictures and descriptions together. If I were to write a post, for example about our closet, it would go something like this: I cut the wood, and nailed it together and now we have a closet. The End. Thanks for reading. So here's a great big round of applause to the wives that dream up our projects and occasionally give us credit for them. :-)Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02613225848138980757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658324608798777023.post-7782653068919535492012-02-16T11:03:33.246-06:002012-02-16T11:03:33.246-06:00Sounds to me like our husbands need to start blogs...Sounds to me like our husbands need to start blogs and/or take over ours. Since they are really the reason we can have blogs, after all...Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08552928159495568506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658324608798777023.post-81238669163624266942012-02-16T10:35:05.080-06:002012-02-16T10:35:05.080-06:00W/out the hubs, DIYing would take a gazillion time...W/out the hubs, DIYing would take a gazillion times longer than it does. I never would have had the courage to DIY our kitchen reno without him by my side. I'd still be tackling projects, just smaller scale ones. Oh, and I probably would have lost a finger by now. There was that one small incident when I put a rotozip through my arm.laxsupermomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10797787877548962742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658324608798777023.post-3472854204580150652012-02-16T10:13:34.738-06:002012-02-16T10:13:34.738-06:00W/out Dave our kitchen cabinets would be painted s...W/out Dave our kitchen cabinets would be painted shut, I'd probably be electrocuted, and all of my pictures/art/mirrors would be sitting on the floor underneath their "spot".Faithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18134014679978477991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658324608798777023.post-84984372912221097752012-02-16T09:14:53.915-06:002012-02-16T09:14:53.915-06:00Haha, I love this! We wouldn't have running wa...Haha, I love this! We wouldn't have running water in our house. Our a garage. Our bathroom would still be gutted and we'd have no tile floors or functional kitchen. Other than that I think I'd be ok.Cindy @The Flipping Couplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13830938432043057496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658324608798777023.post-33082981408037915682012-02-16T09:08:47.895-06:002012-02-16T09:08:47.895-06:00I love this post! Most of the time I come up with ...I love this post! Most of the time I come up with an idea and Jesse refuses to help, until he sees me struggling and then he comes to the rescue. He hopes that by telling me to do it myself I'll give up, but I'm stubborn and he loves me too much to watch me crash and burn lol.Ashley@AttemptsAtDomesticationhttp://attemptsatdomestication.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658324608798777023.post-12238381531699092312012-02-16T09:04:00.182-06:002012-02-16T09:04:00.182-06:00Haha, I've been loving this series! I think my...Haha, I've been loving this series! I think my house would look like a carnival if it wasn't for my husband bringing me back down to Earth..Elisahttp://theselflife.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658324608798777023.post-91728168253226490402012-02-16T08:15:07.108-06:002012-02-16T08:15:07.108-06:00Seriously! You guys have me laughing out loud! S...Seriously! You guys have me laughing out loud! So very cute. Michelle - I am with you, sister. I am the idea-dreamer-upper, and D is the fix-whatever-Amy-started-now-guy. But I like to take all the credit anyway. ;)Amy@BuffaloRoamhttp://www.buffalo-roam.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658324608798777023.post-15209630191327098432012-02-16T08:11:23.564-06:002012-02-16T08:11:23.564-06:00Without Brad all of my larger framed art piece wou...Without Brad all of my larger framed art piece would be crooked. Dude is a pro with a level. I'm trying to talk him into building some stuff. I'll break him down. It's only a matter of time.Chelsea @ two twenty onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02450727029916852266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658324608798777023.post-30501368110992351062012-02-16T08:10:27.921-06:002012-02-16T08:10:27.921-06:00I'm going to pretty much echo all the sentimen...I'm going to pretty much echo all the sentiments of you lovely ladies above...I am *wicked* awesome at painting, sanding, cleaning, and more painting, and of course, coming up with the ideas...but power tools? Anything remotely complicated that involves plans, exact cuts, and measurements? Not.so.much.Lyndsay @ Mr. and Mrs.http://lmcniff.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658324608798777023.post-53802494293743030732012-02-16T08:02:53.215-06:002012-02-16T08:02:53.215-06:00I joke and say I do everything around the house (b...I joke and say I do everything around the house (because I am handy in most things), but really there are some things that wouldn't get done without hubby.Andrea @ Decorating Centshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12439857776305627881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658324608798777023.post-78842173101885805922012-02-16T07:58:22.815-06:002012-02-16T07:58:22.815-06:00"Home wrecking" ahahaha :) I love what t..."Home wrecking" ahahaha :) I love what the rest of you wrote. Kristen had a great point about the half-built ikea furniture too. While in ikea, I feel invincible, but then I think my brain stops working as soon as we get the box home and opened.Kelly @ View Along the Wayhttp://www.viewalongtheway.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658324608798777023.post-67852545953139685332012-02-16T07:51:25.024-06:002012-02-16T07:51:25.024-06:00Oh man, without the hubs I would be a mess. There...Oh man, without the hubs I would be a mess. There would be half-built IKEA furniture everywhere, I would have to trick friend into carrying heavy things for me, and I think that all the walls would also be half painted (hey, it's a very tiring job to do edging and THEN paint again!). Good thing he's around :)Kristen @ Popcorn on the Stovehttp://popcornonthestove.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658324608798777023.post-33271796686812471342012-02-16T07:32:38.778-06:002012-02-16T07:32:38.778-06:00You girls are hilarious! I think all our rooms wou...You girls are hilarious! I think all our rooms would be blue (since my husband has to gently remind me that there are other colors), there would be no molding of any kind (except maybe beadboard wallpaper) and I would be living with the peeling laminate flooring that was originally in our house. Thank the Lord for handy men!Maury @ Life on Marshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03181580588340222469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658324608798777023.post-90421089965056332262012-02-16T07:30:02.586-06:002012-02-16T07:30:02.586-06:00Y'all are way too cute for your own good. Ser...Y'all are way too cute for your own good. Seriously. Can I just borrow your husbands for all my DIYs? Although Katie's husband makes a good alternative and he lives a lot closer. :)Jen @ Paisley Print Shoeshttp://paisleyprintshoes.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658324608798777023.post-2402990619998307802012-02-16T06:53:33.299-06:002012-02-16T06:53:33.299-06:00this was SO fun to read! like jennifer i do mine ...this was SO fun to read! like jennifer i do mine alone for the most part.... i would just be living on the edge because i would be using power tools with no one else home in case i get injured. :)Cassie Bustamantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07848936864799611251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658324608798777023.post-47714494786224979302012-02-16T06:41:50.235-06:002012-02-16T06:41:50.235-06:00Most of my projects I do alone, but my partner in ...Most of my projects I do alone, but my partner in crime if I have one is my sister. We are both very creative and like to order each other around with the other one hardly ever following the orders. No man necassary for this DIYer, all my power tools are my own...Jenn(ifer)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05790227761263711965noreply@blogger.com