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You Might be a DIY/Home Blogger if…

1. In your refrigerator, along with your eggs, milk, diet soda, and various left overs, you always have on hand a healthy supply of bagged paint brushes and sometimes even a paint tray.

photo via Ms. Magpie Designs

 

2. This is the closest thing to a manicure you have seen in quite some time….

photo via Drops of Jupiter

 

3.  In summer instead of a farmer’s tan, you are known for your respirator mask tan.

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4. A sort of Pavlovian instinct kicks-in–your heart begins to race, your mind begins churning, and salivation commences whenever you see the following symbols…

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…and again when you see these symbols….

2nd hand shops

…and just forget about it if you see this symbol!

photo via Sugar Lens

 

5. Your neighbors think you’re crazy because you take pictures of everything you do—step by step–and have been known to even photograph dirty towels to prove the wretchedness of your “before”.

coffee table to desk
dirty dirty

 

6. Whenever watching anything on television—be it movie, show, or even commercial–you take mental note of all the decor in the background. (I’m guessing right now you are thinking about how you would restyle this bookshelf and perhaps change out the rug…)

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7. You judge many moments in your life by their “blogworthiness”.

 

blogworthy

 

8. You are not above pulling out your camera at anytime, in any location, to get a good shot for your readers. Restaurant bathrooms are completely fair game.

restaurant bathroom

 

9.  Your small children “take pictures” of the couch and pretend to post them on their blog.

 

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10. And you might be a DIY/Home Blogger if your idea of a “fun evening” involves decor mags, free catalogs, blog hopping, and Pinterest.

 

Friday Night Fun

So have you drank the kool aide :)? If so, we’d love to see you next summer at Haven! You’ll be in good company! Have any to add? Go ahead and leave your “you might be a DIY/home blogger if’s” in the comments section. I can’t wait to read them!

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  1. This is absolutely hilarious! I just found you through Miss Mustard Seed and the conference link. 🙂 Yeah!

    All I could think in addition to the above, being an avid craigslister like most diy/bloggers, my 4 and 5 year old daughters “play”, “Well, let’s just sell it” OR thry ask me if I’m holding or moving basically ANYthing, “Mommy…are you selling that?” OR even, “Mommy, I don’t need this Lego (or headband or whatever!)… let’s just sell it, ok?” Um….let’s be generous and just give those things to someone who needs them! Sheesh! Lol 🙂

  2. Gosh, I was just sifting around rollers and paintbrushes looking for lunch before I sat down and read this. I can’t focus on laundry because my mind is too busy dreaming up my next furniture build. Here’s what else I notice, with all of the thought poured into the tablescapes and little vignettes around my house- not a one that doesn’t have a drill or a screwdriver, or some remainder of another project mixed in there. My brain is going faster than my body can keep up. I think there is medication for that…

  4. Oh my heavenly days that made me laugh from the frightening truth!! 🙂 Love it! And glad to have discovered your blog today off of Emily A. Clark’s!

  10. count me in!
    I would add…

    “if your husband asks you if “this whatever thing” is trash or you need it for the next project” 😉

    xox, d.

  11. OK, this is the most awesome post I’ve read in blogland in awhile! Perhaps because it rings so true! Thanks for the smiles this Monday morning, Beth! Kerri 🙂

  12. Too funny, I did a post a couple years ago about paint in my fridge and I do get the strangest looks when photographing odd things in odd locations!! Gotta have a reference and a photo to demonstrate the point! 🙂 Janell

  13. Just wanted to share a quick tip to remove spray paint…I’ve had great luck with both suntan oil and baby oil applied with a cotton pad. May take a little rubbing but it does take it off. Hope that helps. Great post!

  15. This blog is too funny and too true! Except for the child (I’m a granma), I have done exactly what you’ve outlined!

  16. I don’t have time to write a blog, I’m too busy reading everyone else’s! Your’s is one of my faves.

  17. Holy Cats. I guess that means I am a DIY/Home Blogger then. This is hilarious and so true! (FYI, my eyebrows are about as thick as that model’s right now b/c I have been too busy to get to the salon…)

  18. Have you been spying on me? 😉 our neighbors think I am SO weird. The other day I was photographing Jamin for a step by step, and this man walked by with his dog…and then again…asking if I was so shocked he {jamin} was actually doing some work that I was documenting it. And the little older ladies on our street comment all the time on how we’re always out in our driveway cutting something! HILARIOUS.

  20. My hands look like that more often than I’d like to admit, I often have paint brushes lying on my counter, wrapped in foil…sometimes for WEEKS! The only thing I would add is looking through my camera card and finding obscure pictures that I have forgotten about. Things like me cleaning the stove or holding a screwdriver or a partially painted something. Thanks for the chuckle this morning, Beth!

  23. Hi Beth-

    Very clever and fun post. Yes – to all of it and I am proud of it all – even taking photos of restaurant bathrooms to my daughters horror. It makes life fun and enjoyable.

    I am looking forward to attending Haven – only wish it were next month instead of next year.

    My best- Diane

  26. Ha! Beth, you crack me up! If…your children ask “Aren’t you going to take a picture, Mommy?” every time you do something around the house.

  27. Haha, I may not blog about home diy as much, but most of these observations are scarily accurate for me too!, particularly always on the look out for ideas/design inspiration, and free stuff that I could repurpose. 🙂

  28. if you relocated all your kids memory/school storage boxes to make room for the new paint colors you scored on the sale shelf at Home Depot haha

  29. Oh yeah! I always have a paint brush in the frig. I frequently use my granite counter top to pain molding. And tonight hubby and I went to dinner and rounded out our date night by going to Lowe’s to pick out lighting for the half bath we are redoing. I do need to go to Haven.
    Traci

  30. SHUT UP! I have a post in draft with the same exact title! I am sooooo not lying. Yours is way better. Mine didn’t have pictures. Holy crap. I am a little weirded out……
    I love this 🙂 You are darling.

  33. OMG, this is hilarious. I’ve done all these things and even taken my camera to restaurants to photograph my meals!

  35. You made me laugh. Just tonight I was hauling stuff outside and taking pics and I thought I wonder what my neighbors think about me taking pics of all my junk! And the kids pretending, that is too sweet, mine are grown so I don’t experience that but of course they usually do emulate their parents. Cute post!

  36. This is perfect…I thought I was the only one who does these crazy things. Sometimes even I can’t believe the places I bring my camera! What a great post…I’m still laughing:-)
    Cheryl

  37. Too funny! I am guilty of every one of them… and how about
    You know you are a blogger if you don’t have a pair of jeans without paint blotches all over them…” And for the summer that goes for my shorts too!
    Hysterical! Great job!
    Susan

  46. So true…sometimes I can’t simply look at something because I am trying to figure out how it was made, what they made it out of and so on and so on! I am so glad mine are not the only hands that look like your pic! Thanks for the great post, got my laugh in for the day and then some!
    Happy Crafting!

  49. OMG!!!! This describes me to a “T”. Even though I have just started blogging I’m have been completely obsessed with anything DIY for the longest time. At least I know that I am not alone in my insanity!

  50. Ha…my freezer is soooo like this…It’s kinda fun seeing all of the colors on the paintbrushes, that is until you actually HAVE to clean them!

  51. OMG Beth!!! SO GUILTY!!! Especially of the manicure, picture taking and the neighbors watching step by step pics & projects … lol

    and enJOY your FUN EVENING (#10!!)
    xo Lynda

  56. Ha!! Love this! Especially kids pretending to post on their blog! My daughter always shows me something that she has made and says, can you put it on your blog? I will tell people how to make it! Thank you so much for making my night!
    Cheers!
    Cyndy

  57. Oh yeah, this describes me to a T! I’m always redorating spaces in my head and I should post about how I ruined my fancy gel manicure with paint. When I see something free I immediately see limitless possibilities of what it could become…..like the time I saw a pile of beautifully aged wooden pallets and had heart palpatations. They were so lovely but I knew I’d probably never use them 🙁

    Anxious to hear more about Haven,soon I hope.

  59. OH, I do have one to add….I usually have at least 12 projects going at once…if I don’t, I think I must have some sort of illness. 🙂

  61. HA!! I was laughing out loud on this one, because I’ve done EVERY. SINGLE. ONE of THEM. 🙂 (including restyling that entertainment center before I read your caption!) lol
    See ya at Haven!
    Hugs
    Missy

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