Obsessions 10.06.17

Michelle

Grass

I’m in the process of killing my front lawn, but I don’t think the spray weed/grass killer is working very well. My parents got me a new lawn for my birthday (last year we moved my back fence for my birthday), so we sprayed the poison all over the place on Sunday and will do the tilling and planting next weekend. I don’t know how long it should take for the grass to all die though. Have any of you killed your lawn and replanted? Did you have to spray the grass killer multiple times?

Robin

Bryr Clogs

My second pair arrived this week and I cannot get enough. Full review of Bryr and their amazing clogs to come!

UPDATE: Full review of Bryr clogs here.

Microdermabrasion

Microdermabrasion is “a procedure that exfoliates and removes the superficial layer of dry, dead skin cells.” Thank you, HuffPost. It involves an aesthetician using a wand looking tool to basically exfoliate all your dead skin off and you’re left feeling glowy and baby-faced… so they say.

I’ve heard great things about it—I’ve heard “meh” things about it—and I want to know if you guys have tried it. Everyone wants to get rid of that dead skin right? Is this worth it? Please let me know!

Hannah

American Fire

I’ve been reading American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land by Monica Hesse and I’m really enjoying it. It’s about a string of fires set to abandoned structures in a rural area of Virginia. I’m not normally a non-fiction kind of person, but I definitely recommend this book. Not done with it yet but I’m liking what I’ve read so far!

This has been another week of And Then We Tried Obsessions, where we share whatever we’re obsessed with each week. Let us know what you’re obsessed with this week in the comments and if you see anything in the wild that you think we’d be obsessed with, be sure to tag us @andthenwetried or use #ATWTobsessions

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Attaching a wood fence to a chainlink fence

As I mentioned in my last fence/gate update post, I helped Erika attach a wood fence to the chainlink fence in her backyard. The process was similar to when I converted a chainlink fence to a wood fence, except in this case, we left the chainlink fence intact. This method is a good option if you want to add a little more privacy to your yard or camouflage a chainlink fence while you wait to save up for a completely new fence.

Gift Guide: Indoorsy

Struggling to find gift ideas for your favorite people? We’ve got you covered with our And Then We Tried gift guide! First up: your friends and family who are decidedly indoorsy. While we can’t claim to be experts on much, things to buy people who like to stay inside is definitely in our wheelhouse.

Obsessions: 10.19.18

You wanna know what we have been decidedly NOT obsessed with in the past month? The blog. Womp womp. We’re hopping back in this week, but we’ll be posting a bit more sporadically for a while. Here’s hoping you all loved getting caught up on Michelle’s driveway gate plans yesterday. See what else we’ve been obsessed with in this week’s And Then We Tried Obsessions.

Fence Updates and Two-Panel Wood Driveway Gate Plans

Hellooooo, I’m thinking about fences again! You all had the pleasure of following along as I moved and rebuilt the fence in my backyard and then converted a chainlink fence into a wood fence along my driveway, and now it’s finally time to build that driveway gate. Of course, I can’t just build a driveway gate and leave it at that, I’ve also decided to cap the entire fence to cover up the dogear pickets and give everything a cleaner and more finished look. HOORAY!