We're going to be celebrating our one year housiversary next week and I'd love to open the blog up to any questions you might have!

Maybe you're wondering where I got something, what I have planned for the untouched spaces in our house, or what my favorite color is? Leave a comment with your question(s) and all reasonable questions (please don't be creepy haha) will be answered next Monday :)

Speaking of questions, I'd love it if you could help me out by answering the questions in my reader survey!

There's only 10 simple questions and it's completely anonymous - no names or IP addresses will be recorded. Your answers will help me understand what you guys like about the blog and what you want to see more/less of which will (hopefully) make the blog better in the long run!

Thanks in advance for helping me out! :)

I think April burned me out a little bit because I have no desire to do anything around the house lately. I don't know if it's the rising temperatures or the fact that I simply don't know what to do but whatever the case may be, I thought I'd update you on a few of the little things that have been going on around here.

#1: Ceiling Fans

Our ceiling fans were delivered on Wednesday and we've sort of started to install them. We ran into a bit of a problem when we didn't realize where to drill the mount into. Thankfully I had my one year walk through yesterday and our construction supervisor showed me what to do and got the one mount screwed into the living room ceiling.

We were going to attempt to hang the fans ourselves but they're like 100 lbs. Not really, they're only 28 lbs but still. We don't want to mess anything up and have them come crashing down on us at night so we're going to pay our guy $45 to have them installed. Not too bad if you ask me!

#2: Patio Furniture

Bye-bye old IKEA furniture! We bought some new patio furniture last night! We actually went a little nuts buying stuff haha

We took the money we had saved from the refund Target gave us and bought two chairs, a coffee table, a dining table, and two benches for the dining table. When we got home, I ordered a couch that matches the chairs (it was online only) and a different set of dining chairs because I'm unsure of the benches and they may be going back.

I'll share all of the details next week along with the plans I have for our new outdoor dining area :)

#3: Dining Room 3.0?

Speaking of dining rooms, I'm thinking about re-doing our dining room. Again. I know, I'm crazy haha

I don't plan on buying any new furniture, just maybe a new rug and a new piece of art (DIY something?) to replace the crystal one with. These feelings may be caused by the summer season that's upon us but I don't know, I'm kind of just feeling something a little brighter and a lot less neutral. I haven't really thought this decision through though so we'll see what happens!

What's happening in your neck of the woods? Any fun weekend plans?

Speaking of rusted things...

I left a baking sheet sitting in our sink too long and was left with a bunch of rust marks after I put it in the dishwasher:

This one in particular was really bad:

So was this one:

I've had this happen before so I turned to my trusty method of removal. There's many tutorials on how to remove rust stains from stainless steel sinks out there but none are very detailed. While this tutorial isn't new or original, I thought it might help someone else who is a visual learner like me!

Gather your supplies:

Then pour some baking soda in a bowl. I used two tablespoons here but you can eyeball it if you want:

Slowly add a little bit of vinegar to the baking soda so it doesn't explode on you like a 3rd grader's science experiment:

Mix everything together until you get a paste that's a little runnier than toothpaste. If your paste is too watery, sprinkle in a little more baking soda and mix again. If it's too thick, add a little more vinegar.

When your paste is ready to go, spread it onto all of your rust spots:

I let mine sit for about 10 minutes:

And then I gently rub the paste into the rust stains with the back of a spoon (fingertips work too!):

After I've rubbed the paste into all of the spots, I let them sit for another 10 to 15 minutes (depending on how bad the stains are) and then I rinse everything off with soap and water:

This is what one of the really bad stains looked like after about 30 minutes:

It was looking better but it wasn't completely gone so I mixed up some more paste and went through the process again:

When the final stain was removed, our sink looked brand new!

Minus the scratches of course haha

Everyone loves a before and after :)

What's your go to rust remover?