I wish I could find the before picture I have that gives you the full horridness of the entry way closet… this is the best I can do for now.. it’s lost in the jumble of iPhoto, unlabeled and…
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I painted the brick. There. Go ahead and tell me what a terrible person I am. I can live with it. I could not stand the color of that blasted fireplace for so long now. I’ve lost count of…
Where have I been? Purging! The kids being home from school and underfoot is a momentum killer every year… that I was prepared for. The oldest graduating from high school and the ridiculous number of events and just “stuff” that…
I saw a post on Pinterest about turning an old entertainment center into a kitchen for a child and it was adorable! My youngest two play with the kitchen from when the 16-year-old was little and it’s huge… so…
We’ve all been up in the Adirondacks at Brian’s family’s camp (built by his great-grandfather in the 20’s) for the last week or so. We love getting up here because it’s quiet and peaceful (well it was until my…
On a Friday evening a few weeks ago our oldest two girls were at the homes of their other parents and the youngest two had just gone to bed. I leaned in close to my dear husband and whispered,…
Our former kitchen had a lot of “phases” in our ten years there. This is part 2 of some of our low cost makeovers. Part 1 covered tin ceiling backsplash and kraft paper countertops. This part 2 shows you…
Ok, so I re-read the post from day 2 and it sounds kind of… mean. I don’t like the direction this master bath saga is going, so I’ll just wrap this story up to a master bath conclusion. The…
This is the second part of the master bath saga. Feel free to catch up on part 1, it’s ok, I’ll wait. Day Two: my new friends show up and start to work. I can’t imagine they’d like me…
Before I begin, let me show you our old bathroom: So late last year, we decided the fear of falling through the floor was getting old and maybe it was time to look into re-doing the master bath. Doing…
With all the furniture re-doing around here, the second daughter (Cori) was bound to want something for herself eventually. She finally said something (spurred on by my asking) and it was decided she’d like a desk. We searched Craigslist……
aka… inside the insane mind of a “non” crafter: My first go at recreating a Pinterest Pin went pretty well. The young girl up the street was having a baby. We gave her a neighborhood shower. How fun! Everyone…