As I’ve mentioned before, the main reason I began this blog was to journal about our journey from staging our house, putting it on the market, selling it, to buying a fixer-upper and remaking our new house into a home and sharing it with all of you. God had other plans. Every door seemed to […]
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KITCHEN ACCESSORIES ~ the fun part of decorating
We’re coming down to the wire with our kitchen redo. I’m working on all the accessories. This is always the fun part of redo for me. Shopping for ideas and then copying with cheaper supplies. Right now, I’m working on the lamp for the desk. Here’s the before and after. As the light sat on […]
FAVORITE FAMILY PASTIMES ~ making memories
Today, I went wild with the white paint. Son #1 and I put the first coat of white on the staircase. It looks so bright!I painted the newel posts under the kitchen island. The kitchen is almost done. I can’t wait to share it all with you! Son #4 spray painted the curtain rings for […]
STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN ~ or upstairs!
Our stairs get a beating every day all day long. We’ve broken a few spindles along the way swinging and wrestling and throwing furniture (a story way too long to tell!). This is what our staircase looks like There are a few broken spindles, the railings have been beaten up and are dirty. The kind […]
WINDOW DRESSINGS ~ for the kitchen
I’ve been keeping my eyes out for a curtain that would fit beautifully in my new bright green kitchen. So far NO LUCK! I saw these roman shades on Pinterest and fell in love Source: BHG The LOML and I were walking through Walmart looking for GREEN accent pieces for the kitchen. I found these cute […]
A NEW POST ~ or should I say newel post
When I clicked on the button “New Post” to write this new post, I giggled because this post is about two newel posts we added to our kitchen island today. We bought two newel posts from Lowe’s (they are the ones used for the bottom of staircase railings) Sons #3 & #4 primed and painted each post […]